The national cancer support organisation was one of 15 charities, including nine from the Hunter, awarded a share of $930,000 in Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation's May 2021 funding round.

CanTeen Australia will use the funds to reconfigure its Newcastle office in Kotara to include other cancer support services, with Camp Quality already signed on to move into the space in July.

CanTeen NSW state manager Angie Elder said the organisation was also in talks with other service providers about joining the initiative.

Ms Elder said the idea of the space was to make the pathway for patients and families to access important services as simple and easy as possible.

"It will help people navigate all the difficulties that come with a diagnosis from the one location," she said.

Ms Elder said the changing ways of working through COVID-19 created the "perfect storm" for evolving the project.

She said local cancer services had wanted to find a way to collaborate for a while and the co-working space would be a "manifestation" of that intention.

Other recipients of the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation funding include PCYC, which was awarded $125,000 for its new youth mental health pilot program GRIT; $124,000 for the Nicholas Butters Trust to create a space for parents of a terminally ill baby to build memories; $64,000 for the Northern Wheelchair Basketball program expansion; $55,000 to fund 700 sessions of youth counselling by Caring for our Port Stephens Youth (COPSY) and $32,000 for Friends with Dignity's Sanctuary Program, delivering domestic violence refuge and crisis support.

Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation Chair Jennifer Leslie said the grants would facilitate projects and initiatives that directly addressed disadvantage, marginalisation or isolation for people - from much-needed health projects to initiatives that assist vulnerable young people as well as programs that aim to build resilient and connected communities in the region.

"These projects have been recognised and funded by the Charitable Foundation because we know that they will make a tangible difference in the lives of people in need of these services and support in the Newcastle and Hunter region," Ms Leslie said.

"It is truly inspiring to see the impact the projects we fund, and our charity partners deliver, have on improving health, youth and social outcomes. The initiatives our grants support really connect and enable individuals within local communities and provide opportunity where, in many cases, it otherwise would not be available."

The projects that received funding will kick off in coming months and are all scheduled to be completed within two years.

The chosen charities will be presented with their funding at a grant ceremony today.

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