Here's what's happening at Bernicia Foundation
The Foundation is now closed. We expect another round to open in late June 2025 (TBC).
Support from the Bernicia Foundation helped feed and provide arts and crafts activities for more than 900 people from County Durham during lockdown. A grant of £6,250 ensured the East Durham Trust was able to deliver packed lunches and activity packs to households hit hard by the pandemic. Parcels containing…
The latest round of Bernicia Foundation funding has now closed – with a huge ‘thank you’ from trustees to the dozens of people and organisations who applied. So please, don’t apply for this latest round of funding as we won’t be able to consider your application at the moment. But…
A charity that provides lonely and isolated older people with a place to have fun and socialise is one of the first organisations to be awarded a grant from the Bernicia Foundation. Teams and Bensham Community Care has received £6000 from The Bernicia Foundation’s Inclusion Grant to support its…
A £1m charitable fund has opened its second round of funding to support people and communities across the North East region. The Bernicia Foundation, which is led by North East housing association Bernicia, awarded £130,000 among 14 organisations from the first round launched in January this year as well as…
Foundation funding is continuing to help those who need it most. Charities and volunteer organisations across the region have been benefiting from a cash boost with Northumberland County Council distributing £20,000 each to Adapt North East, North Northumberland Voluntary Forum, Blyth Valley CVA, Leading Link and Real…
Communities across the North East received a much appreciated cash boost of £200,000 from the Bernicia Foundation, to help tackle hardship caused by the Coronavirus crisis. The funding has been shared among eight local authorities across the region, with councils asked to use their local knowledge to help us direct…
Wallsend-based charity LD North East is using cash from The Bernicia Foundation to bring light into the lives of people hit by the Coronavirus outbreak. They are using £1,250 from the foundation – administered through North Tyneside Council – to make welfare calls to people living on their own and…
We’ve fast tracked £200,000 to help charities and organisations tackle hardship caused by the Coronavirus crisis. The funding has been allocated to eight local authorities across the region, with councils being given the freedom to use their local knowledge to ensure the money goes quickly to those able to deliver…
A new £1m charitable foundation led by North East housing association Bernicia is now open for business to support people and communities across the region. The Bernicia Foundation will help fund projects and initiatives that deliver real and lasting community benefits, alongside those that support individuals to achieve their…
A Kingston Property Services scheme has won gold for the fifth year running at the 2019 Northumbria in Bloom Awards. Liberty Green in Washington has earned a Gold Award in the Residential Communities Category for its brilliant work to improve the area through community gardening. A small group…
Intrepid cyclists John Holmes and John Harrison pedalled 130 miles from Berwick to Hartlepool in a bike ride to herald plans for a new £1m charitable foundation for the North East. The Bernicia Foundation, which is gearing up to go live later this year, will support people and projects that…
A Durham team helping people live independently for longer has won a top national award. The Bernicia County Durham Handyperson Service, which is headquartered in Pity Me, has been named Handyperson Service of the Year at the Foundations National Healthy Housing Awards 2019. The award recognises excellent practice in delivering…
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