Apply for support from
the Community Foundation

Fredrick Milburn Fund

The Frederick Milburn Fund is open to applications from voluntary and community projects that have a connection to the River Tyne.

Projects supported can include those related to activities on the river, involving communities situated on the river or projects with a link to the heritage of the river. Grants up to £2,000 are available.

• Deadline for applications: 16 March 2012
• To apply use the general Community Foundation application form above. Please mark the application for Fredrick Milburn Fund.

Women’s Fund

The Women’ Fund was established in 1999 by Dame Margaret Barbour, and has been enhanced by contributions from women and other supporters throughout the area to support women in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.
Applications for grants up to £3,000 are sought from community and voluntary groups that support women to achieve their full potential, give access to information and assistance on social, health or economic issues and provide training and support services.

The work must be exclusively for women who are over the age of 18 and for specific project work. Organisational core costs can be part of the application but not the main focus. For example, volunteer costs for a particular activity, rather than a general contribution to volunteer costs.

• Deadline for applications: Friday 30 March 2012.
• To apply use the general Community Foundation application form above. Please mark the application for Women’s Fund

UK Land Estates Fund

The UK Land Estates fund is looking for applications from projects supporting local people in Gateshead, South Shields and Sunderland.

• To apply use the general Community Foundation application form above. Please mark the application for UK Land Estates Fund

North Tyneside Women’s Aid Legacy Fund

North Tyneside Women’s Aid Legacy Fund is looking for applications from community and voluntary groups that provide support and improve the lives of women and children affected by domestic violence in North Tyneside.
Grants will be given to create and manage New Beginnings Funds that will provide small grants, up to a maximum of £500 for each individual, to be used, for example, to purchase household equipment, provide new school uniforms, assist with decorating costs or pay a bond on a private tenancy. It is expected that grants will be provided where there is significant hardship and no alternative sources of support.

• Deadline for applications: Tuesday 20 March 2012.
• To apply use the general Community Foundation application form above. Please mark the application for North Tyneside Women’s Aid Legacy Fund

Ringtons Fund

Ringtons Fund is looking for applications for grants of up £5,000 from organisations supporting families, women, older people, disabled people and those living in more disadvantaged areas. Grants are available for direct project costs, activities and capital items but funding is not available for salaries or core running costs.

• Deadline for applications: Friday 30 March 2012.
• To apply use the general Community Foundation application form above. Please mark the application for Ringtons Fund

Sage Community Fund

Sage Community Fund supports organisations providing life and employability skills to help improve the quality of people’s lives, of all ages. Grants of up to £5,000 are available for direct project costs, that can include salaries and running costs, activities and capital items.

• Deadline for applications: Friday 30 March 2012.
• To apply use the general Community Foundation application form above. Please mark the application for Sage Community Fund

The 43 Fund

The 43 Fund is looking for applications for grants of up to £4,000 to support community theatre, amateur dramatics and performing arts in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.

• Deadline for applications: Monday 20 March 2012.
• To apply use the general Community Foundation application form above. Please mark the application for The 43 Fund

Sport Relief 2012 Community Cash Grant Programme

Local people know what is needed in their community and are best placed to make any changes. Having lots of activities happening in area brings vibrancy to a local community which can make it a better place to live. There are many people undertaking great work in their area, but they often struggle to get the support they need.

The Sport Relief 2012 Community Cash Grant Programme will provide grants of between £500 and £1,000 to support community groups undertaking work that helps people of all ages feel more included in their community, builds their skills and increases their sense of achievement.

• To apply and to find out more click here.
• Deadline for applications: Midnight Friday 9th March.

The Sir Tom Cowie Fund

The Sir Tom Cowie Fund at the Community Foundation aims to give disadvantaged and disabled children and young people opportunities to fulfil their potential. The focus is on schemes which help young people achieve goals, improve skills and explore their talents. Sir Tom’s motivation in establishing the Fund was a recognition that not all young people had the same life chances, but that through engaging with voluntary and community projects, they could be helped to overcome barriers and succeed in life.

There is now a call for applications to the Fund from voluntary and community groups based in Sunderland only. Please note, if your organisation is not based in Sunderland, you should not apply even if some of your work covers the city.

Groups can apply for grants of between £1,000 to £10,000 to support projects and activities that work with young people in the ways described above. Children and young people benefitting may be aged between 8 to 25.

The preference with grants from this Fund is to support a project or activity in full, or to make a major contribution towards the full costs. Applications where any grant from the Sir Tom Cowie Fund would only be a small part of a bigger scheme are unlikely to be supported.

• To apply use the general Community Foundation application form above. Please mark the application for Sir Tom Cowie Fund.
• Closing date is Friday 24 February 2012

Surviving Winter

As the winter progresses we will be working with National Energy Action (NEA) to support people out of fuel poverty using the money we have raised through the Surviving winter campaign by going directly to our local community and voluntary groups that work with people in fuel poverty every day. The community and voluntary groups will also benefit from a hardship grant that can be distributed to any individual or individuals that use the organisations services.

If you are interested in working with NEA to offer a workshop to help users at your community or voluntary group out of fuel poverty, and to gain access to hardship funding click on the links below to download an expression of interest form and guidance notes.

Surviving Winter Expression of Interest
Surviving Winter Guidance Notes

You can fill the form in and email it back to survivingwinter@communityfoundation.org.uk or post it to the regular Community Foundation address below.

The North East ESF Community Grants 2011-2013 programme provides grants of up to £12,000 to small, third sector, voluntary and community organisations to engage with local communities to deliver a range of skills and employment support to enable people from the hardest to reach communities, experiencing multiple disadvantages, to make progress towards the labour market.

For further information please contact Sue Martin on 0191 2220945 or at esf@communityfoundation.org.uk

To find out more about ESF click here

Read the full “ESF Community Grants in the North East 2011-2013 Guidance” issued by County Durham Community Foundation to see if you are eligible for a grant. They are available here

• To apply online click here
• To download the application guidelines click here