Announced this week, The Esmée Fairbairn Programme at the Community Foundation will target small and medium-sized voluntary organisations based in North East England. Grants up to a maximum of £30,000 will be made for work in the arts, education, the environment and social change, with an emphasis on supporting disadvantaged areas of the region.
The scheme is intended to run over three years and could be good news for arts organisations in the region following the announcement in November that Newcastle City Council is proposing to cut all funding to the arts in the city.
Serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, the Community Foundation is a charity that enables effective giving to strengthen communities and enrich local life. It supports charitable, community and voluntary organisations in the region – as long as an organisation’s objectives are charitable, there is a chance that it could be supported by the new scheme. The new programme will be open for applications from organisations in Durham, as well as from those in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.
Rob Williamson, Chief Executive of the Community Foundation, said: “It is great news that Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is making a particular commitment to the North East to reach groups who might not otherwise apply for its funding. I am very much looking forward to our new partnership and, through the programme, supporting more of the work done by fantastic projects in our area.”
To receive the call for applications when it is announced in early 2013 sign up for the Community Foundation’s e-newsletter.
More on a-n.co.uk:
Making funding applications – Lisa Le Feuvre’s guide for artists and arts organisations.
How to get crowd-funding – Emily Speed’s guide to ‘turning small stakes into big ideas’.
Prizes & Awards – Knowledge bank resource including profiles ofUK trusts and foundations.
