About Our Funding Family

 

Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)

In May 2008 the project was awarded a grant by the Heritage Lottery Fund grant to further develop the web site to include sound clips and a photograph gallery.

Visit our news page for full details.

Heritage Lottery Fund's website

 

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The Northern Rock Foundation (NRF)

NRF is one of the longest supporting funders of the Library Club’s work and we have received money through their ‘Basic’ programme, which funds high quality services to people at vulnerable points in their lives.  NRF are particularly interested in supporting out approach to tackling the isolation that can affect people as they get older. 

In their 2005 Annual Report NRF note that at least two million older people in the UK see friends, family and neighbours less than once per week.  Providing activities through the Library Club and the Remembering the Past, Resourcing the Future can reduce this type of isolation.

Northern Rock Foundation's website

 

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Community Foundation (CF)

CF/KF is the other funder that has supported us over a number of years.  They administer the Kellett Fund, established in 1996 to benefit older people through a legacy from Douglas Kellett.  His particular interest was in helping older people live an active, fulfilling retirement.

Community Foundation's website

 

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Awards For All (A4A)

In 2005 A4A provided us with a one off grant to buy capital equipment.  This grant was critical to the future of the project because our original computer equipment had become outdated.  With our new software we can now store more memories than ever on an up to date database website system.

Awards for All website

 

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North Tyneside Library Service (NTLS)

NTLS is the final member of our ‘funding family’, providing an in-kind contribution.  It provides our project office space and facilities in a corner of North Shields Library and also support the Library Club with staff time and lots of other help.  Again, this type of support is critical to the work we do.

NT Library Service website

 

 

The different strengths of our funding family mean that the project is supported from a number of different angles, making it easier to get out and about to do the thing we do best – collecting and displaying memories. 

Our continued thanks go to them all.  

Thank You

 

100 Memory Challenge

Staff and volunteers in the RPRF project have launched a ‘one hundred memory’ challenge and we’d be delighted if any of our website visitors would like to be part of it. 

The aim is to collect 100 new memories by 31st March 2012 and display them on our website.  Memories can cover any subject that has a connection to North Tyneside in the 20th Century and they can be short or long, poetry, prose, spoken, photographic etc, etc. 

Each contributor will get a presentation set of their memory, which makes a nice gift for members of the family. 

If you’d like to find out more or send in a draft of your memory please use the ‘Contact Us’ page on the website.