Vital Communities – Sector Support

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

Together We Begin is a new programme from the Henry Smith Foundation, under its Getting Started priority. It offers grants to support early years parenting and child development through sustained, face‑to‑face support delivered in the family home. Purpose & Objectives