Margaret Vaughan, Chief Operating Officer of CDCF says “The CIF fund has been a great example of partnership working to invest in the communities of Teesdale, Weardale and former coalfield areas of south west Durham. Through the CIF the Foundation has connected with groups who previously had not explored the potential that small grant funding could deliver to enhance and deepen their group activities.”
Northern Heartlands Community Initiative Fund
The fourth and final round closed for applications on 31st May 2019.
Through this small grants scheme, Northern Heartlands aimed to:
Watch this video to hear Northern Heartlands’ Director, Jill Cole, and some of the projects that have received a grant talk about the Community Initiative Fund
55 Sec Read: This is an extension of Altogether Archaeology’s excavation at Holwick in 2018. They explored the cultural heritage of this
15 Sec Read: A multi-media arts project using the local landscape as inspiration for a range of creative activities with the Tow
25 Sec Read: As with the CIF Round 1 project, “Focus on our Native Wild Flowers”, schools and community members continue to
26 Sec Read: “Hidden Treasures” brings geo-caching to Evenwood offering a unique opportunity to explore its rich cultural history. The concept involves
24 Sec Read: This project, continuing until December 2019, is aimed at promoting the mental health and wellbeing in adults who feel
26 Sec Read: A project involving the local community in understanding and celebrating the heritage wealth of Evenwood and Ramshaw. Community groups
32 Sec Read: A project enabling local people to learn more about Teesdale’s heritage by using ceramics as the main medium for
28 Sec Read: Small groups were recruited from each of the four Northern Heartlands areas, working in teams to capture time lapses
54 Sec Read: A project aiming to research, update and amalgamate information on local walks that has been produced in various printed
38 Sec Read: As part of our on-going revival of folk song and dance traditions in the Teesdale area, our youth folk
33 Sec Read: This year long ‘Wild Flower’ project worked with schools, community members, conservationists and artists with the emphasis on local
1 Min Read: The young people of the YMCA have been going round Barnard Castle taking photos with different devices and learning
55 Sec Read: At Home with Heritage is a cross-curricular project by St John’s School and Sixth Form College, Bishop Auckland, designed
22 Sec Read: The aim of the group is to promote awareness of the archaeological heritage of the North Pennines and the
42 Sec Read: TeesdaleArtNet, TAN, are a group of artists living or working in Teesdale, at different stages of their artistic careers,
1 Min Read: Funding from the Northern Heartlands Community Initiative Fund has helped enable, particularly through supporting travel costs (often a barrier
36 Sec Read: Drama in the Dale have been working on their production of Shakespeare’s As You Like It. Rehearsals have gone
1 Min Read: In the Summer term, a group of children from Montalbo Nursery and Primary School interviewed local residents to find