Nominations are now closed
Our Community Fund grant nominations are now closed.
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.
Our Community Fund grants
Our Community Fund grant nominations are now closed. Why not learn about our latest grant recipients and the work they do in their communities.
