Community Ventures
Community Ventures matches volunteers from local businesses with voluntary organisations who need assistance and guidance to make their projects more effective. We help them to use their business skills for projects that make lasting changes to overcome long-running problems or achieve new goals.
Established in 2003 and based on an established American system, Community Ventures has worked with 13 organisations throughout Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.
Volunteers invest a combination of time and money (typically £5,000) with average tenure of one year, though many of our volunteers choose to remain involved longer.
Current Community Ventures Volunteers
- Mark I'Anson (Chair)
- Jamie Martin
- Rani Svanberg
- Pamela Denham
- John Sands
- Wayham Moran
- Richard Leech
- Richard Bunter
- John Hamilton
- Alan Share
- Caroline Theobald
- Paul Campbell
- Andy Hook
"Community Ventures has helped us gain a realistic view of the cost of each part of our service which means we can manage and plan more effectively to make the organisation more sustainable"
Fiona McDonald, Gateway into the Community
“The mentoring, business advice and peer support I have gained from this project have been invaluable. I really believe our organisation has benefited from this venture”
Sharon Stewart, MIND in Gateshead“Community Ventures has given the company the leg up it needed, we now have a clearer vision of how to sustain our future”
Catrina McHugh, Open Clasp Theatre Company
If you are a business person interested in becoming a Community Ventures volunteer or a voluntary organisation interested in benefiting from the expert help offered by the programme, please contact:
Peter Storey or
Telephone 0191 222 0945
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