Bring Your Community Project to Life

We’re proud to support the brilliant communities our customers call home. Once again, we are offering grants of up to £2,500 to help turn your ideas into reality.

Whether you’re planning a new community activity, an event, or a local improvement project, we want to hear from you.

What We’re Looking For:

We’re especially interested in projects that benefit North Star customers and align with one or more of our key priorities:

• No Poverty

• Good Health and Wellbeing

• Quality Education

• Sustainable Cities and Communities

We welcome applications from across all the areas we work in, but we’ll give priority to projects based in:

• Hartlepool (Belle Vue)

• Evenwood

• Cockfield

• Thornaby

• Stockton (Town Centre)

• Middlesbrough (Gresham/Newport)

• East Cleveland (Carlin How and Skinningrove)

Who Can Apply:

You're eligible if you are part of a community group, resident association, charity, school, parish or town council, or a North Star-supported scheme. You’ll just need a group or project bank account, or a partner organisation that can receive the funds on your behalf.

How to Apply:

Click here to find out more about the opportunity and apply for funding.

The deadline for applications is 12th September 2025.

This is your chance to make a real difference in your community so don’t miss it. Apply today!

Previous projects

Thanks to the help from a panel of North Star staff and Your Voice customers, earlier this year, we were able to provide funding to 6 great projects, including: