THE most comprehensive report yet into dementia care in the North East has been published by the Northern Rock Foundation. The report Dementia 2014: a North East Perspective coincides with the end of a five year National Dementia Strategy and comes as Prime Minister David Cameron urged an increase in international funding for research and [...]
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A NEW, £900,000 fund has been launched to help those living with dementia in the North East and Cumbria. For further information please see: http://www.comicrelief.com/apply-for-a-grant/uk/north-east-and-cumbria-dementia-fund The Northern Rock Foundation has joined forces with Comic Relief and Ballinger Charitable Trust to form the North East and Cumbria Dementia Fund and now wants to hear [...]
Discussions between Northern Rock Foundation and Virgin Money, on the future relationship between the two organisations, over the past year have now ended. The Foundation hoped to agree with Virgin Money a viable long term solution to secure the Foundation’s future. Following wide ranging discussions it is now confirmed that Virgin Money cannot commit funding [...]
In late 2013, the Northern Rock Foundation and Big Society Capital announced their intention to create the first regional social investment fund in England. The North East Social Investment Company has been established as a result of these efforts and is now launching the process to procure a fund manager to manage and deliver its [...]
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. [...]
The Northern Rock Foundation is announcing its final, £1,000,000 round of the Fresh Ideas Fund to help third sector organisations in the North East and Cumbria working within the Foundation’s current areas of interest to explore new ways of generating income. You may have plans to develop a new social enterprise, bid for a new [...]
In December 2013, Foundation Trustees approved grants totalling £1,248,760 to help tackle disadvantage in the North East and Cumbria. Across Darlington and Durham, Darlington Credit Union was awarded £150,000 over two years to support a planned expansion of its services across the town. A grant of £60,000 was awarded to Single Homeless Action Initiative Derwentside, [...]
Northern Rock Foundation and Big Society Capital have announced their intention to create a £11.5m social investment fund for the north east of England to support the development and expansion of voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises. This will be the first regional fund of its kind to be set up with Big [...]
In October 2013, Foundation Trustees approved grants totalling £1,475,818 to help tackle disadvantage in the North East and Cumbria. In Cumbria, Carlisle and Eden Mind was awarded £98,190 over three years to employ a project worker to develop a range of services for people with mental health problems in Carlisle. A grant of £24,750 was [...]