Round 4 postponed
Pending announcements regarding the future of Regional Development Agencies, ONE North East has been instructed not to make any new financial commitments at the present time. As such, the next bidding round of the Third Sector Capacity Fund (Round 4) has been postponed until further notice.
The situation will be reviewed regularly and we will communicate any new decisions as and when they are made.
Thank you
Round 3 projects approved
Following a meeting of the Grants Panel in May, the following four projects were approved for funding from Round 3 of the Third Sector Capacity Fund:
Scaling up the Sector - Moneywise Newcastle Credit Union
Business Action on Homelessness – The Cyrenians
Connect2work – BECON
Commissioning and Consortia Building for the CYPF Sector – Children England
Further and more detailed summaries of the Round 3 projects can be found here.
Projects funded in rounds 1 and 2
The details of the projects funded through the first and second rounds of the Third Sector Capacity Fund are now available:
Round 1
- Contracts Matter – Acumen Trust
- Keyfund Social Licensing – Keyfund Federation
- Places for Everyone – PNE Group
- Five Lamps Community Finance: Great North East Loan Fund – The Five Lamps Organisation
Round 2
- ASPIRE2B – The Angelou Centre
- AIM – West Middlesbrough Neighbourhood Trust LTD
- Collaborative Directions 2 Work – Street League
- The Community Recycling Network North East – Groundwork North East
For more information on each of these project, please click here.
Round 3 workshop materials available
An applicant support workshop for the third round of the Third Sector Capacity Fund was held on Thursday 21 January 2010. Click the links below to download supporting materials from the event:
Round 3 launched
The Third Round of the Third Sector Capacity Fund is now open for Expressions of Interest.
The Third Sector Capacity Fund wishes to invest in projects and activities involving Third Sector organisations which support the North East region in responding to the recession. In this round we have prioritised three themes: financial inclusion, supporting a market place for mergers, and ensuring equality of economic opportunity – specifically from existing or planned physical investment in the region.
To find out more, download the prospectus.
Expressions of Interest are due by noon on 11th February 2010.
Timetable for 3rd round of funding in 2010
The timetable for the third round of the Third Sector Capacity Fund has been confirmed as follows:
- Launch EOI and prospectus for Round 3 – Wednesday 6th January
- Round 3 workshops – Week of 18th January
- Submission of EOIs – Thursday 11th February
- Invitation to full application – Monday 8th March
- Submission of full applications – Thursday 15th April
Check the website in early January 2010 for more information.
Welcome to the Third Sector Capacity Fund website
The purpose of the Third Sector Capacity Fund is to build capacity to enable third sector organisations to engage in sustainable economic regeneration and associated activities which support the aims of the North East’s Regional Economic Strategy (RES).
The overall aims of the Third Sector Capacity Fund are to:
- Build the capacity of the third sector to engage and contribute strategically to sustainable economic development;
- Grow and demonstrate the contribution that the third sector makes to sustainable economic development;
- Develop or expand activities that lead to greater financial and/or organisational sustainability within third sector organisations.
Please explore this website to find out more information about the fund and projects which have been funded previously. Alternatively, you may want to proceed directly to download the full prospectus and application forms for the current round of funding.
