Point North’s Community Grant Programme

County Durham and Darlington only

This fund will prioritise projects which meet one of the following aims:

• Improve health and wellbeing
• Reduce poverty and inequality
• Support those impacted by family breakdown or domestic abuse
• Remove barriers to digital access
• Provide advice and support to people struggling to manage money
• Improve opportunities for education, training and employment
• Work within the community that you can show is addressing local need

Here are some examples of the type of funding you can apply for, but this list is not exhaustive:

• Contribution to core or running costs where the expenditure of the organisation is typically less than £500,000 per year
• Essential maintenance of equipment or pitches associated with improvements to grow participation
• Salaries or part salaries for roles clearly linked to addressing the issues listed above sessional costs
• Capital items and equipment including IT equipment (vehicles or minibuses not included)
• Coaching or training activity
• Transport costs
• Capacity building activities
• Repair costs
• Activity costs e.g. equipment and materials
• Food and refreshments when used to address poverty and inequality (limited to £1,500)

For more information visit: https://pointnorth.org.uk/grants/community-grants-programme/ or email at: info@pointnorth.org.uk or call: 0191 378 6340