Nominations are now open
Our Community Fund grant nominations are now open.
Due to the Cost of Living Crisis, we have amended our Community Fund grants to a maximum of £5,000.
Nomination criteria
In order to make a nomination for funding, your charity must meet the following criteria:
- Charitable organisation based within the Northeast of England, Cumbria, or North Yorkshire within a 10-mile radius of a Newcastle Building Society branch
- The project must align with one of our charitable themes - debt management, employability, sustainability and the environment, or working to tackle food poverty, or insecure housing and homelessness.
We cannot fund requests to support:
- Contributions to general appeals or circulars
- Religious or political activity which is not for wider public benefit
- Public bodies to carry out their statutory obligations
- Activities which solely support animal welfare
- Activities which have already taken place
- Grant making by other organisations
- Privately owned and profit-distributing companies or limited partnerships
- Commercial/profit making ventures
Please provide valid and up-to-date contact details.