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.
Grassroots football organisations are invited to apply for Football Foundation funding to improve changing pavilions and clubhouses. Grants of up to £25,000, covering up to 75% of project costs, are available for refurbishment, modernisation, and new-build projects. Funding can support
The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust is inviting applications from registered charities for grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to support animal welfare projects in the UK and overseas. Funding is available for projects and activities that benefit and protect
The foundation’s objectives are to support: Social welfare, particularly the relief of need, hardship and distress Community development Work which supports children, young people and the elderly, local hospitals and hospices Christian activities The arts Environmental projects Grants can be
Registered charities and not-for-profit groups with an annual income of £100,000 or less can apply for £500–£5,000 to support serving personnel, veterans, operationally qualified seafarers and immediate families in need. Grants must be spent within 12 months on well-costed community-based
