Supporting small community organisations in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.

About Caru Fund

The Caru Fund at the Community Foundation supports organisations that:

1)  Help tackle poverty – meeting basic needs for food, shelter and services and those working to prevent people from falling into poverty; or

2)  Improving health and community safety – community interventions helping people and places at greatest risk for example: healthy living activities, advice and advocacy, counselling, crisis intervention or work on reoffending or anti-social behaviour.

Who can apply?

Organisations are invited to apply for a grant of between £1,000 and £2,000.

To be eligible your organisation must have an income of less than £100,000 per year.

An application could be for a specific project , to purchase equipment or towards the running costs of your organisation.

Examples of disadvantaged communities include those affected by poverty, unemployment, homelessness, asylum seeker / refugee status, disability and people with learning difficulties.

Before applying, please read carefully the information set out on our ‘Funding and Support’ page on our website.

To make an application, please click here