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Grants
awarded by region
During
2004 Northern Rock Foundation awarded
323 grants worth a total of £17.3
million under its main grant programmes.
(For statistical purposes ‘North-East
and Cumbria’ means grants that
benefit more than one county in the
Foundation's area).


| Region |
Approved
amount (£) |
No
of awards |
Cumbria
|
1,739,000
|
47 |
Durham
|
2,845,000
|
41
|
North
East
& Cumbria |
1,662,000
|
28
|
| Northumberland |
2,432,000 |
44 |
| Tees
Valley |
2,136,000 |
45 |
Tyne & Wear
|
6,490,000 |
118 |
| Grand
Total |
17,304,000 |
323 |
|
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Eligibility
In 2004 the Foundation received 1009 applications, of which 330 (33%) were ineligible.


Year
Received |
1998 |
1999 |
2000 |
2001 |
2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
Eligible
Applications |
720 |
663 |
588 |
629 |
494 |
774 |
670 |
Ineligible
Applications |
551 |
523 |
526 |
445 |
463 |
370 |
330 |
Total
No of
Applications |
1271 |
1186 |
1114 |
1074 |
957 |
1144 |
1000 |
| %
Eligible |
57% |
56% |
53% |
59% |
52% |
68% |
67% |
| %
Inelegible |
43% |
44% |
47% |
41% |
48% |
32% |
33% |
Actual/
Forecast |
Actual |
Actual |
Actual |
Actual |
Actual |
Actual |
Actual |
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Grant
programmes
The pie-chart
below identifies the distribution
of the grants approved by the Trustees
in the year by grant programme.


| |
Amount
awarded (£'000) |
Prevention
|
4,014 |
Regeneration
|
3,084 |
Basics |
2,960 |
Exploration |
458 |
Better
Sector |
1,461 |
Aspiration
|
2,558 |
Capital |
2,249 |
Exceptional |
520 |
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Types
of support and term of grant
During
2004, the Foundation's Trustees
allocated £17.3
million under its main grant programmes
for capital and/or revenue grants
which were for a term of between
one and seven years.



| Years |
Amount
(£'000) |
No
of awards |
1
|
5,753
|
146 |
2
|
4,027
|
72
|
3 |
11,693
|
109
|
4 |
5 |
1 |
5 |
3,501 |
2 |
6
|
0 |
0 |
7 |
499 |
1 |
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