# Community Foundation North East

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 700510
- **Other names:** COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, COMMUNITY FOUNDATION SERVING TYNE &amp; WEAR AND NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE &amp; WEAR FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [02273708](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02273708)
- **Registered:** Aug. 1, 1988
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=700510


## Contact

- **Address:** Community Foundation North East, Philanthropy House, Woodbine Road, Gosforth, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE3 1DD
- **Phone:** 0191 222 0945
- **Email:** general@communityfoundation.org.uk
- **Website:** www.communityfoundation.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC GENERALLY, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, IN THE AREA OF TYNE AND WEAR AND NORTHUMBERLAND:(A)     TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR DISADVANTAGE;(B)     TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH;(C)     TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC;(D)     FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF SUCH CHARITABLE BODIES OR FOR SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN EACH CASE AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

**Activities:** Community Foundation North East is a generalist grantmaker to charities and community organisations mainly but not exclusively in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland. Its vision is a North East where everyone can be part of thriving, generous and inclusive communities. It also supports development to increase local philanthropy as well as research and partnerships around issues affecting the region.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** TYNE AND WEAR AND NORTHUMBERLAND
- Gateshead
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- South Tyneside
- Sunderland





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Philip James Moorhouse** | Chair | Oct. 18, 2021 |
| Claire Malcolm |  | March 12, 2019 |
| Colin Thompson Hewitt |  | Oct. 18, 2021 |
| Dawn Creighton |  | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| Dr Laura Elizabeth Warwick |  | Nov. 7, 2018 |
| Fiona Standfield |  | Oct. 17, 2022 |
| Gillian Baker |  | June 18, 2019 |
| Lucia Bridgeman |  | Oct. 13, 2025 |
| Michael Keith Brodie |  | Feb. 10, 2020 |
| Pamela Smith |  | Oct. 11, 2023 |
| Paul Neil Farquhar |  | March 13, 2018 |
| STELLA SIMBO |  | Oct. 17, 2022 |
| Sarah Brown |  | Oct. 17, 2022 |




