HomePrevious Grants:
Major Grants Approved in 2004
Seaham Youth Initiative, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
£45,000 over 3 years towards core costs
A detached youth work project offering a wide range of activities and access to training.
Links, Hexham, Northumberland
£35,926 over 3 years towards salary costs
A supported housing advice and information project offering employment and training services.
West End Refugee Service, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
A project which offers practical help, support and advice to refugees and asylum seekers.
St Ann's Partnership, Stockton on Tees, Teesside
£30,000 over 2 years towards running costs
A community barge project providing educational training courses and recreational opportunities for local residents.
Cockerton and Branksome Living Enterprise Limited, Darlington, Co Durham
£30,000 over 3 years towards running costs
A community project providing local residents with education and training opportunities and courses such as self awareness, communication and confidence building, IT and driving theory.
St Chad's Community Project, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear
£30,000 over 3 years towards salary costs
A community project working in an area of high unemployment and lone parents offering a wide range of services including childcare, play schemes, health awareness sessions and parenting courses.
NIWE Easting Distress Service, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear
£30,000 over 3 years towards running costs
An advice and support service for women with eating distress offering a free and confidential telephone helpline, counselling and group workshops sessions.
Single Homeless Action Initiative in Derwentside (SHAID), Consett, Co Durham
£30,000 over 3 years towards salary costs
A housing support service for socially excluded young people aged up to 25 in Derwentside providing practical and emotional support via a drop-in facility, home visiting service and life skills training.
Women's Health in South Tyneside (WHIST), South Shields, Tyne & Wear
£30,000 over 3 years towards running costs
A support service providing individual assistance and finding effective ways of meeting specific health problems. They offer courses such as, homeopathy, reflexology, confidence building, managing anxiety and panic attacks.
Amble MACPI Drop In Centre, Amble, Northumberland
£26,650 over 2 years towards salary costs
A youth drop in offering support and activities to socially excluded young people.
Newcastle Advocacy Project, Tyne & Wear
£24,000 over 2 years towards the salary costs for a Project Worker
Working with people with physical and learning disabilities and mental health problems.
The Junction, Redcar, Teesside
£15,000 over 2 years towards running costs
A support service for young people aged 25 and under providing confidential information, support and counselling.
Pallion Action Group, Sunderland, Tyne & Wear
£14,512 over 3 years towards core costs
A grant towards core costs for a community resource centre.