Northern Monk started life in a cellar in Bradford with a £5,000 gift from a grandparent. Inspired by these origins and an ambition to give back wherever we can, we launched the For The North Foundation in September 2019. The For The North Foundation allowed us to support the people who share our values, and our passion for the North, via grants up to £5,000 offered to businesses, charities and projects that aimed to provide a genuine benefit to the communities they serve, or the wider environment.

These grants were not for personal gain, nor for the commercial gain of Northern Monk. This Foundation had been developed out of our passion and commitment to the North.

We are all incredibly proud of the causes that we’ve supported through the Foundation. However, there was one element of the Foundation that didn’t sit right with us. There is no border to our North. So, we wanted to take down the borders of our Foundation’s work.

March 2021 saw the ‘For The North Foundation’ evolve into ‘Faith in Futures Foundation’. Faith in Futures sees no geographical border applied to our giving and donates grants up to £5,000 to causes and charities who are in need of funds at a particular time.

The Foundation raises funds for these grants through various channels including donations, fundraising events, merchandise sales and sales of the Faith in Futures range of beers, which are available in supermarkets, the Northern Monk website, and Northern Monk venues.

In January 2024, we are very proud to celebrate the milestone of donating £80,000 since the creation of the Foundation, and to have supported 21 different causes, especially during the extremely tough period that was the pandemic.

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