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Get Involved in This Year's This Is South Tyneside Festival Summer Parade
The beloved event in the community, This Is South Tyneside Festival, is highlighting the award-winning location of SOUTH Tyneside. The festival will make a comeback with the traditional Summer Parade, which will not only showcase beach-related activities but also incorporate various new groups and individuals. The Summer Parade is scheduled...
The Life-Changing Vacation That Altered One Woman's Destiny Forever
A dog groomer from Somerset who visited Whitley Bay for the first time and then decided to relocate her business 360 miles north hasn’t “pawsed” once about her life changing decision since arriving in the North East.  At the age of 50, Tracy Scott was running a thriving business called...
Ex-England star Dave Thomas to open new Guide Dogs Newcastle Site
The Guide Dogs Newcastle community team have this week celebrated a significant move to new premises at Gosforth Business Park, as part of a major investment which will allow the charity to support more people living with sight loss in Newcastle and the North East. To celebrate the occasion, Guide...
Newcastle Building Society supports Fenham Association of Residents' community outreach project
Thanks to the Newcastle Building Society's funding and the continuous efforts of a long-standing city charity, numerous families in Newcastle's West End are receiving additional assistance and support. The Fenham Association of Residents launched a community outreach initiative during the pandemic to address various pressing requirements among at-risk individuals...
A young hero: Seven-year-old girl's quick response saves neighbour's life
A sweet seven-year-old saves her neighbour’s life after a worried wake up to a smoke alarm sounding. A few weeks ago, Olivia Ramsay was having a living room slumber party with mum Samantha Breckon when she heard a smoke alarm going off. Olivia woke her mam up and asked her to...
Eldon Square partners with North East Autism Society for Autism Acceptance Week 2023
Newcastle's well-loved shopping and dining destination, Eldon Square, has partnered with the North East Autism Society to organise a range of events and experiences in support of the centre's autistic and neurodivergent community for Autism Acceptance Week 2023. To launch the event, on Saturday 25th March, Eldon Square will host...
Children's Heart Unit Fund Chosen as New Dedicated Charity by Hay & Kilner Team
Colleagues at North East law firm Hay & Kilner have chosen one of the region’s best-known health charities as their fundraising cause for 2023. After raising more than £6,300 for their dedicated charity last year, the Newcastle West End Foodbank, members of the Newcastle-headquartered practice have chosen to support Chuf...
Taxi Drivers Bring Christmas Smiles to Great North Children's Hospital
Taxi drivers have gone the extra mile to ensure that children in hospital during the Christmas period can have the best festive fun that they can.  A fleet of generous drivers from LA Taxis and Dean Taxis, part of the Nearby Group, the biggest taxi provider in the area, brought...
Friendship Dog Charity Brings Joy This Christmas
A Wag & Company that befriends older and vulnerable dog lovers in their own homes as well as in care has teamed up with regional businesses to make sure their friends feel special this Christmas. Wag & Company, working to battle loneliness and isolation in older people through friendship with...
North East Heroes Recognised for Saving Life of Pedestrian
Two crews of firefighters and two members of the public from the North East of England have been recognised with the fire service’s top commendation for saving the life of a pedestrian crushed by a car. In July this year, Nick Matthewson, 62, was walking on a footpath in Newcastle...

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