Connected Voice Newcastle and Gateshead Funding Fair 2026

Connected Voice's Funding Fair is back for organisations serving Newcastle and Gateshead! This is a great opportunity to meet with potential funders and bring your ideas to life!

Our annual Funding Fair returns for 2026 at Northumbria University Students Union, and gives attendees the opportunity to speak one-to-one with regional and national funders and pitch your ideas. With a full day and planned lunch break, there will be plenty of time to network with the 100 plus attendees, meet with other specialist support organisations or chat with our friendly team about how we can help make your ideas for positive change happen. We will have more details to share about this event soon, so please keep an eye out for updates across our social media and news platforms!

Arrival and registration is from 10:30 for a prompt 11am start.

Funders confirmed so far:

• The National Lottery Heritage Fund
• Northern Powergrid Foundation
• Community Foundation North East
• Newcastle Building Society Community Fund
• The National Lottery Community Fund
• The Ballinger Charitable Trust
• BBC Children in Need
• Newcastle Fund
• Newcastle Youth Fund
• Sport England Movement Fund
• The Greggs Foundation
• Northumbria Historic Churches Trust
• Sir James Knott Trust
• Newcastle City Council - Ward Grants
• LGBT Consortium
• William Leech Charity
• Prudhoe Street Foundation
• Sported
• Easyfundraising
• Key Fund Investment
• Big Issue Invest and NECA Flexible Social Finance Fund

Other services will also be there. 

Please be aware that there is a maximum capacity for this event. It is best that you sign up as soon as possible to secure your place. 

You'll have the opportunity to book one-to-one slots with funders on the day. Please be aware that appointments will be offered on a first come, first served basis and will be available to book from 11:10am onwards. These are always very popular, so please arrive on time to secure your slot, and don't be disappointed if you don't manage to speak to every funder on your list. There will still be plenty of time and opportunity for networking and browsing the stalls!

If you have any accessibility or mobility considerations, it is very important that you let us know as soon as possible so that we can arrange to book slots with your preferred funders.

This event is being held at Northumbria University Students Union. Connected Voice is committed to reducing our environmental impact and want to champion environmental sustainability to all organisations in the VCSE sector. 
 
To reduce the carbon footprint of our events, we would like to politely request that all attendees make the best effort, where viable, to travel to our events in the most environmentally friendly way possible. 

• The venue is just over 5 minutes walk from Haymarket metro station 
• The venue is less than a 20 minute walk from Central Station  
• The venue is close to 1, 35, 37, 38, X39, 306, 351, 352, Q3 bus links 
• Many city centre bus links are within 10 minutes from the venue  

Our Support and Development team helps organisations to run successfully and make a positive difference in their communities. This event is for voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations serving Newcastle and/or Gateshead.

Our training and events are funded from a variety of sources, allowing us to offer them for free to eligible organisations. Please check the eligibility requirements for each session before signing up, as this varies.

You can keep up to date with the latest training and events from Connected Voice by subscribing to our fortnightly email bulletin.

Attendance and value Our staff dedicate significant time and resources to create and deliver an excellent range of training and events free of charge. We ask that you make an effort to prioritise attending once you have registered, and let us know as soon as possible if there is a barrier to you attending. 

Accessibility Please let us know in advance if you have any accessibility requirements that would help you get the most out of this event. We will do everything we can to accommodate them.