Mayor’s Opportunity Fund round 2 webinar
Thank you to everyone who signed up and attended the Mayor’s Opportunity Fund round 2 webinar.
In case you couldn’t join us, we’ve uploaded the recording and a copy of the slides for you to access below.
What is the Mayor’s Opportunity Fund?
The Mayor’s Opportunity Fund provides grants to groups in County Durham and the wider North East Combined Authority (NECA) area who are helping to fight poverty and enrich lives and located in priority neighbourhoods (see list below).
The second round of the Mayor’s Opportunity Fund will invest £225,000 in supporting community-led places and spaces within high streets or physical community hubs that meet people’s essential daily needs and help to connect people to opportunity, improve skills, digital access and health outcomes, and reduce child poverty.
If your group is based in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland, you can apply to the Mayor’s Opportunity Fund via Community Foundation Tyne North East.
Round 2 of the Mayor’s Opportunity Fund is now open for applications.
What is the Mayor’s Opportunity Fund round 2?
The Mayor’s Opportunity Fund round 2 provides grants between £5,000 and £10,000 to support projects that maintain, increase or develop new activity that contributes to:
- connecting people and communities in need of support with services such as benefits or financial advice, grassroots business support, health services, skills provision, and employment and digital inclusion support.
- reducing the day-to-day effects of poverty on people’s lives by providing access to foundational goods and services such as social supermarkets, community cafes, affordable food, meals or clothes.
What are the priority neighbourhoods?
The Mayor’s Opportunity Fund round 2 supports organisations based in or supporting residents in ‘mission critical’ neighbourhoods, as identified by the Independent Commission on Neighbourhoods (ICON).
The eligible areas for the fund in County Durham are:
- Bishop Auckland South
- Blackhall
- Coundon
- Easington & Hawthorn
- Horden
- Murton North & Parkside
- Newton Aycliffe West
- Peterlee East
- Shildon
- Shotton and Haswell
- Spennymoor East & Ferryhill West
- Stanley South
How do you apply for the Mayor’s Opportunity Fund round 2?
To apply, please visit the Grants page on the Point North website.
Make sure you read the guidelines to check if your organisation is eligible.
You can then apply online and we’ll have a decision for you within 6 weeks of the closing date.
Need help?
If you have any questions or need help completing your application, our team are here for you. Get in touch with us on email or phone.
0191 378 6340
