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We receive a fantastic amount of support from a range of local, regional and national funders. This funding has enable us to make a real difference to the lives of babies, children, young people and their families in the North East.
Below are some examples of how recent funding is helping children grow up healthy and happy.
Since lockdown began, Children North East has been distributing thousands of packs filled with an assortment of items including colouring pens and pencils, sketch books, stickers and paints to school pupils, and to families with whom our charity works. This has only been possible thanks to the generosity of businesses, community groups, individuals and funders, including Culture Bridge North East and Arts Council England who enabled us to send out arts and craft themed packs.
Newcastle Youth Link offers 1:1 peer mentoring for young people aged 11-19 (or up to 25 years with a disability) living in Newcastle. The mentoring is based around goals that the young person identifies, and they are matched with a volunteer peer mentor aged 18-25 years. Children in Need kindly fund this work, and have renewed this project in 2020 to run for a further three years.
Our Domestic Abuse Helpline received additional funding from the PCC to provide an enhanced version of the helpline, including additional family support, counselling and access to our Safeguarding Futures Domestic Abuse programme, following an increase in domestic violence during lockdown.
The Coronavirus Community Support Fund, distributed by The National Lottery Community Fund, has helped us to deliver our project Happy Parents, Happy Babies, in light of the detrimental impact of Covid-19 on parents and babies in the region. Thanks too the Government for making this possible.
Since 2008 support from Players of People’s Postcode Lottery has enabled us to:
Provide more support for babies, children and young people across our services enabling them to grow up healthier and happier.
Start new services to provide specific support for dads.
Start a new service providing support to mums and children who are victims of or have been witness to domestic violence.
Reduce loneliness and isolation experienced by young people.
People’s Postcode Lottery awards a minimum of 32% of the ticket price to support good causes all over Great Britain including Children North East. This fantastic funding from players means we can support more babies, children and young people, helping them grow up healthy and happy.
People’s Postcode Lottery manages society lotteries on behalf of a range of charitable bodies. These lotteries support charities and good causes through a number of trusts, which provide grants to charities and community projects. You can find more information about People’s Postcode Lottery at postcodelottery.co.uk.
