About the North East
The North East is one of the smallest of the English regions in both area and population. The region consists of four sub-regions: Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham, and the Tees Valley. The North East has the highest levels of deprivation of all the England regions. We have lower than average life expectancy figures, and unemployment rates are above the national average.
It is against this background that our North East policy team provides regional intelligence for programme committees. In this way, we help keep grants officers and decision makers informed about our region. This ensure that we fund projects that complement existing plans and initiatives, in the areas that are most in need.
The regional team regularly attends funding fairs and gives presentations and advice based around our programmes. We run workshops for funding advice workers, so that they are can advise groups on our funding programmes. We also attend events put on by other organisations and work with the community and voluntary sector to raise awareness of our funding.
BIG advice line 0845 4 10 20 30
