Local Grants & Support
| 4 schools - museums & attractions | Provide online sessions give school groups of all ages the opportunity to explore Durham University’s museums, attractions and collections. |
| County Durham Community Foundation | Provides a range of grants for voluntary and community groups, registered charities, community interest companies, and organisations with charitable aims. |
| County Durham Sport | Funding provided for Durham (Derwentside, Chester Le Street, Durham, Easington, Sedgefield, Teesdale and Wear Valley). |
| Durham County Council |
Links to online learning resources, free school meals, school shoes and coat, home to school transport. |
| Durham Learning Resources | Offers schools the loan of a wide range of quality resources to support an enriched curriculum and inspire creative teaching and learning. |
| Durham Music Trust | Supports young people in with their musical endeavours and to create exciting musical events to give our young people the chance to display their musical talents to our wider community. |
| Durham University Talks & Masterclasses | The University offer a range of free school talks for GCSE and A level students. |
| Ednorth | Ednorth is a programme that aims to inspire change in all classrooms across the North East by promoting an educational culture led by informed debate, research, collaboration, and excellence. |
| Parent Reaching Out Grants | A grants program to provide funding with a focus on the identification and removal of barriers that may prevent parents and families from participating and engaging fully in their children’s learning. |
| School shoes and a winter coat grant | The School Benevolent Fund is an independent registered charity which offers a grant towards shoes and coats for school pupils. |
| Schools North East |
A regional network of schools, led by Head Teachers. Together they focus on shaping the future of education in the North East. |
| SHINE Trust - School Grants | SHINE offers support to projects that can make a real difference to the attainment of children from disadvantaged backgrounds in the North of England. |
| The Durham & Chester-le-Street School Sport Partnership Fund | A partnership of schools hosted by Durham Sixth Form Centre that develops sport and physical activity for young people and their families in the Durham City and Chester-le-Street areas. |
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Funding provided for the Tees Valley (Hartlepool, Stockton, Darlington, Middlesbrough and Redcar). |
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| Shop at WHSmith between 1 June and 30 September 2021 and your school will receive 10% of all eligible purchases* in the form of digital vouchers. To take part, sign up by 30 July 2021. (*Books and stationery items.) | |
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National retailers' local branches |
National retailers can also assist local schools. Please reach out to your local branches for the following retailers: The Asda Foundation, Co-op (Local Community Fund), Waitrose (Community Matters), Tesco Community Grants (previously Bags of Help), The WHSmith Trust (Community Grants) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund |
The National Lottery Community Fund distributes over £600m a year to communities across the UK. Review successful grant awards from your local area(s), below: |
Looking for more grants?Subscribe to the FundEd grants database along with the PTA+ Magazine |
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Kids' Activities
We have teamed up with Club Hub to help parents find kids activities and clubs in your area.
Below you will find links to a directory of local suppliers and your regional Facebook group.
Go to facebook group
