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At 7pm on Wednesday 16th July at Hardwick Hall Hotel in Sedgefield, we were
very excited to announce that small community groups and projects are to benefit
from a £1,442,000 cash injection, after County Durham Foundation won
a Government contract to distribute funding to grassroots good causes and
encourage philanthropists to set up their own funds to help their communities.
Read the full press release.
Find out how you can take advantage of the Grassroots
Endowment Challenge.
Apply for funding.
July
2008 - Making a local and lasting impactOur purpose is to support community-based projects that make a real difference to the quality of life for local people who are disadvantaged. We act as a vehicle for individuals, families and companies who want to put something back into their local community either in their lifetime or through leaving a legacy. If you wish to become a fundholder you can find out more about how County Durham Foundation aims to make a local and lasting impact in this brochure.
New
leadership for County Durham FoundationWe are very pleased to announce the appointment of our new Chairman and Chief
Executive. Local businessman Mark I’Anson succeeds Bernard Robinson
OBE as Chairman and Alison Broom, a former Ministerial adviser, has been appointed
as its new Chief Executive - replacing Gillian Stacey who has led the organisation
for 11 years.
Read the
full story.
David discovers how Community Foundations across the country are helping
donors to discover a way of using their money to make a local impact.
Read
the full story.
A recent article published by Third Sector Review shows that the money available
to community foundations has doubled over the past four years.
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full story.
Many local organisations, large and small, helped us to make a difference
this Christmas by purchasing their cards from our Gift Shop and making a donation
to a good cause of their choice.
Read the full press release.
The
Tony Blair Sports Foundation is launchedAs you have probably heard in the news, this week saw the launch of the Tony Blair Sports Foundation, which will be based in his old constituency home in Sedgefield. What you might not realise is that his Foundation is actually part of County Durham Foundation.
We were chosen by Mr Blair to offer governance and management support to his staff, who are employed by us. The Tony Blair Sports Foundation will increase participation in sport by young people, particularly those who are currently socially excluded, by inspiring more adults to become trained coaches; by providing access to training and matching coaches with sports clubs and schools.
Read the official press release.
A serial entrepreneur who has been hailed by many as a new age eco-warrior of the business world. Alex has just donated £37,500 worth of shares in a Chinese goldmine to the Foundation.
Life's
getting better in County Durham, but only for some of usLife in County Durham and Darlington is much better than
it once was….but many places, communities and individuals have been
left behind’, according to a new report commissioned by local grant
making charity County Durham Foundation from Durham University academic and
social researcher Professor Fred Robinson.
Download the research report.
Request a copy of the research report.
Read the full press
release.
Sunday Times 22.07.07
After Sir Tom Hunter’s £1billion pledge to charity, an article
about the new philanthropists who are attempting to bridge the wealth gap
recently appeared in the Sunday Times praising Community Foundation's for
their ability to ‘put local donors in touch with almost any kind of
project they might wish to support’.
Read the extract
Read
the full article
Fund
holder goes undercover as 'the Secret Millionaire'.On Wednesday 6th December television viewers may have seen local entrepreneur John Elliott MBE become Channel 4’s latest ‘Secret Millionaire’. The second instalment of Channel 4’s new reality TV show, ‘The Secret Millionaire’ saw John, a well-respected businessman from Crook, living off just £11 a day state benefit for a week in inner city Liverpool to find somebody whose life he could change for the better with a cheque for £50,000.
This is however just the tip of the charitable iceberg where John is concerned, as he has held a charitable fund with County Durham Foundation since 1999.
10th
Anniversary Celebration at Raby CastleOn Friday 8th September we hosted an evening of entertainment for our fund-holders and supporters to celebrate the end of our 10th Anniversary year.
The evening, kindly hosted by Lord Barnard, was a great success. Entertainment for the evening was provided by Durham Traditional Music Festival, Durham Johnson School Choir and Durham Chinese School. The night was brought to a close by a spectacular firework display.
Local
Entrepreneur Gives a Helping Hand to Budding Young StarGuy Readman, Chairman of Birtley based Tor Coatings Limited, has recently helped a young dancer from Durham move one step closer to achieving his dream of completing a course at the prestigious Italia Conti Stage School in London.
20-year-old Kyle Craggs has wanted to be a dancer for as long as he can remember. His exceptional talents won him one of only 30 coverted places at the London Stage School. However after only one year of training Kyle was in danger of having to give up his dream due to a lack of funds.
Grant Recipient publishes first book!Jason’s story is a remarkable one. Up until recently
Jason, aged 22, could neither read nor write. With the help of his wife and
a Global Grant, Jason discovered a real passion and talent for writing and
has now published his first book.
Click here
to read more about Jason's story and the Global Grants Programme.
Our Gold Darlington Champion, Latimer Hinks Solicitors kindly hosted a Charity Ball to raise money for two charities, we were lucky enough to be one of them, the other was ChildLine. The evening was a huge success and a fantastic night was had by all.
A new support group to help children with Down Syndrome learn and have fun
is set to expand thanks to support from the Darlington Champions. The Down
Syndrome support group was set up in partnership with the national organisation
Down Syndrome Educational Trust, which helps pre-school age children with
Down Syndrome improve their language, reading, writing and numeracy skills.
Darlington Champions provided a grant of £7,000 to buy new equipment
and pay for specialist staff.
For more on this news item click here.
Contact Alison to
find out how to host a lunch in aid of Darlington Champions.
Belmont Parish Hall Association have received a grant of £5,556 from The Banks Community Fund which is administered by the County Durham Foundation, a local grant making organisation, The grant has been used to help build a brand new community facility next to Belmont Church for the people of Belmont and Carville which replaces facilities lost to the community 13 and 20 years previously.
