DisabilityNorth East15 Funders

Disability Grants in North East

Browse 15 funders supporting disability charities in North East.

North East charities working in disability can access funding from both national grant-makers and regional funders with a specific focus on the area. We currently list 15 funders supporting disability work in North East. Many of these funders also support related cause areas, so we recommend browsing the full Disability grants directory and the North East regional hub for additional opportunities.

Tips for applying to disability funders

Applications for disability-focused funding must demonstrate genuine co-production with disabled people throughout your project — from design and governance to delivery and evaluation. Funders will look for evidence that disabled people hold meaningful decision-making power, not just advisory or consultative roles. Frame your work within the social model of disability, focusing on the barriers society creates rather than individual deficits. Describe how your organisation is user-led or how disabled people are represented on your board and staff team. Outcomes should be person-centred, measuring what matters to participants: increased choice, greater independence, meaningful social participation, and enhanced control over their own lives rather than purely clinical or functional metrics. Ensure your monitoring and evaluation processes are themselves accessible — explain how you gather feedback from people with communication needs, learning disabilities, or sensory impairments. If your project involves assistive technology or adaptations, show how you personalise solutions rather than applying a standard package. Avoid deficit-based language throughout your application and instead emphasise strengths, rights, and aspirations. Strong applications demonstrate an understanding that disability intersects with other forms of disadvantage and describe how you ensure your project is inclusive across the full diversity of disabled people.

Disability Funders in North East

15 funders found

Barbour Foundation

The Barbour Foundation is a family-rooted grantmaker dedicated to advancing social welfare, relieving poverty and hardship, and fostering community de...

£2,000 - £20,000

Chrysalis Trust

The Chrysalis Trust, a UK grant-making charity established in 2009 by the Evans family, tackles poverty, disability, and barriers to shelter, educatio...

£1,000 - £10,000

E C Graham Belford Charitable Settlement

The E C Graham Belford Charitable Settlement is a grant-making trust dedicated to bolstering smaller grassroots charities through flexible support tha...

£500 - £10,000

Gillian Dickinson Trust

The Gillian Dickinson Trust champions excellence in arts for young people and those excluded by disability or social circumstance, embodying founder-i...

£5,000 - £20,000

Greggs Foundation

The Greggs Foundation, established in 1987 by Ian Gregg, drives a mission to build stronger, healthier communities by tackling poverty, social inequal...

Hadrian Trust

Hadrian Trust, an independent charitable grant-maker founded in 1972, focuses on improving lives in England's North East, specifically Tyne and Wear, ...

£500 - £2,000

Northern Powergrid Foundation

Northern Powergrid Foundation champions energy resilience and social equity for communities ravaged by extreme weather, with a mission rooted in preve...

£1,000 - £20,000

Postcode Neighbourhood Trust

Postcode Neighbourhood Trust, a Scottish-registered charity and company limited by guarantee funded exclusively by People’s Postcode Lottery proceeds,...

£1,000 - £25,000

R W Mann Trust

The R W Mann Trust is an endowed grant-making charity registered in 2003, recently strengthened by absorbing the Victor Mann Trust Fund in 2023, dedic...

£100 - £10,000

Rothley Trust

The Rothley Trust is a grant-making charity established in 1959 to deliver small grants advancing charitable work among disadvantaged communities in t...

£1,000 - £3,000

Sir Graham Wylie Foundation

The Sir Graham Wylie Foundation embodies a personal philanthropic vision to empower underprivileged and vulnerable children and young people through i...

Sir James Knott Trust

The Sir James Knott Trust, established in 1924 by Tyneside shipowner Sir James Knott following the loss of his sons in World War I, is a cornerstone p...

The Durham Masonic Benevolent Fund

The Durham Masonic Benevolent Fund is a longstanding Masonic charitable trust dedicated to relieving poverty and distress among Freemasons, their depe...

W a Handley Charity Trust

The W A Handley Charity Trust, established in 1964 and based in Newcastle upon Tyne, is a longstanding generalist grant-making trust with a substantia...

£1,000 - £10,000

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) Charitable Incorporated Organisation

The Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) Charitable Incorporated Organisation, known as the Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation (charity 1172569), was established ...

£1,000 - £5,000

Disability Grants in North East: FAQ

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