CHOPWELL REGENERATION CIO

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Chopwell Youth Club
£1,196	21/10/2023	We would like to take our disadvantaged young people out of the village on a trip, which helps them to access experiences they wouldn't normally have, and benefits their mental health.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Chopwell Regeneration CIO
£30,000	27/07/2023 24	Grant through the Colleagues in the Community Fund.
The Royal Countryside Fund - Jobs, Opportunities and Aspiration for Chopwell
£25,000	24/07/2023	Establish a 'front of house' and 'administration' apprenticeship programme for Chopwell - 2 apprenticeships. It will increase skills, employability and confidence in young people and low skilled adults. They will support 70 volunteers and enable ....more Establish a 'front of house' and 'administration' apprenticeship programme for Chopwell - 2 apprenticeships. It will increase skills, employability and confidence in young people and low skilled adults. They will support 70 volunteers and enable vital community services they provide to be increased.
National Lottery Community Fund - Chopwell Regeneration CIO Resource and Development
£99,999	29/03/2023	This funding will help support the salaries of their core staff to enable their Trustees who are heavily involved in the day to day running of the hub to step back and look at the more strategic work that is required for them to sustain the centre ....more This funding will help support the salaries of their core staff to enable their Trustees who are heavily involved in the day to day running of the hub to step back and look at the more strategic work that is required for them to sustain the centre operationally and financially going forward. The project aims to support the people of Chopwell Blackhall Mill and the surrounding areas to be empowered make their ideas happen and help make the villages a better place to live.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£50,000	27/03/2023 24	Transforming lives in Chopwell
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Chopwell Regeneration Group
£1,802	22/10/2022	We would like to provide meals at our community cafe and from our community fridge for local people and families who are suffering from food poverty.
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - Salary costs for our chef at ‘The Bank’, Chopwell
£24,107	27/06/2022	Funding enabled us to address food poverty in Chopwell by providing affordable hot meals to eat in or take away from our café at The Bank.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation - Grant to Chopwell Regeneration CIO
£8,967	23/03/2022	43% of the salary costs for an organisation providing a range of services to residents in Chopwell, rural Gateshead._x000D_
National Lottery Community Fund - The Bank Chopwell - welfare and enterprise centre
£9,850	11/03/2022	The funding will be used towards running costs kitchen and storage equipment shelving publicity and disabled access improvements for their newly opened welfare and enterprise centre. This aims to improve the facilities of Chopwell with a range of ....more The funding will be used towards running costs kitchen and storage equipment shelving publicity and disabled access improvements for their newly opened welfare and enterprise centre. This aims to improve the facilities of Chopwell with a range of activities and events for residents employability skills training programmes and rooms for local businesses.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Chopwell Regeneration CIO
£3,000	20/01/2022	General charitable purposes
The Fore - Grant to Chopwell Regeneration CIO
£15,000	11/11/2021 36	Chopwell Regeneration (CR) is a grassroot community charity concerned about the economic decline of their village - and the resulting deprivation their community has been experiencing. CR is using funding from the Fore to cover a full one year ....more Chopwell Regeneration (CR) is a grassroot community charity concerned about the economic decline of their village - and the resulting deprivation their community has been experiencing. CR is using funding from the Fore to cover a full one year salary for a café chef
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Chopwell Regeneration Group
£2,192	23/10/2021	We would like to open and run a much-needed food bank in Chopwell in The Bank – our new enterprise and welfare centre – to help struggling people ensure they have enough food to live.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Chopwell Regeneration Group
£52,000	07/10/2021 36	over three years towards salaries at a new welfare and enterprise hub in Chopwell, Tyne and Wear
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Chopwell Regeneration CIO
£19,750	29/07/2021	A two-year STEM skills development programme with young people from Chopwell
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to Chopwell Regeneration CIO
£3,000	01/07/2021	The purchase of equipment for the organisation's Enterprise and Welfare Centre
The Ballinger Charitable Trust - Grant to Chopwell Regeneration CIO
£11,398	30/06/2021	To purchase hardware & software, to be used in new computer coding group.
Virgin Money Foundation - Grant to Chopwell Regeneration CIO
£30,000	18/04/2021 12	Grant to cover the cost of employing a Learning Programmes Manager at its newly refurbished community facility.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000	19/03/2021	The Bank: An Enterprise and Welfare Centre
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - renovation work to create an Enterprise and Welfare Centre
£10,000	25/02/2021	renovation work to create an Enterprise and Welfare Centre
National Lottery Community Fund - The Bank: an Enterprise and Welfare Centre for Chopwell
£30,000	17/02/2021 12	The funding will be used towards the creation of an Enterprise and Welfare Centre in Chopwell West Gateshead. The centre will provide a range of activities such as employment and skills learning mentoring for businesses and a space for artists to ....more The funding will be used towards the creation of an Enterprise and Welfare Centre in Chopwell West Gateshead. The centre will provide a range of activities such as employment and skills learning mentoring for businesses and a space for artists to use and create work. This aims to reduce isolation and improve the life chances of local residents particularly young people
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Stage 1 of the building work for the renovation of the former Lloyds Bank in Chopwell, to cover 50% of the plumbing cost
£5,000	14/08/2020	Stage 1 of the building work for the renovation of the former Lloyds Bank in Chopwell, to cover 50% of the plumbing cost
County Durham Community Foundation - The Bank: a welfare and enterprise hub for Chopwell
£4,991	10/08/2020	Towards the refurbishment of the former Lloyds Bank in Chopwell to create a community hub.
Power to Change - Chopwell Regeneration CIO
£12,046	17/04/2020	Grant to Chopwell Regeneration CIO
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Chopwell Regeneration CIO
£10,000	29/01/2020	Chopwell GeoStories

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Trustees (11)

Legal constitution

• Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/05/2019, number: 1183436

Gift Aid

• Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Filing Record

Main office

The Bank
19-21 Derwent Street
Chopwell
NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
NE17 7HU

Objectives

The objects of the CIO are:(1) the promotion for the benefit of the public of urban or rural regeneration in areas of social and economic deprivation (and in particular in Chopwell and surrounding area), by all or any of the following means:(a) the relief of unemployment;(b) the advancement of education, training or retraining, particularly among unemployed people, and providing unemployed people with work experience;(c) the provision of financial assistance, technical assistance or business advice or consultancy in order to provide training and employment opportunities for unemployed people in cases of financial or other charitable need through help: (i) in setting up their own business, or (ii) to existing businesses;(d) the provision of housing for those who are in conditions of need and the improvement of housing in the public sector or in charitable ownership provided that such power shall not extend to relieving any local authorities or other bodies of a statutory duty to provide or improve housing;(e) the maintenance, improvement or provision of public amenities;(f) the preservation of buildings or sites of historic or architectural importance;(g) the provision of recreational facilities for the public at large or those who by reason of their youth, age, infirmity or disablement, financial hardship or social and economic circumstances, have need of such facilities;(h) such other means as may from time to determined subject to the prior written consent of the Charity Commissioners for England and Wales(2) to develop the capacity and skills of the members of the socially and economically socially disadvantaged community of Chopwell and the surrounding area in such a way that they are better able to identify, and help meet, their needs and to participate more fully in society.3) To further or benefit the residents of Chopwell and the neighbourhood, without distinction of sex, sexual orientation, race or of political, religious or other opinions by associating together the said residents and the local authorities, voluntary and other organisations in a common effort to advance education and to provide facilities in the interests of social welfare for recreation and leisure time occupation with the objective of improving the conditions of life for the residents.4) The prevention of financial hardship by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient.5) The relief of financial hardship among people living or working in Chopwell and surrounding areas by providing such persons with goods and services which they could not otherwise afford through lack of means.6) To promote sustainable development for the benefit of the public by:(a) the preservation, conservation and the protection of the environment and the prudent use of resources;(b) the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged communities;(c) the promotion of sustainable means of achieving economic growth and regeneration.7) To advance the education of the public in subjects relating to sustainable development and the protection, enhancement and rehabilitation of the environment and to promote study and research in such subjects provided that the useful results of such study are disseminated to the public at large.Sustainable development means “development which meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.”8) To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by preventing people from becoming socially excluded, relieving the needs of those people who are socially excluded and assisting them to integrate into society.For the purpose of this clause ‘socially excluded’ means being excluded from society, or parts of society, as a result of one of more of the following factors: unemployment; financial hardship; youth or old age; ill health (physical or mental); substance abuse or dependency including alcohol and drugs; discrimination on the grounds of sex, race, disability, ethnic origin, religion, belief, creed, sexual orientation or gender re-assignment; poor educational or skills attainment; relationship and family breakdown; poor housing (that is housing that does not meet basic habitable standards; crime (either as a victim of crime or as an offender rehabilitating into society).