Health and social care champions, Newcastle Healthwatch and Gateshead Healthwatch, are looking to recruit volunteers who want to make a difference to local services.
Volunteers play a vital role in helping people have their say on health and social care. Volunteering with Healthwatch can help develop skills, gain experience and...
As part of its Outdoor Summer Sessions programme, Hardwick Hall Hotel, County Durham, is planning a Proms In the Park afternoon, featuring Musicians Unlimited Big Band on Sunday 6 September.
The 20 piece orchestra formed in Hartlepool has been playing together for more than 30 years and will be performing...
Learning how to be a good friend is a vital part of growing up, but the pandemic has kept many youngsters away from their peers so their social skills may have taken a knock. Here, former primary school teacher Laura Steele of education resource experts PlanBee reveals the four...
The Miss England Contest organisers have teamed up with Flawless Photography & Makeover Studios in Middlesbrough to find Finalists from the North East for the next Miss England Final.
Director “Angie Beasley” & Choreographer “Lisa Powell” are looking for contestants aged 16-26 to apply to make sure the area is...
Newcastle’s Ouseburn area was often heralded as the city's most cultural sector, in the old days before The Corona. Situated moments outside the city, lay a trail of unique pubs and bars, perfect for a day of quirky drinking along the Tyne. Ouseburn Trail started at Nancy’s Bordello, around...
Homeownership is a dream that can be difficult to realise, depending on your financial circumstances. The advantages are clear: if you own your house, then you’ll be able to build equity in it every month.
You’ll also have greater freedom to modify it according to your personal tastes.
But getting...
Whitley Bay Boutique Hotel Gives Rooms to NHS Frontline StaffOne of Whitley Bay’s newest hospitality businesses has allocated its apartments free of charge to NHS frontline staff who are unable to return home due to COVID.
Stay Coastal is a luxury self-contained apartment complex with seven rooms and suites including...
A North East based social enterprise has secured funding to pilot a new innovative service to delay the onset of dementia.
Unforgettable Experiences will provide creative, interactive and practical support to older people to help them to participate in a series of weekly arts, cultural and heritage activities online....
For the young “Fashion trendsetters" and those in their “Golden Years”, a former dental nurse has opened a specialist eyebrow clinic in Newcastle driven by her love of music legend David Bowie.
30-year-old Emily Rogers grew up to the tunes of the singer, along with those of her dad who...
A DISABLED man who had given up on getting support after being failed by the adult social care system has now got his life back – thanks to a fast-growing home care provider.
Ray Halton, who lives in Folldingworth, near Lincoln, was diagnosed with MS in 2007 but managed to...
