# Fresh Ideas Fund returns for increased income sustainability in NE England

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/01/fresh-ideas-fund-returns-increased-income-sustainability/
- Published: 2017-02-01T08:58:38+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**The Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland is relaunching the Fresh
Ideas Fund this week. It has been created to enable voluntary, community and social
enterprises in the North East of England to explore opportunities to develop new
earned income streams in order to improve long term sustainability.**

Grants of up to £40,000 are available to support eligible organisations develop 
their ideas in this area.
Ideas that stand a chance of being funded include:

 * taking on a new asset
 * developing an existing asset
 * expanding work to new clients or organisations
 * developing a new social enterprise

The Fund is supported by the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
and Northstar Foundation.
There are three stages to applying:

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 * 6 February 2017 until 3 April 2017
 * 2 May 2017 until 30 June 2017
 * late September 2017.

The [Fresh Ideas Fund](http://www.communityfoundation.org.uk/apply) opens on **6
February 2017**.
 

## CNL Young People’s Fund

As one fund opens another one completes its activity.

The CNL Young People’s Fund was established at the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear
and Northumberland in 2009 and made more than 100 grants of over £400,000 in its
lifetime.

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