This week, student volunteers at Newcastle University will support blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan’s two-week campaign which aims to raise awareness of the need for more young men to sign up to the stem cell register.
Anthony Nolan’s ‘Newcastle City’ campaign, which launched on Monday 15th March, is being supported...
A newly qualified firefighter has spoken of his pride at passing his course on the seven year anniversary of his younger brother's death.
Lewis McLauchlan was one of 32 new firefighters to pass out with Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service (TWFRS) before Christmas.
The passing out ceremony marked the...
The fire and rescue service have been thanked by a 22-year-old with a lot of talent, as she has now secured a job that will enable her to motivate future generations and turn her life around.
Back in May, Meg Baines enrolled on a Prince’s Trust personal development course with...
Community groups in Tyne and Wear are being invited to apply for a share of funding which will support organisations to improve the lives of children and young people across the county in the wake of COVID-19.
The annual High Sheriff’s Awards for Tyne & Wear were established as part...
The Managing Director of a Newcastle engineering firm that resurrected the business after it was dissolved and took it over as a growing concern has bucked the national trend set by COVID of a decline in orders and thrown a lifeline to a Teesside apprentice who lost his job.
Steve...
The region’s leading bus company has teamed up with Gateshead College and hired 11 new apprentices to expand its highly skilled workforce.
The new bus and coach engineers and coachbuilder recruits have joined Go North East to help it maintain and service its fleet of buses as it continues to...
A young woman who was crippled by agoraphobia has today thanked the fire service for giving her the self-confidence to leave the confines of her home.
Charlotte Narey, aged 21, recently took part in a free 12-week personal development programme with The Prince’s Trust course being delivered by Tyne and...
A chef at a Sunderland school is reaping the benefits of on-the-job experience by running his own kitchen just three years after joining the school catering team.
Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust (BCCET) employed Josh Kane as an apprentice in the kitchens of St Wilfrid’s RC College, based in South...
The Newcastle office of a leading national accountancy firm has teamed up with a Consett based charity to help young people prepare for their future outside of school.
Haines Watts was established in the 1930’s and has always promoted entrepreneurial spirit as one of its business aims. As part...
A primary school in Jarrow has created a book trail for pupils and the wider local community to get involved in during the half-term holiday and beyond.
Two children from each class at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School, which is part of Bishop Chadwick Catholic Education Trust, have been chosen...
