The head of a leading North East charity has issued a warning about the consequences of an outright ban on zero-hour contracts. A future Labour government would introduce such a ban as part of their flagship workers’ rights proposals — proposals which were agreed last July and reaffirmed this week during a meeting of senior …
Now in her eighties, acclaimed artist and animator Sheila Graber has been capturing the region in her sketchbook for more than seven decades. Born and raised in South Shields, South Tyneside and the wider North East features heavily in her archives, which she is generously using to raise money for three causes close to her …
The chair of one of the UK’s biggest member organisations insists it’s time to modernise, publicise and prioritise after setting out a bold vision for the future. Liz Thackray arrived in the North East on Monday and will wrap up her first visit to the region with trips to Saltburn and Guisborough tomorrow [Friday April …
The founder of an influential North East-based charity, campaigning to reduce the negative impact of in-service sexual violence, claims Ministry of Defence inaction is putting veterans and serving personnel in danger. Tony Wright, who set up Tyneside-based Forward Assist and is the co-author of several reports that lift the lid on a culture of bullying, …
A special event will be held at Newcastle Cathedral tonight (March 20) to remember people whose lives have been lost to suicide. It will be hosted by the organisers of the North East Speak Their Name suicide memorial quilt, which is currently on display at the city centre landmark. Comprising 120 individually crafted squares, each …
For the past eight years, the Christmas mornings of thousands of children across the North East have been made immeasurably better thanks to Jason Cook. It was 2015 when the comedian and writer heard on the radio that 40,000 youngsters in the region would be waking up to no presents on Christmas Day. Partly fuelled …
In 1900 a Tyneside youngster was ‘taught a lesson’ for stealing from his employer by being birched. Now the fate of George Sayers, aged around 12, has provided a lesson in turn to pupils at a school near to where he lived in North Shields. George’s story is the latest project by the North Shields …
Of the 32 billion garments produced for the fashion industry every year, 64% end up in landfill. At a time when millions of people globally are living through a climate disaster and millions more are facing a cost-of-living crisis, it’s a damning statistic that two thirds of the designer goods we purchase annually are carelessly …
In the North East, we obsess over government spending, especially with power coming to the new Mayor. And we trumpet new investment by businesses, tracking data for any bright spots of prosperity. But what role should philanthropy play? This would already be a very different place if not for giving of money, time and expertise. …
Teesside-based Neuthread — the circular fashion trailblazer born out of autism and neurodiversity charity Daisy Chain — is just days away from its hotly anticipated debut at London Fashion Week. The National Lottery-funded brand will take centre stage at an invite-only show on Monday after the innovative work of its designers caught the eye of …
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