Northern Rock Foundation

The Foundation launched its report Sex Markets in Teesside at an event on 19th March at Acklam Green Centre in Middlesbrough. The report is the most recent in a series, commissioned by the Foundation through its Safety and Justice programme, which looks at the incidence and nature of sexual exploitation and sex markets across the [...]

In March 2014, Foundation Trustees approved grants totalling £853,476 to help tackle disadvantage in the North East and Cumbria. Equal Arts, based in Gateshead, was awarded a grant of £75,959 to develop a network that shares best practice between artists and professionals working with people with dementia and to increase its geographical reach into Cumbria. [...]