Grants list

This page lists recent grants with links to more information about each grant. The figure for each grant represents the total amount actually paid when this list was last revised in July 2011.

Requests for copies of publications or for other information should be made direct to projects by phone or email.

For information about projects previously funded by MHF read our report Funding Policy Change. A pdf version can be downloaded from this page.

Age Concern/Age UK NE

£90,000 (2008/11) for regional policy work

Age UK North Tyneside

£20,000 (2011/12) for a one-year pilot involving the participation of the Older People’s Engagement Network.

Barnado’s North East

£42,220 (2009/10) for participatory research and policy action

Compass

£20,269 (2009/10) for a study on banking systems

The Derwent Initiative

£15,000 (2011/12) towards a programme of events and debates.

Gateshead Carers Association

£107,822 (2008/11) for the Carers Action Forum

Institute for Public Policy Research, ippr north

£440,000 (2003/11) for development and core costs, £6,700 (2005) for conference on environmental justice

Living Streets

£85,000 (2008/11) towards the salary of a North East Coordinator

Mental Health North East 1

£56,700 (2008/10) for development costs and consultancy including £2,000 towards a conference and £5,000 for campaigning activity.

Mental Health North East 2

£45,680 (2011/12) for the first phase of an action programme ‘Whose Marketplace is it anyway?’

Northumbria University, Department of Social Sciences and St Chad’s College, Durham University (Professors Keith Shaw and Fred Robinson)

£15,250 (2011) first instalment for a participative study: From ‘Regionalism to ‘Localism’: Opportunities and Threats for the North East

Regional Refugee Forum North East

£120,074 (2007/11) for support for the Sub-Groups Project

St Chad's College, Durham University (Professor Fred Robinson)

£42,900 (2006/08) for a report Never Had It So Good? - the North East under New Labour 1997-2007, and for follow-up discussions

Shelter, National Campaign for Homeless People

£90,000 (2008/11) for the Children’s Services Campaign

Voluntary Organisations Network North East

£30,000 (2011/12) for the campaign ‘Just Surviving not Thriving’, in association with Newcastle CVS, Community Action Northumberland, One Voice Network Durham and Darlington eVOLution (CVS).