Welcome
MHF's Trustees seek to use the Foundation's resources to help to build a better society, one more equal and less divided. The emphasis is on tackling the causes of poverty and other social ills rather than alleviating the symptoms, and on doing so where possible by empowering the most disadvantaged, in the first instance in the Foundation's own home conurbation and region.
About The Millfield House Foundation
The Millfield House Foundation (MHF) was founded in 1976 with shares in Laws Stores Ltd, a Tyneside-based food retailing firm founded in Byker in 1907 by Arthur McClelland (1884-1966). The Foundation only had significant income after the firm was sold in 1985.
Most of MHF's grants between 1985 and 1996 were to relatively small local projects seeking to improve the conditions of the most deprived people in Tyne and Wear. In 1996 the Trustees decided to concentrate resources on objects which most other funding bodies can not or will not support. The current priority is to promote social change by funding projects that inform discussion and influence public policy and attitudes, with the aim of diminishing social deprivation and empowering communities. For further details of MHF's policy see the Grants policy page.
MHF has seven Trustees, four of whom live in the North East. The Trustees meet twice a year, usually in May and November. The part-time Administrator is based in Newcastle. For further information about applying for a grant see the How to apply page.
This website, including details of current and recently funded projects, is updated twice yearly in June and December. We aim to make our website user-friendly and hope that potential applicants and other enquirers will find it easy to obtain the information they require. This website was developed and is maintained using World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) guidelines for accessibility.