In December 2011 the Trustees approved grants totalling £1.175 million to help tackle disadvantage in the North East and Cumbria. Carlisle Youth Zone was awarded £60,000 to provide one-to-one monitoring to young people who are involved in the criminal justice system. Tin Arts received £62,500 for the core costs of the Flex Dance Company, a [...]
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Northern Rock Foundation has confirmed that its main grant programmes will continue unchanged in 2012. £8.7 million will be available this year to help people who are vulnerable, disadvantaged, homeless, living in poverty or are victims of crime or discrimination. Penny Wilkinson, Chief Executive, said: “In recent months we have seen rising levels of poverty, [...]
Northern Rock Foundation is giving around £1.8 m to support groups in the North East and Cumbria in its latest round of grants – with two awards geared at tackling the problem of reoffending. Forty nine per cent of adults who serve time in prison are reconvicted within one year of their release and, for [...]
Northern Rock Foundation welcomes the announcement that Virgin Money will become the new owner of Northern Rock plc and that the current arrangement between the bank and the Foundation will be extended until the end of 2013. Alastair Balls, Chairman of the Foundation said: “We look forward to working with Virgin Money and their not-for-profit [...]
Northern Rock Foundation is calling on voluntary organisations and social enterprises to come up with fresh ideas to help them grow in size, improve long term sustainability and increase their impact.
TWO Cumbrian companies can carry on caring thanks to grants from Northern Rock Foundation.
As part of its latest round of grant handouts, the Foundation has awarded more than £120,000 to carer support organisations Eden Carers and Cumbria Crossroads.
Two Cumbrian companies can carry on caring thanks to grants from Northern Rock Foundation.
A SCHEME to save homeless teenagers from a life on the streets has been given a kick-start thanks to cash donated by the Northern Rock Foundation. The Foundation, which is an independent charity aiming to help disadvantaged people in the North East and Cumbria, has awarded £106,366 to Barnardos Crash Pad project part of its Supported Lodgings scheme.
HOMELESS and vulnerable young adults in Barrow-in-Furness have been given a lifeline through two grants from Northern Rock Foundation.
Performers from Headway Arts in Blyth are celebrating an award of £58,858. The group specialises in using drama and the creative arts to work with young people with disabilities and adults with learning disabilities.