Thriving Together Fund webinar
Thank you to everyone who signed up and attended the Thriving Together Fund webinar.
In case you couldn’t join us or would like to rewatch the webinar, we’ve uploaded the recording and a copy of the slides for you to access below.
What is the Thriving Together Fund?
The Thriving Together Fund combines several previously separate and one off sources of public health funding as well as significant additional investment.
The Thriving Together Fund provides charities and organisations in County Durham with funding to deliver new or sustain existing (beyond the life of their original funding) projects, activities, and initiatives that enable individuals to thrive, support good health and wellbeing, and addresses key challenges (listed in fund priorities) in their communities.
- Thriving Together Fund (small grants): Grants between £2,000 and £5,000
At a minimum, it must cover costs for staff or volunteers to take part in additional training that supports the project’s delivery. The Fund can also support reactive work in response to changing or emerging community needs, such as community responses to suicide prevention.
- Thriving Together Fund (large grants): Grants between £5,000 and £25,000 per year for up to three years (up to £75,000 over three years)
Funding can be used for short term projects to address changing needs and emerging issues, be one off, or applied for over multiple years (up to £75,000 maximum over three years).
You can apply to both funds but may only hold one grant from each fund per year.
How do you apply for the Thriving Together Fund?
To apply, please visit the Grants page on the Point North website and submit your application by Sunday 23 November 2025.
Make sure you read the guidelines to check if your organisation is eligible.
We’ll aim to have a decision for you by Friday 19 December 2025.
Questions asked during the webinar
The fund specifies that you must include costs for staff and volunteer to attend additional training relevant for the delivery of your project.
If the training itself is free to attend, this can still be included as long as there is a cost to the organisation and in the budget to access it, such as travel, materials, backfilling other staff to cover etc. If there is no training cost included in the budget, then the project will be ineligible.
You are still eligible to apply as long as you currently deliver specific projects in County Durham and can demonstrate your experience working with people/communities in County Durham.
The fund covers Durham County Council local authority.
This does not include Hartlepool, Darlington, Stockton, Sunderland.
If you need to check your local authority you can use: www.gov.uk/find-local-council
A Charitable Incorporated Organisation is eligible to apply for this fund.
Please make sure you submit all the required documentation in your application.
Yes, funding can cover associated costs of staff and/or volunteers attending the training.
Yes, absolutely. For both funds, your training element needs to be over and above what your charity already delivers.
In your application, please include an annual breakdown of your project costs, keeping in mind you can apply for grants between £5,000 and £25,000 per year, over three years (total of £75,000 over three year period).
Your budget can account for year on year for cost of living increases.
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
