Funding
Local Advice and Funding Support
For advice and support in making applications contact your nearest Local Development Agency (LDA) or Council for Voluntary Service (CVS).
Funding Information North East (FINE)
Voluntary and community organisations seeking a good source of information about funding available from a wide range of funders should contact FINE.
FINE produce regular bulletins, which subscribers can receive weekly by email, or approximately six-weekly in paper format. FINE also produces a couple of guides to grants available in the North East - one for groups and one for individuals. However, FINE does not offer funding advice.
European Funding
The Government Office has a website for European funding in the North East. The site has categories for organisations running projects as well as people working in European funding and total beginners.
ESFVON, is the North East of England's specialist regional development agency for organisations accessing or seeking to access European Funding.
Government Funding
The Government Funding website contains information on grants for the Voluntary and Community Sector from the following funders:
- Department of Health
- Department of Education and Skills
- Home Office
- Office of the Deputy Prime Minister
- Government Offices for the Regions

