CISWO, The Coal Mining Charity, has help secure £17,600 in grants for Lynemouth Miners’ Welfare Institute.
The charity’s grants team have been working with trustees at the Miners’ Welfare to write grant applications to help with loft insulation, wall insulation, draught excluders, and passive infrared lighting.
The CISWO team helped them to secure £5,000 from the Northumberland Community Chest, £1,600 from the Banks Group, £1,000 from the Rothley Trust and £10,000 from the Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust. Additionally, the trustees successfully secured further funding themselves from other funders to install solar panels.
These energy-efficient upgrades will reduce the welfare’s carbon footprint, lower energy costs, and contribute to a more sustainable future. By cutting energy expenses, the charity can focus more resources on serving the local community and delivering its charitable activities.
David Johnson, Lynemouth Miners’ Welfare Trustee, said:
“We were in a pretty dire situation with a huge building to heat and light. We knew we had to do something, as the likelihood of us continuing much longer looked very bleak.
“We managed to get funding for solar panels and we contacted CISWO to see if there was any funding available from them to complete the project. The CISWO team compiled applications on our behalf and sent them off to different funders, it took a while but then money started coming in from several different organisations, some of which I’d never heard of before.
“We are extremely grateful to Craig and the team at CISWO for all their hard work in helping us secure funding towards our project. We would have been stuck without them.”
CISWO Chief Executive Nicola Didlock said:
“We’re so pleased to be able to help Lynemouth Miners’ Welfare secure the funding they needed to help bring down their energy bills and secure their future in the community.
“Our grants team have a wealth of knowledge and expertise and offer tailored, hands-on support for miners’ welfare charities, stakeholders, and partners.
“Our services include funding guidance and long-term planning that helps charities to stay sustainable and have the time they need to focus on delivering for the communities they serve.”
CISWO’s grants support service helps miners’ welfare charities to identify funding opportunities, write and review applications, and develop trustees’ fundraising skills.