Ballinger Charitable TrustPreviously Funded

Below is just a snapshot of some of the organisations we’ve funded in recent years. If you’ve received funding from us and would like to appear below, just provide us with a few decent photos & we’re happy to oblige!

Age UK Gateshead

Age UK Gateshead is an independent local charity, working in the local community to help older people since 1972.

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Epic Teesside

Epic Teesside CIC provides social inclusion activities for vulnerable young people & families, vulnerable/isolated adults and young unwaged adults in the Tees Valley.

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Happy at Home

Happy at Home aims to improve older people’s lives with compassion and kindness.

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Meadow Well Connected

Meadow Well Connected is a welcoming place where residents of all ages can meet new people and learn

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Gateshead Older People's Assembly

The focus of Gateshead Older People's Assembly remains on supporting the independence of older people by offering opportunities to socialise, exercise and learn.

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Blyth Tall Ship

Blyth Tall Ship is a life changing ‘Gangway To The Sea’, that brings hope and aspiration to Blyth and the surrounding region, through skills training and individual engagement, supported by a family o

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Cramlington Voluntary Youth Project

The Ballinger Charitable Trust has been funding Cramlington Voluntary Project for more than six years, supporting budding youth workers in this part of Northumberland.

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North East Young Dads & Lads

The mission of NEYDL is to enable young dads to play a safe, active and meaningful role in their children’s lives, by supporting and connecting young dads and influencing wider practice.

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Berwick Youth Project

Trip to Beamish

Since 1995, Berwick Youth Project has provided information & support, supported accommodation, outdoor activities and youth club facilities to young people aged between 13 and 25 in the Berwick area.

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Durham Community Action

The work of Durham Community Action includes providing expertise and advice, supporting new initiatives, enabling good volunteering, and providing a voice.

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Age UK North Tyneside

The Ballinger Charitable Trust has supported the development and expansion of Age UK North Tyneside's dementia strategy since 2015.

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Silverline Memories

Silverline Memories aleviates the social isolation and loneliness often experienced by people living with dementia and those who love and care for them.

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Sunderland All Together Consortium

In 2015, with support from the Ballinger Charitable Trust, local youth work organisations in Sunderland came together to develop a collective approach on how to overcome various challenges

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Chopwell Pump Track

Friends of Chopwell Park have worked incredibly hard to bring about the construction of a new pump cycle track for residents and visitors to use in Chopwell, Gateshead borough.

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Covid-19 Emergency Grants

In response to the Covid-19 outbreak, we have supported 88 charities and organisations fighting to help those most vulnerable within our local communities.

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Redcar Development Trust

Redcar Development Trust run free monthly Intergenerational Days, designed to tackle increasing social isolation and exclusion, poor mental health and low levels of physical activity

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A Way Out

A Way Out's Reload programme works exclusively with vulnerable young people in two areas of high deprivation, Port Clarence and Thornaby

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YMCA North Tyneside

YMCA North Tyneside has redeveloped its North Shields building from top to bottom - the community cafe was the last piece of their refurbishment jigsaw.

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