The Bernicia Foundation is seeking applications for its Inclusion Grant Programme.

The Bernicia Foundation is a charity that builds further on this great work, supporting projects and initiatives that deliver real and lasting community benefit, alongside helping inspirational young people to fulfil their potential.  

Supported Programs

Their Inclusion Grant Programme supports initiatives that encourage:

• Social inclusion
  • Reducing isolation and loneliness
  • Promoting independence
  • Building citizenship, confidence and aspiration
• Economic inclusion
  • Removing barriers to employment, training and volunteering
  • Reducing child poverty
  • Tackling Fuel Poverty
  • Improving financial wellbeing

Funding Information

The Bernicia Foundation tends to give grants between £5,000 and £10,000.

Eligibility Criteria

• Examples of eligible groups include:
  • Constituted voluntary or community organisations
  • Registered charities, including charitable companies
  • Social enterprises like CICs and co-operatives, subject to the normal funding restrictions for the costs of continuing services. Community Interest Companies (CICs) or other social enterprises that are not charities can apply for the charitable costs of starting up the enterprise, setting up to trade existing goods in a new market, or developing new goods and services to trade in line with a sound business plan.  The Foundation does not normally support CICs and other non-charity enterprises with the costs of continuing services, which should be financed by the sale of goods and services in line with the government model they have chosen.
• The Foundation will fund core costs for eligible organisations to help them recover from the impact of Covid-19.
• In addition applicants will only be considered if they;
  • are based or working in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, County Durham and Teesside
  • have an annual income under £750,000
  • have no more than 6 months’ running costs in reserve
  • have their own bank account
  • have a safeguarding policy in place (where working with vulnerable people or children)

For more information, visit The Bernicia Foundation.