WE MAKE CULTURE

Registered charity 1212131 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We Make Culture delivers impactful music-making programmes in Sunderland and the wider North East, to support personal development and make social change.Our work is person-centred, long-term and shaped by participants.

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Registered

2025

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Trustees · trustee networks

Hannah Mattersonchair
Anne Marie Graham · trustee of 1 other charity
Anne Marie Nixon
Kristian James Foreman
Michael Anthony Barrass
Phillip Munro Dunn
Suzanne Davies

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Sunderland

Common questions

Who funds WE MAKE CULTURE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name WE MAKE CULTURE as a grant recipient include THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC, THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST, THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION, SUNDERLAND VOLUNTARY SECTOR ALLIANCE, THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR YOUTH MUSIC	FY2025	£150k
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST	FY2024	£10k	Music Education & Engagement (children)
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST	FY2023	£10k	Music Education & Engagement (children)
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION	FY2024	£7k
THE BARBOUR FOUNDATION	FY2023	£5k
SUNDERLAND VOLUNTARY SECTOR ALLIANCE	FY2025	£1k	Social value
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£500	Arts and Culture

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
Community Foundation North East	01/04/2026	£7k	Grant to We Make Culture
The National Lottery Community Fund	30/01/2025	£16k	Thrive Project