Point North Community Foundation
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Point North Community Foundation is a registered charity fighting poverty and enriching lives across County Durham, Tees Valley and the wider North East of England. The foundation works with local communities, connecting donors with causes that matter through grants and donations. Since 1995, they have awarded millions to communities, supporting initiatives ranging from foodbanks and warm spaces to opportunities for children and young people to learn, play and grow.
Funding Opportunities
The Belmont Fund
The Belmont Fund aims to fight poverty and enrich lives for people living in Belmont, County Durham. It offers financial assistance to community groups, voluntary organisations, and the local community. The fund covers a variety of needs including capital items and equipment, coaching or training activity, project costs, sessional costs, contributions to core/running costs, capacity building activities, transport costs, repair costs, and IT equipment. This fund is made possible by the Banks Family Grassroots Fund, which aims to fight poverty and enrich lives in the County Durham communities in which the family grew up and where The Banks Group operates.
Quixwood Moor Wind Farm Fund
The Quixwood Moor Wind Farm Community Fund provides financial assistance to community groups and voluntary organisations that enrich lives around the Quixwood Moor wind farm. Located on the eastern side of Berwickshire, close to Grantshouse in the Scottish Borders, this fund benefits people in Abbey St Bathans, Bonkyll, and the areas covered by Grantshouse Community Council and Preston Community Council. The fund supports projects or organisations that are supporting the health and wellbeing of local people, encouraging rural regeneration, providing amenities for community use, delivering education and training, employment and/or social welfare initiatives, and promoting energy efficiency, environmental protection or landscape conservation. Grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities, community and voluntary groups with a constitution, and social enterprises registered with the appropriate body. Applications are considered on a rolling basis with decisions made within 8 weeks. Eligible applicants must be based in or deliver activity in the specified ward areas, though projects from adjoining community councils may be considered if local people from the eligible locations will benefit. The fund is administered by Point North on behalf of NTR Plc, leaders in clean energy who support local community groups and environmental projects around their wind farms.
Acumen Legacy Fund
The Acumen Legacy Fund offers grants to unemployed people living in East Durham who are facing barriers to employment, skills development or vocational training programmes. This fund supports individuals who need assistance accessing training or employment opportunities through an application made by an appropriate referrer or sponsor such as a frontline worker, career advisor, social worker, or support worker from a relevant registered charity, housing association or public sector organisation. The fund covers a wide range of support including accredited training programmes, study aids such as books, equipment needed for courses, travel costs toward training, contribution toward childcare costs, clothes and other support for job interviews, bicycles with helmet and locks, driving lessons where a job offer requires a full licence, and laptops where there is evidence of a training placement. Applications are processed within 6 weeks and grants of up to £1,000 are available. The fund does not cover contributions towards course fees if the course fee exceeds £2,000, higher education fees, items which are the responsibility of an employer or third party to provide, any item or activity where there is a statutory obligation to provide such as uniforms or safety equipment, or items that have already been purchased and activities that have already taken place. The fund is managed by Point North (formerly County Durham Community Foundation) and is part of the Acumen Development Trust supporting people out of work in East Durham.
SWEF Business Grant
The SWEF Business Grant supports young people living in County Durham or Tees Valley with a business investment they can't afford but will transform their business. Young people not in education, employment or training are encouraged to apply. This Fund is not a loan scheme - if you are awarded a grant, you do not need to pay the grant back. SWEF offers two types of grants: a Start-Up Grant of up to £500 for pre-revenue or early-stage businesses, and a Business Grant of up to £2,000 for established businesses with trading income. The grant can be used for equipment, materials, prototypes, website development, training, and product development to help young entrepreneurs grow their businesses in County Durham and Tees Valley.
Christine Carter Creative Arts Fund
The Christine Carter Creative Arts Fund provides bursaries to talented artists and creative practitioners who are facing financial hardship in County Durham and Sunderland. The fund supports artists who are beginning their creative arts training, looking to develop their artistic career or studies, developing their practice towards arts for social change, or from an underrepresented or marginalised group. Applications require verification from a named sponsor or referrer such as a teacher, frontline worker, careers adviser, or social worker. The fund covers art and craft materials, essential equipment for course or work, accredited training programmes (not higher education), study aids such as books, and travel costs toward training. Decisions are typically made within six weeks of application submission.
Community Grants Programme
Point North's Community Grants Programme provides grants focusing on sustaining health and wellbeing and reducing inequalities. The programme prioritises projects which 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, or work within the community addressing local need. Grants up to £7,000 are available for registered charities, community and voluntary groups with a constitution, and social enterprises that generate more than 50% of their income through trading. The fund covers core costs, essential maintenance, salaries, capital items and equipment, coaching or training activity, transport costs, capacity building activities, repair costs, activity costs, and food and refreshments to address poverty and inequality (limited to £1,500). Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis with decisions typically made within 8-12 weeks.
Penny Hill Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund
The Penny Hill Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund is administered by Point North on behalf of OnPath Energy. This fund supports local community groups, voluntary organisations, and environmental projects that fight poverty and enrich lives within specific communities near Rotherham, South Yorkshire. The fund is designed to benefit communities in Aston, Thurcroft, Treeton, Ulley, and Whiston, though projects outside these areas may be considered if they can demonstrate benefit to local people from these locations. The fund provides grants of up to £7,000 for a wide range of community purposes including promotion of energy efficiency, environmental protection and nature conservation, supporting health and wellbeing, regeneration, improvements to community facilities, education and training facilities/equipment, and social welfare activities. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no specific deadline. Eligible applicants include community groups, voluntary organisations, playgroups, youth clubs, church and village halls, sports clubs, environmental projects, senior citizen clubs, and schools for non-statutory projects. Applicants do not need to be registered charities but must have charitable aims. The fund specifically excludes advancement of religion, political activities, statutory responsibilities, retrospective funding, and salaries.
Household Support Fund (Utilities)
The Household Support Fund (Utilities) is a UK Government initiative delivered through Point North to support people living in County Durham who are struggling to afford household essentials, specifically gas and electricity costs. The fund is designed to help the county's most vulnerable households facing financial hardship with energy bills. If successful, applicants receive a PayPoint digital voucher issued via Evouchers to use at PayPoint stores. Applicants must be aged 18 or over, living in the Durham County Council area, and liable for Council Tax at their property. Support professionals such as frontline workers, social workers, or support workers from registered charities can apply on behalf of individuals who need assistance completing the form. The fund operates on a rolling basis with no specific deadline, and decisions are typically made within three weeks of application submission.
Household Support Fund (Food)
The Household Support Fund (Food) is provided by the UK Government to deliver support to people living in County Durham who are struggling to afford household essentials, specifically food costs. At Point North, this fund provides food support through digital vouchers issued via Evouchers to use in supermarkets. The fund is designed to help County Durham's most vulnerable households during times of financial hardship. Anyone aged 18 or over who is living in the Durham County Council area and is struggling to afford everyday essentials or in need of crisis support can apply. Applicants must be liable for Council Tax at the property they are living in, which could be covered by Universal Credit. Support professionals can also apply on behalf of individuals who need assistance completing the application form. If successful, applicants receive a digital supermarket voucher. Applications are decided within three weeks of submission.
Banks Property Grassroots Fund
The Banks Property Grassroots Fund aims to enrich the lives of people living in areas where Banks is proposing or progressing developments. The fund supports projects and groups operating in areas where Banks Property is proposing or progressing developments. The Fund can support a broad range of existing or new projects and activities, including promotion of energy efficiency, environmental protection and nature conservation, supporting health and wellbeing of people, improvements to community facilities, education and training facilities/equipment, and social welfare including events, trips and activities such as luncheon clubs and food banks. Grants of up to £2,000 are available to registered charities, community and voluntary groups, social enterprises, schools (for non-statutory projects), and parish councils operating in County Durham, Darlington, Stockton-on-Tees, and Yorkshire. Organizations must have charitable aims and projects must be near a Banks property development site. Applications require pre-approval from the Banks Community Team before submission to Point North.
Heysham South Wind Farm Community Fund
The Heysham South Wind Farm Community Fund supports local community groups, voluntary organisations, and environmental projects that fight poverty and enrich lives within the boundaries of the Heysham South Wind Farm. Located just inland from Morecambe Bay, this fund benefits communities in and around Heaton-with-Oxcliffe, Heysham, Middleton, and Overton in Lancashire. The fund provides grants up to £7,000 for a wide range of community initiatives including promotion of energy efficiency, environmental protection and nature conservation, supporting health and wellbeing of local people, regeneration, improvements to community facilities, education and training facilities and equipment, and social welfare activities such as events, trips, lunch clubs and food banks. Applicants do not need to be registered charities but must have charitable aims. Eligible organisations include community groups, voluntary organisations, playgroups, youth clubs, church and village halls, sports clubs, Scout and Guide Movement groups, environmental projects, clubs for senior citizens, and schools for non-statutory projects. The fund operates on a rolling basis with no specific deadlines, and decisions are typically made within 12 weeks of application submission. The fund is administered by Point North and funded by OnPath Energy, a company committed to generating power from renewable technologies such as onshore wind and solar farms. The fund does not cover advancement of religion or political activities, statutory responsibilities, retrospective funding, salaries, or projects outside the designated geographic area.
Haswell Moor Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund
The Haswell Moor Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund is administered by Point North (formerly County Durham Community Foundation) and funded by RWE to support local community groups, voluntary organisations and environmental projects in and around the Haswell Moor wind farm location in County Durham. The fund provides grants to improve public amenities such as community halls and sports facilities, support environmental and wildlife projects including improvements to open spaces, facilitate activities that engage the local community, and fund energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no deadline. The fund aims to make grant decisions within 12 weeks of receiving a completed application. Eligible areas include communities in and around Haswell including Easington Lane, Haswell, Haswell Plough, High Pittington, Littletown, Low Pittington, Ludworth, Cassop, Old Cassop, Shadforth, Sherburn Village, Sherburn Hill, Thornley, and Wheatley Hill.
Wind Farm: High Haswell Community Benefits Fund
The High Haswell Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund is located in High Haswell, and this fund is for community groups, voluntary organisations and environmental projects in and around the wind farm in Haswell, Ludworth, Shadforth, South Hetton and Wheatley Hill. The fund supports projects that benefit communities in these areas, including initiatives to improve public amenities such as community halls and sports facilities, environmental and wildlife projects including those to improve open spaces, activities to engage the local community, and energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. The fund is administered by Point North, a community foundation serving County Durham. Applications can be made by registered charities, CIOs, community and voluntary groups with a constitution, social enterprises, schools and educational establishments, and town and parish councils. The decision process typically takes 12 weeks from application submission.
RWE Butterwick Moor Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund
The RWE Butterwick Moor Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund supports local community groups, voluntary organisations and environmental projects in and around Sedgefield, County Durham. The fund specifically serves communities within a 3-mile radius of the Butterwick Moor Wind Farm, including the villages of Fishburn, Thorpe, Larches, Trimdon, Trimdon Station, Sedgefield, and Winterton. This fund provides grants of up to £5,000 for projects that improve public amenities such as community halls and sports facilities, environmental and wildlife projects including improvements to open spaces, activities to engage the local community, and energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no specific deadline. Applicants do not need to be registered charities but must have charitable aims. Eligible organisations include registered charities and CIOs, community and voluntary groups with a constitution, and social enterprises registered with the appropriate body. The fund is administered by Point North (formerly County Durham Community Foundation) on behalf of RWE.
EDF Walkway Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund
The EDF Walkway Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund supports local community groups, voluntary organisations and environmental projects in and around the Walkway Wind Farm located in Billingham. The fund serves communities within a 3-mile radius of the wind farm, including the villages of Sedgefield, Trimdon, Fishburn and Wynyard in County Durham. The fund supports projects that improve public amenities such as community halls and sports facilities, environmental and wildlife projects including improvements to open spaces, activities to engage the local community, and energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. Awards of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities, community and voluntary groups with a constitution, and social enterprises registered with appropriate bodies. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no specific deadline, and decisions are typically made within 12 weeks. The fund is administered by Point North Foundation on behalf of EDF Energy as part of their commitment to supporting communities near their wind farm installations. The fund does not support general fundraising appeals, for-profit activities, general office equipment, statutory obligations of public bodies, political campaigning, or contingency funding. Applicants must demonstrate charitable aims and operate within the specified geographic boundaries.
EDF High Hedley Hope 2 Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund
The EDF High Hedley Hope 2 Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund supports local community groups, voluntary organisations and environmental projects in and around the High Hedley Hope 2 Wind Farm located in East Hedleyhope, County Durham. The fund aims to benefit communities within a 3-mile radius of the wind farm including the villages of Cornsay, East Hedleyhope, Esh, Esh Winning, Roddymoor, Satley, Sunniside, Two Law, and Waterhouses. The fund provides grants of up to £2,000 to support projects that improve public amenities such as community halls and sports facilities, environmental and wildlife projects including improvements to open spaces, activities to engage the local community, and energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. Applicants do not need to be registered charities, but must have charitable aims. Eligible organisations include registered charities, CIOs, community and voluntary groups with a constitution, and social enterprises such as CICs and companies limited by guarantee. The fund operates on a rolling basis with no specific deadline, and applications are reviewed within 12 weeks of submission. The fund does not support unspecified contributions to large fundraising appeals, for-profit or commercial elements, general office capital items, public bodies fulfilling statutory obligations, political campaigning, or contingency funding. This community benefits fund is administered by Point North (formerly County Durham Community Foundation) on behalf of EDF Energy.
EDF Trimdon Grange Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund
The EDF Trimdon Grange Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund supports local community groups, voluntary organisations and environmental projects in and around the Trimdon Grange Wind Farm in County Durham. The fund is designed to benefit communities within a 3-mile radius of the wind farm and specific villages including Bishop Middleham, Fishburn, and Wingate. The fund supports projects to improve public amenities such as community halls and sports facilities, environmental and wildlife projects including improvements to open spaces, activities to engage the local community, and energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no specific deadline, and decisions are typically made within 12 weeks of application submission.
EDF Langley Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund
The EDF Langley Wind Farm Community Benefits Fund supports local community groups, voluntary organisations and environmental projects in and around the Langley Wind Farm located in Langley Park, County Durham. This fund benefits communities within a 3-mile radius of the wind farm including Craghead, Esh, Quebec, Sacriston, South Moor and Waldrige areas. The fund provides grants of up to £2,000 for projects that improve public amenities such as community halls and sports facilities, environmental and wildlife projects including improvements to open spaces, activities to engage local communities, and energy efficiency or renewable energy projects. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no specific deadline. Applicants do not need to be registered charities but must have charitable aims. Eligible organizations include registered charities, CIOs, community and voluntary groups with a constitution, and social enterprises such as CICs and companies limited by guarantee. The fund is administered by Point North (formerly County Durham Community Foundation) and decisions are typically made within 12 weeks of application submission. The fund does not support unspecified contributions to general fundraising appeals, for-profit elements, capital items for general office use, public bodies carrying out statutory obligations, political activity, or contingency funding.
Tees Valley Community Grants
Point North's Tees Valley Community Grants Programme provides grants focusing on sustaining health and wellbeing and reducing inequalities. The fund prioritises projects which 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, or work within the community to address local needs. Grants are available up to £3,000 for registered charities, community and voluntary groups with a constitution, and social enterprises that generate more than 50% of their income through trading. The fund covers various costs including core or running costs, essential maintenance, salaries, capital items and equipment, coaching or training activity, transport costs, capacity building activities, and repair costs. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with decisions typically made within 8 weeks.
At a Glance
- Total Funding Opportunities
- 26
- Active Now
- 19
- Source Domain
- pointnorth.org.uk
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