We do not receive any government or statutory funding. We are a CIC (Community Interest Company), which means that we have to find funding or raise our own revenue, which is ploughed immediately back into the Company. We do this through tea rooms and plant nursery income, as well as constant funding applications.

We thank the following bodies/ organisations for having supported us so far:
The Tudor Trust has generously allocated the salary for our Project Coordinator for the start up period of the project. It has also recently allowed us to take on a full time Horticulture Manager (2012-16)
.Money from the National Lottery has helped us equip the Pottery and fund our pottery tutors (2014-15). It has also provided a large amount of funding to set up and buy equipment for our woodworking project (2016-17). We secured funding for our kitchen activities, encouraging service users to become chefs and cooks. In 2019-20 we spent the funds on expanding our service user sports program and setting up a purpose built space for a gym. 2020-21 of course saw us use the funding to provide activity packs and weekly communication sessions with all of our lock-downed service users as well as  improve  sanitation in the light of the Covid-19 outbreak.
Durham County Council's Community Chest funds our Volunteer Coordinator (2014-15) and our lovely quiet room was built with support by an NHS Adult Mental Health grant (2013-14).

Equipment, PPE, compost and promotional material for a practical horticulture project have been funded through the Community Health Revenue Fund (2016-17).

In 2018 the CDCF in conjunction with the NHS Health improvement Fund allowed us to provide volunteer & staffing costs and some equipment to improve the health awareness of our service users. They also allowed our staff, volunteers and service users access to first aid, food hygiene, safeguarding and mental health awareness training.
An ESF grant (2014-15) has helped our volunteers improve their chances of getting work by assisting them with confidence and skills building on our Little Steps Project. This includes funding for candidates to participate in a Level 1 Diploma in Practical Horticulture Skills
The Sherburn Trust is funding the running costs and overheads of the Rural centre this year (2014-15)
We must also thank our local AAP for helping us towards the costs of our security and CCTV systems making the site safer for all (2014-15). They have also funded a series of interpretation boards for the walkway round the fish pass and the site (2015-16)
Northumbrian Water have awarded us some grant funds towards wood to create steps and fencing down to the fish pass, along with a viewing area (2015-16)
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County Durham & Darlington NHS Trust's Health Improvement Fund helped us fund wages support staff for our clients undertaking horticulture activities (2014-15)
LionMouth's 'Fair Game'  project has been funded by Sported, the UK’s leading Sport for Development charity empowering community groups to improve the lives of disadvantaged young people through sport.’ This grant funded equipment and training to provide regular indoor games activities for our service users and other community events (2016-17). 
The Shakespeare Temperance Trust Have generously donated us funding to build and kit out a new boot cabin for the service users. This means that they have their own private space to store all their gear and get changed (2015-16)

​In 2017-2018 we were able to re-home our small flock of hens in a beautiful, wood free (which means no mites hence no chemicals) chicken palace due to more generous donations from the Shakespeare Temperance Trust

Their donation in 2018-2019 allowed us to purchase a set of waterproofs for every client, along with some walking sticks, a couple of rucksacks and personalised maps, so that we can go out walking for longer periods.

The following year monies donated went into to buying a wider range of amazing fruits that you may not ordinarily find in an orchard; slightly unusual or forgotten plants for our orchards.
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 Durham City Freemen generously donated a large sum of funding to go towards various carpentry orientated items but mainly for setting up a green woodworking project. (2016). They also helped fund a large marquee so that we can continue to work outside even when its raining or too sunny.(2022)
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The Hadrian Trust have given us a grant to go towards the purchase of equipment to help with the weekly cooking sessions with the day service users (2016-17))
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 The Woodland Trust awarded us a large funding grant to enable us to set up a range of rural skills activities in a woodland adjacent to the LionMouth site. The money was also used to sensitively manage the woods and surrounding habitats (2016-18)

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The Rotary Club of Durham have twice given us funding for tools and equipment for use in the horticulture department at LionMouth Rural centre (2015 and 2016)

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Sport England (2019) allowed us to buy some sporting equipment and professional coaching fees to encourage our service users to increase their levels of activities. ​This was expanded on in 2020 improving our gym facilities.
(2019) Helping us with interpretation boards as well as wildlife observation equipment.
Magic little grants through the Postcode Lottery's Local Giving scheme bought us a piece of resistance equipment for the gym (2019-2020)
The CAF Coronavirus Emergency Fund allowed us to retain our staff during the first 2020 lockdown period, enabling us to maintain the 7 acre site, our livestock and nurture the nursery plants.​
​The Key Fund helped us make alterations to our facilities and keep the site completely Covid secure in 2020, allowing the safe return of our Day Care Service Clients.
If you think that you or your business would be able to help with our funding, or donations of equipment please don't hesitate to get in touch with us here at LionMouth Rural Centre:

The Workshops, Broadgate, Esh Winning, Durham DH7 9QE
info@lionmouth.org.uk /
0191 373 4794 or 07814883048