BETTER DAYS
To ensure that disabled people, particularly those with learning disabilities, have a choice of valued, interesting and fulfilling activities to take part in and have the power to exercise that choice.
Latest income
£14k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
2003
Trustees
- Stephen Watsonchair
- Anne Tulip
- Gordon Duncan
- Graham Newton
- Julie Hails
- Pam Richold
- Patricia Lynn
- WILLIAM RICHARDSON
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2026 | £14k | £24k |
| 31/03/2025 | £30k | £46k |
| 31/03/2024 | £101k | £102k |
| 31/03/2023 | £56k | £57k |
| 31/03/2022 | £66k | £39k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation North East | 16/10/2025 | £2k | Grant to Better Days |
| Community Foundation North East | 17/07/2025 | £10k | Grant to Better Days |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 11/11/2024 | £20k | Creative Days: Establishing Better Futures |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 16/06/2023 | £10k | Creative Days: Next Steps |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 14/04/2022 | £10k | Creative Days |
| Community Foundation North East | 29/07/2021 | £6k | A grant to Better Days |
| Community Foundation North East | 08/07/2021 | £3k | A grant to Better Days |
| Community Foundation North East | 22/04/2021 | £10k | A grant to Better Days |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 31/03/2021 | £109k | Better Days |
| The National Lottery Heritage Fund | 23/05/2019 | £8k | "Our Lives, Our Histories, Our Sounds" |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 18/04/2019 | £10k | Better Days |
| Community Foundation North East | 27/02/2019 | £1k | Better Days Carnival Workshops and Activities |
| Community Foundation North East | 28/09/2018 | £5k | Better Days cycling groups |
| Community Foundation North East | 18/05/2018 | £7k | Salary/core costs |
| Community Foundation North East | 15/05/2017 | £3k | Better Days Activities |
| Community Foundation North East | 06/04/2016 | £1k | Contribution to Transport costs and venue costs for adapted cycling |
| Community Foundation North East | 24/03/2016 | £3k | Towards Better Days, providing stimulating activities for adults with learning disabilities |
| Community Foundation North East | 12/02/2016 | £3k | Towards Better Days Activities |
| Northern Rock Foundation | 09/10/2012 | £30k | Grant awarded to Better Days (Tyne & Wear) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 30/06/2011 | £9k | Golf For It! |
| Northern Rock Foundation | 27/08/2010 | £19k | Grant awarded to Better Days (North East) |
| Northern Rock Foundation | 21/02/2008 | £17k | Grant awarded to Better Days (Tyne & Wear) |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 19/06/2006 | £5k | Better Days |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 23/05/2005 | £5k | Venue, materials and equipment |
| Northern Rock Foundation | 12/06/2001 | £34k | Grant awarded to Better Days (Tyne & Wear) |