Esmée Fairbairn North East Fund opens for applications again
Howard Lake | 14 September 2013 | News
Applications for the second round of funding are now being invited by the Esmée Fairbairn North East Fund.
The Fund, which launched this year and is administered by the Newcastle-based Community Foundation, will hand out around £500,000 in grants to groups in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, County Durham and the Tees Valley over the next three years.
This round will disburse about £90,000, and there will be two further rounds in 2014 and one in 2015.
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Who can apply?
The Esmée Fairbairn North East Fund is open to groups working in areas of deprivation in Tees Valley, County Durham, Tyne & Wear and Northumberland. Their project should address one of the following themes: arts; education and learning; environment; and social change.
They should have an annual income of between £50,000 and £250,000.
Size of grants
Grants made will usually be for at least £10,000 but no more than £30,000 over three years.
Successful applicant
Blyth-based Headway Arts has received a £12,800 grant from the Fund which will enable it to extend its performing arts work which improves the confidence and social skills of Northumberland residents.
Frances Castle, chief executive of the charity, which has worked with around 2,000 Northumberland residents in the past year, said that it will enable them to take on a part time arts engagement officer.
“What makes the Esmée Fairbairn grant so special,” said Castle, “is that it encourages experiment and vision – we would never have been able to access it without the support and encouragement of the Community Foundation and we are very grateful to them.”
The closing date for applications is midday on 17 October 2013.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.