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North East businesses gift mental health support through local charity

North East businesses have gifted mental health support to children across the North East through a creative intervention programme, established by…

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Funding and support

Unlocking Excellence: Opportunity to Join us at NeuroMastery for HR Excellence training opportunity

Empowering HR and People & Culture professionals is at the heart of Neuro Creative Studio's mission. They recognise the challenges you face in…

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Funding opportunity - North of Tyne Combined Authority UKSPF People & Skills Small Grants programme

View flyerThe North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA) is excited to announce a new funding opportunity - the launch of our Small Grant Programme…

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UKSPF People and Skills Community Grants Gateshead

Introduction:Gateshead Council  is investing £161k via UK Shared Prosperity Fund investment priority People and Skills to deliver Community…

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Opportunities from the North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub

A round up of current opportunities from the North East & Yorkshire Net Zero Hub and support available.Energy audit for a single building or site…

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Funder’s Spotlight: Baily Thomas Charitable Fund

The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund is a grant making registered charity which was established primarily to aid the research into learning disability…

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State of the Sector

Award-winning charity celebrates 20th year

As Gold Membership+ members of VONNE and recent winners at the North East Charity Awards, we invited Daisy Chain Project to write a guest blog, which…

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State of the Sector

Bringing the local voice of the North East to the VCSE Barometer Survey

Work is underway to bring the local voice of the North East VCSE sector to Nottingham Trent University’s VCSE Barometer Survey.The Barometer Survey…

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Health and Wellbeing

Putting principles into practice: Engaging with diverse communities in health and wellbeing research

On Wednesday 12th July, a wide range of representatives from the VCSE sector and academic researchers met at One Strawberry Lane in Newcastle City…

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Environment and Climate

Meadow Well Connected Hit the Silver Environmental Accreditation Standard

VONNE Silver Membership+ Members, Meadow Well Connected have achieved Silver Level environmental accreditation within the first year of their…

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Funding and support

Funders spotlight: Lloyds Bank Local Collaborations

Lloyds Bank Foundation has launched the Local Collaborations programme to provide grants of £100,000 over two years and development support for…

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Help shape new Participatory Grant Making scheme

The Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland has allocated £135,000 for a locally-led funding pilot in Sunderland, which aims…

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