Awarding grants since
2016
Total grant recipients
533
Total awarded in grants
£1.9m
Take a look at the local charities and causes we've supported over the years:
2026
- Skills 4 Work (Gateshead) - £10,000
- Hexham Youth Initiative - £10,000
- The Oswin Project - £19,900
- Building Self Belief CIO - £5,000
- Claro Enterprises - £5,000
- Northumberland County Blind Association - £5,000
- Sunderland Empire Theatre Trust - £2,300
- The Community@NE66 Charitable Trust - £4,920
- Durham Area Youth - £4,976
- Willington Open Door Methodist Church - £3,218
- Wooler United Reform Methodist Church - £1,010
- Fenham Association of Residents - £5,000
- Carlisle Key - £5,000
- Newcastle Upon Tyne YMCA - £4,414
2025
- Cleveland Housing Advice Centre - £5,000
- West View Advice & Resource Centre - £4,325
- West End Refugee Service - £5,000
- North Tyneside Carers Centre - £5,000
- My Big Career - £5,000
- Mortal Fools - £5,000
- The Recruitment Junction - £5,000
- Smart Works Newcastle - £5,000
- Low Mill Outdoor Education Centre - £4,840
- Spennymoor Youth and Community Association - £4,575
- West Northumberland Food Bank - £5,000
- Contact (Morpeth Mental Health Group) - £4,500
- Doorways Middlesbrough - £5,000
- The People’s Kitchen - £5,000
2024
- Bridges Family and Carer Service - £5000
- Jewish Community Council of Gateshead - £5000
- Parker Trust - £5000
- True Colours Theatre - £4622
- Building Self-Belief - £5000
- Cumbria Action for Sustainability - £5000
- Building Futures East - £4450
- Children North East - £4886
- Gateshead Football Club Community Foundation - ££4950
- Action for Children - £5000
- The Albert Kennedy Trust - £1666
- YMCA North Tyneside - £4834
- Moses Project - £2000
- AF&V Launchpad - £5000
- Carlisle and District CAB - £5000
- Northumberland Pride - £5000
- Skills4Work (Gateshead) - £4924
- Meadow Well Connected Ltd - £5000
- Berwickshire Swap - £4000
- Angel Trust – A Charity for People - £4097
- YMCA Northumberland - £4097
- The PCC Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicholas Church - £4097
- Hambleton Foodshare - £5000
- Whitley Bay Big Local - £5000
- Impact Family Services - £4999
- Emmaus North East - £4887
- Community and Voluntary Action Blyth Valley - £5000
- Friends Action North East - £5000
- English for All - £5000
- Tees Valley Women’s Centre - £5000
- The Hope Foundation - £5000
- Ouseburn Trust - £4923
- Meals on Wheels Cumbria - £4000
- Ryedale Community Foodbank - £5000
- Rainbow Homes North East - £5000
- Love Dunston - £4036
- Lilyanne’s Wellbeing - £5000
2023
- Common Purpose Charitable Trust - £5,000
- Grace House - £4,997
- Women’s Health in South Tyneside - £4,391
- West View Advice & Resource Centre - £3,00
- Fiscus North - £3,000
- North of England Refugee Service - £3,000
- Foundations Furniture and Gardening Service - £2,000
- Community Campus 87 - £4,000
- Clean Slate Solutions - £5,000
- Percy Hedley Foundation - £3,000
- TEN - £2,500
- Patchwork Project - £3,000
- Hartlepower - £3,000
- Kids Kabin - £2,925
- The Children’s Foundation - £4,788
- Tyne Rivers Trust - £2,500
- West End Women and Girls Centre - £3,000
- Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery Trust - £2,000
- Family Gateway - £4,100
- Walking With In North Tyneside - £5,000
- YMCA Newcastle - £4,798
- Boldon Community Centre - £4,500
- The Community @NE66 Charitable Trust - £4,732
- Streetwise Young People’s Project - £3,000
- Hartlepool Foodbank - £3,000
- Fighting All Cancers Together - £2,700
- RTProjects - £2,000
- Berwick Community Development Trust - £2,000
- Henshaws - £3,000
- Hawes Market Hall - £3,000
- Cleveland Housing Advice Centre - £5,000
- Bridges Tees Valley CIO - £5,000
- Jewish Community Council of Gateshead - £5,000
- Parker Trust - £4,914
- True Colours Theatre - £4,622
- Building Self-Belief CIO - £5,000
- Cumbria Action for Sustainability - £5,000
- Building Futures East - £4,450
- Children North East - £4,886
- Gateshead Football Club Community Foundation - £4,950
- Action for Children - £5,000
- The Albert Kennedy Trust - £1,666
- YMCA North Tyneside - £4,834
- Moses Project - £2,000
- AF&V Launchpad - £5,000
2022
- Common Purpose Charitable Trust - £5,000
- Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) - £2,000
- Whitley Bay Tea Dance Club - £1,300
- Sunderland Bangladesh International Centre - £3,000
- Gateway into the Community - £2,000
- Yarm Youth and Community Association - £2,000
- Kids Kabin, Middlesbrough - £1,000
- Auckland Youth and Community Centre - £1,500
- Age UK North Yorkshire & Darlington - £1,300
- Headway Arts - £1,000
- Barnabas Safe & Sound - £2,890
- Blyth Resource and Initiative Centre - £2,520
- Skills 4 Work (Gateshead) Limited - £2,940
- The Oswin Project - £2,000
- Cleveland Housing Advice Centre - £3,000
- Search Newcastle - £3,000
- Tiny Lives - £2,940
- North East Autism Society - £3,000
- West Northumberland Foodbank - £3,000
- Wansbeck Valley Food Bank - £3,000
- Bede Foodbank (t/a Newcastle West End Foodbank) - £3,000
- Benwell Christian Shop Project (Cornerstone) - £1,758
- The Customs House Trust - £2,400
- Age UK Teesside - £3,000
- East Durham Community Development Trust- £3,000
- Caring Hands - £3,000
- Eden Support Group (a branch of Parkinson’s Disease Society of Great Britain) - £3,000
- Wooler Young People’s Association - £3,000
- Chronicle Sunshine Fund - £3,000
- Josie’s Dragonfly Trust - £3,000
- Oasis Aquila Housing - £3,000
- People & Drugs - £3,000
- The Children’s Foundation - £2,689
- Apna Ghar - £2,978
- Five Lamps - £3,000
- Pathways4All - £3,000
- NTC Touring Theatre - £3,000
- Mind Active - £3,000
- Calvert Trust Lake District - £3,000
- Sunderland and North Durham Royal Society for the Blind - £3,000
- Feeding Families - £3,000
- Durham Wildlife Trust - £3,000
- Yatton House Society - £3,000
- Scotswood Natural Community Garden - £3,000
- Age UK Teesside - £3,000
- The Comfrey Project - £3,000
- Groundwork NE and Cumbria - £3,000
- Berwick and District Cancer Support Group - £3,000
- Teesside Hospice Foundation - £3,000
- Bright Futures NE - £2,997
- Bliss = Ability Ltd - £2689
- International Community Organisation of Sunderland (ICOS) - £3,000
- Sunderland Women’s Centre - £6,880
- Chilli Studios - £3,000
- Three13 Training Enterprise - £3,000
- Junction 42 Foundation - £3,000
- NE Youth - £3,000
- St Vincent De Paul Society - £3,000
- St Martins Centre Partnership - £3,000
- Fenham Association of Residents - £3,000
- Sangini - £3,000
- Rock Currock Youth Project - £3,000
- Northumberland County Blind Association - £1,500
- Free the Way - £3,000
- Fareshare - £3,000
- Foundation Futures - £3,000
- Marsden Road Community Centre - £1,500
- Full Circle - £3,000
- Middlesbrough Environment City Trust Ltd - £3,000
- North East Red Squirrels - £1,500
- North Tyneside Disability Forum - £3,000
- Emmaus - £3,000
- Women’s Workshop - £3,000
- Hygiene Bank - £1,500
2021
- Common Purpose Charitable Trust - £5,000
- Haltwhistle Swimming and Leisure Centre – £2,500
- Smart Works Newcastle - £2,688
- The WM Morrison (Darlington) Enterprise - £4,500
- Real Care (t/a Learning for Life) - £3,000
- Smile for Life Children’s Charity - £4,000
- Clean Slate Solutions - £5,000
- Carlisle Foodbank - £3,000
- NEH (North East Homeless) - £5,000
- St Vincent De Paul Society - £2,500
- Pallion Action Group - £2,880
- Bright Futures - £3,000
- Streetwise Young People’s Project - £5,000
- Choysez - £4,650
- People and Drugs - £5,000
- TEN North East Limited - £3,000
- YMCA North Tyneside - £5,000
- North Tyneside Disability Forum - £3,000
- Churches Together in South Tyneside - £3,000
- The Cedarwood Trust - £3,000
- South Tyneside Churches KEY Project - £3,000
- International Community Organisation of Sunderland - £2,941
- Regal Respite - £3,000
- Coatham House - £2,940
- The Mercy Project - £2,991
- Northumbrian Citizens Advice Bureau - £3,000
- Citizens Advice Sunderland - £2,500
- Jewish Community Council of Gateshead - £2,500
- Berwick Youth Project - £3,640
- Auckland Youth and Community Centre - £3,000
- Carlisle Key - £3,000
- Gateshead Foodbank - £3,000
- Footprints in the Community (Redcar Foodbank) - £3,000
- Billingham and Stockton Borough Foodbank - £3,000
- Journey Enterprises - £4,908
- The Recruitment Junction - £3,000
- Headliners (UK) - £2,000
- The Junction Foundation - £3,000
- Vision25 - £3,000
- Way Out - £3,000
- Community Action Northumberland - £3,000
- Hospitality and Hope - £2,983
- Bensham and Saltwell Alive - £3,000
- Healthworks Newcastle - £2,980
- Bell View (Belford) - £3,000
- Community@NE66 Charitable Trust - £3,000
- Glendale Gateway Trust - £1,000
- St Paul’s Community Partnership - £1,000
- Durham Christian Partnership - £3,000
- Upper Teesdale Agricultural Support Services - £3,000
- Citizens Advice Newcastle - £1,850
- Age UK Northumberland - £2,960
- The following 8 hospices and cancer care services have each received a grant of £3,000:
- Tynedale Hospice at Home, Northumberland - £3,000
- Butterwick Hospice Care, County Durham - £3,000
- Eden Valley Hospice with Jigsaw, Cumbria - £3,000
- St Oswald’s Hospice, Tyne & Wear - £3,000
- Coping with Cancer, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - £3,000
- Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care, Tyne & Wear - £3,000
- St Cuthbert’s Hospice, County Durham - £3,000
- The North Northumberland Hospice - £3,000
2020
- Common Purpose Charitable Trust - £5,000
- Northumberland Citizen Advice Bureau - £10,000
- The Road to Recovery Trust - £10,000
- Bede Foodbank T/A Newcastle West End Foodbank - £2,000
- Tiny Lives - £2,958
- SEARCH – Services for Older People - £3,000
- Fighting All Cancers Together - £2,375
- Silverline Memories - £3,000
- Northumberland National Park Mountain Rescue Team - £3,000
- Teesside Hospice Care Foundation - £2,878
- Victims First Northumbria - £2,257
- Cumbria Family Support - £3,000
- TEN North East Limited - £3,000
- Contact (Morpeth Mental Health Group) Limited - £2,950
- The RDA Centre in Cleveland (T/A The Unicorn Centre) - £1,000
- Daisy Chain Project Teesside - £3,000
- Josie’s Dragonfly Trust - £1,000
- Gateshead Citizen’s Advice Bureau - £2,000
- Teesside Hospice Care Foundation - £5,000
- St Cuthbert’s Hospice - £5,000
- North Northumberland Hospice - £5,000
- Tynedale Hospice at Home - £5,000
- Marie Curie - £5,000
- St Oswalds’ Hospice - £5,000
- Hartlepool Hospice - £5,000
- Butterwick Hospice Care - £3,000
- Bright Red - £3,000
- Fighting All Cancers Together - £3,000
- Teenage Cancer Trust - £3,000
- Eden Valley Hospice - £5,000
- Coping with Cancer - £3,000
- Live Well with Cancer - £3,000
- Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care - £3,000
- Harrogate District Hospice Care (Herriot Hospice Homecare) - £3,000
- Stokesley and District Community Care Association - £3,000
- Carlisle Foodbank - £5,000
- Eden Carers - £4,000
- NEH (North East Homeless) - £3,000
- Dementia Matter - £5,000
- Durham Action on Single Housing Ltd - £3,000
- Harbour Support Services - £4,000
- Wansbeck Valley Food Bank - £3,000
- Tees Valley Young Men’s Christian Association - £3,000
- Carlisle Key - £3,00
- Little Sisters of the Poor - £3,000
- Women’s Health in South Tyneside - £3,000
- Northumberland Domestic Abuse Service - £3,000
- NEH (North East Homeless) - £3,000
- Wearside Women in Need - £5,000
- Little Sprouts Health and Wellbeing - £4,000
- Hospitality and Hope - £4,000
- Churches Together in South Tyneside - £5,000
- Durham Christian Partnership - £5,000
2019
- Darcey's Dream - My Family and Siblings Matter - £3,000
- Zoe's Place Trust - £2,642
- Victims First Northumbria - £2,640
- Grace House North East Children's Hospice - £3,000
- Heddon Stitchers - £830
- Silverline Memories - £3,000
- The Hextol Foundation - £1,975
- Families First North East - £3,000
- Carlisle Key - £2,640
- Durham Association of Boys and Girls Clubs - £2,508
- Footsteps Children's Services Ltd - £3,000
- St Oswalds Hospice - £1,953
- Active Strokes North East - £3,000
- Eaglescliffe Parish Hall Association - £2,416
- Howick Village Hall Association - £750
- Butterwick Children's Hospice - £2,219
- Down's Syndrome North East - £1,300
- Chrysalis (Cumbria) Limited - £3,000
- North Northumberland Hospice - £3,000
- Friends of Hadrian School - £1,500
- 28th South Shields & 4th East Boldon Scout Group - £2,994
- Action4Acomb - £2,846
- Derwentside Mind - £1,800
- Amble Youth Project Limited - £2,940
- Castleside and District Community Association - £1,505
- Penrith Mountain Rescue Team - £2,972
- Escape Intervention Services Ltd - £1,000
- The Children's Foundation - £3,000
- The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company - £2,959
- Kids Kabin - £1,600
- POSCH (Parents and Carers of Special Children) - £3,000
- Action on Dementia Sunderland - £2,944
- Epilepsy Outlook - £1,000
- Soroptimist International Tynemouth, Whitley Bay & District - £2,000
- Wansbeck Valley Food Bank - £2,000
- Neoangels - £2,400
- The Bede Foodbank T/A Newcastle West End Foodbank – £2,688
- St Cuthberts Care - £2,372
- The RDA Centre in Cleveland T/A Unicorn Centre - £3,000
- East End Youth and Community Centre Limited - £3,560
- Barnabus Safe and Sound - £49,956 (Building Improvement Grant)
- Earsdon and Wellfield Community Association - £49,288 (Building Improvement Grant)
- Glendale Gateway Trust - £15,000
- Cheesy Waffles Youth Project - £2,976
- If You Care Share - £1,300
- Willow Burn Hospice - £896
- Eden Carers - £1,900
- Carlisle Key - £2,537
- Eden Valley Hospice - £1,400
- Lifespan Complementary - £2,009
- Wansbeck Valley Food Bank - £3,000
- Litterbugs - £935
- Tynedale Hospice at Home - £3,000
- Sunderland Headlight - £1,392
- Chrysalis at Tynedale - £2,900
- YMCA Northumberland - £2,993
- Wooler Community Food Garden - £3,000
- Zoe's Place Trust - £3,000
- Great North Air Ambulance Service - £1,058
- Norton Hockey Club - £750
- Neoangels - £2,630
- Pathways4All - £2,700
- The BAY Foodbank - £3,000
- Smile for Life Children's Charity - £3,000
- Darcy's Dream - My Family and Siblings Matter - £2,943
- Rainbow Foundation Sunderland - £1,080
- Gateshead Foodbank - £3,000
- Newcastle U3A - £750
- Age UK Gateshead - £2,580
- The Bede Foodbank T/A Newcastle West End Foodbank - £2,885
- NEH (North East Homeless) - £2,999
- Baby Equipment Loan Service and Toy Library - £2,07
- Jesmond Dementia Action Alliance - £3,000
- Live Well With Cancer - £1,980
- Children North East - £2,890
- Newcastle Vision Support - £2,900
- Walking With North Tyneside - £2,920
- Land of Oak and Iron Trust - £1,720
- Liberdade - £2,820
- TEN North East Limited - £2,984
- Whickham Cricket Club - £1,875
- Josie's Dragonfly Trust - £1,50
- Coldstream Playgroup & Toddlers - £937
- Silverline Memories - £1,300
- Berwick Male Voice Choir - £1,000
2018
- Guide Dogs for the Blind - £3,300
- 1st Duns Brownies - £780
- 21st Gateshead Sea Scout Group - £852
- Abbey Hill School & Technology College - £1,000
- Age Concern Durham County - £2,912
- Alwick Garden Town Trust - £1,000
- Beach Access North East - £3,000
- BRAINBOX - £2,237
- Brandon Boxing Club - £795
- Chasing Rainbows - £1,763
- Clara Vale Conservation Group - £795
- Delves Lane Community Association - £1,500
- Dene Circle Ladies Group - £500
- Eden District Talking Newspaper Association - £520
- Fighting All Cancers Together - £3,000
- Friends of Jarrow Cemetary - £1,910
- Gateshead Indoor Bowls Club - £2,010
- Get U Started Training Ltd - £3,000
- Greystoke Village Hall - £1,839
- HealthWORKS Newcastle - £2,400
- Josie's Dragonfly Trust - £3,000
- Knit Knatter & Kake Community Group - £500
- LD North East - £2,500
- Lumley Ladies Football Club - £1,500
- Out of Sight - £2,500
- Pact House - £2,500
- Reiverdale Scout Group - £675
- Riverside Community Health Project - £3,000
- Silver Fox Motorcyclists - £1,125
- Stainsby Gymnastic Club - £2,908
- The Charlie Cookson Foundation - £3,000
- Time Exchange - £2,876
- Ullswater Yacht Club - £2,000
- Weardale Community Transport - £1,125
- West Moor Gardening Group - £711
- Wooler Netball Club - £1,860
- Yarm 1914 - £3,000
- Springfield Community Association - £49,110 (Building Improvement Grant)
- Barnabus Safe and Sound - £2,000
- Benwell Christian Shop Project (Cornerstone) - £2,230
- Changing Lives - £1,645
- Citizen's Advice Carlisle & Eden - £2,000
- Coatham House - £2,000
- Community@NE66 Charitable Trust - £2,967
- County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust - £2,250
- Cramlington Voluntary Youth Project - £2,980
- Denton Burn Community Association - £3,000
- Durham Christian Partnership - £3,000
- Fighting All Cancers Together - £1,608
- Hartlepool & District Hospice - £2,656
- Newcastle's Vision Support - £2,760
- Oasis Aquila Housing - £3,000
- Pathways4All - £1,476
- Penrith Mountain Rescue Team - £3,000
- Rape and Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre - £2,862
- Silverline Memories - £3,000
- Soroptimist International Tynemouth, Whitley Bay & District - £1,000
- St Peter's Neighbourhood Association - £500
- Stargate and Crookhill Community Centre - £1,485
- Take Heart Support Group - £1,926
- The BAY Foodbank - £3,000
- The Kids and Young Adults Klub-Special Needs - £1,500
- The Oswin Project - £2,823
- The Road to Recovery Trust - £3,000
- Tynedale Hospice at Home - £3,000
- YMCA North Tyneside - £3,000
- Rainbow Homes - £2,000
2017
- Age UK Teesside - £910
- Baby Equipment Loan Service and Toy Library - £2,000
- Darlington Samaritans - £840
- Linskill and North Tyneside Community Development - £1,000
- The Carlise Youth Zone - £2,250
- Tynemouth Volunteer Life Brigade - £1,000
- Wansbeck Valley Food Bank - £1,000
- 5th Berwick Scout Group - £941
- Alnwick Lions - £3,000
- Berwick in Bloom - £786
- Blyth Stroke Support Group - £950
- BRAINBOX - £3,000
- Breathing Space - £2,500
- Bright Red - £1,500
- Cheesy Waffles Youth Project - £1,882
- Chirnside Common Good Association - £300
- County Durham Stroke Club - £1,000
- Cruse Bereavement Care - £3,000
- East Cramlington & Seaton Valley Conservation Club - £1,000
- Fighting All Cancers Together - £1,500
- Forest Hall Chess Club - £500
- Full Circle Food Project - £3,000
- Gateshead Indoor Bowls Club - £950
- Get Cameron Communicating - £1,056
- Herriot Hospice Homecare - £1,200
- Independent Advocacy North East - £3,000
- Josephine and Jack Project - £1,950
- Laurel Avenue Community Association - £1,000
- Lesbury Village Hall - £1,000
- Lets Get Growing - £3,000
- Lovaine Community Garden - £2,000
- Lumley Boccia and Social Group - £700
- Pathways4All - £2,275
- Percy Hedley Foundation - £1,500
- Rett UK - £1,000
- Samaritans of Tyneside - £695
- Sara's Hope Foundation - £1,500
- Scotswood Natural Community Garden - £3,000
- St Oswalds Hospice - £1,000
- Stargate and Crookhill Community Centre - £500
- TalkinTarn Amateur Rowling Club - £2,410
- Tees Valley Wildlife Trust - £1,330
- Whitley Bay Tea Dance Club - £1,760
- Zoe's Place Trust - £1,800
- Barnados Mosaic Project - £1,500
- Bright Futures North East - £1,250
- Changing Lives - £1,000
- Children's Society - £1,250
- 1016 Berwick Squadron Air Training Corp - £1,500
- Age UK Sunderland - £1,000
- Alnwick Stroke Club - £1,000
- Annie Mawsons Sunbeams Music Trust - £2,768
- Carlisle Mencap - £2,867
- Community @NE66 Charitable Trust - £2,000
- Cramlington United FC - £974
- Cruse Bereavement Credit Cumbria - £3,000
- Duns Amateur Swimming Club - £500
- East End Youth & Community Centre Limited - £2,879
- Eden Carers - £2,900
- Families First North East - £2,914
- Great North Air Ambulance Service - £2,000
- Hartlepool Community Broadcast - £2,100
- James Rennie School - £1,600
- Links Conservation Group (Blyth & Seaton Sluice) - £500
- Men in Sheds - South Tyneside - £2,571
- North East Hearts with Goals - £3,000
- Northbourne Street Youth Initiative - £2,977
- Pallister Park Bowling Club - £1,000
- Pelton Fell Community Partnership - £3,000
- Rosemount Care Home - £1,500
- Sans Street Youth & Community Centre - £2,818
- Silverline Memories - £1,500
- Soroptimist International Tynemouth, Whitley Bay & District - £1,500
- South Tyneside (TEN) Training & Enterprise Network - £3,000
- The BAY Foodbank - £3,000
- The Cedarwood Trust - Soup-a-Gran project - £2,500
- The Cedarwood Trust - Wor Bairns project - £2,500
- Toma Fund - £500
- West End Bowling Club - £2,500
- Young Fire Fighters - Team High Hold - £1,000
2016
- Daisy Chain Project Teesside - £3,000
- Henry Dancer Days - £1,500
- MS Research and Relief Fund - £1,500
- Nathan Needs - £1,135
- Whickham Hermitage Community Garden - £1,865