The Community Foundation awards support grants to support causes in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, and across North East England, from nearly 300 different funds set up by its donors.
The Foundation aims to make it as straightforward as possible to apply. Please read the information pages on its website carefully before starting an application.
Read more about applying for a grant with the Community Foundation here.
First published by North Tyneside Council on 28 August 2025 Two community gardening projects have grown into a blooming success at the John Willie Sams Centre in Dudley. Dudley Youth Group’s gardening project and John Willie Sams men’s group have
VCSE organisations in the North East can now apply for grants through the North East Economic Inactivity Trailblazer VCSE Small Grant Programme. This new fund is designed to support people living in socially and economically deprived areas across the region.
The Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund is one of the first five actions set out in the Digital Inclusion Action Plan: First Steps to support digitally excluded people. The Fund aims to support: Innovative interventions to produce new knowledge on ‘what works’, building the evidence base
The Barchester Charitable Foundation has launched grants to support projects that tackle loneliness among older people and adults with disabilities. The foundation offers grants of up to £2,500 to charitable organisations and community groups working to connect or reconnect people
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