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| Title | Content type | Description | Date(s) | Cost | Contact details | Areas covered | Key words |
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| Gateshead Council Housing Services | Organisation | We are Gateshead Council's Housing Team. We manage and maintain nearly 20,000 homes across the borough and provide a range of housing services to Gateshead residents. We want as many of our customers as possible to have an opportunity to work with us to improve and co-design services in a way that | involve@gateshead.gov.co.uk 0191 433 5357 |
Gateshead Wide | Help and Support, Education / Training / Employment, Housing, Money Matters, Food / Cooking / Nutrition, Gardening, Computers and mobile phones, Community Development | ||
| Path Head Water Mill | Organisation | We are a Heritage site open all year round for visitors and groups, with a 1.5acre site with open areas suitable for family picnics, painting, photography etc. Our location is approximately 10mins from The Metro Centre and is open 12 months of the year, excluding Christmas week. The restored | pathheadwatermill6@gmail.com 0191 414 6288 |
Blaydon, Gateshead Wide, Greenside, Ryton | Education / Training / Employment, Arts / Crafts / Photography, Climate / Environment, Gardening, History / Heritage, Visits / Trips, Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Neurodiverse | ||
| NRASS - North Regional Association for Sensory Support | Organisation | NRASS - North Regional Association for Sensory Support provide an advocacy and welfare rights service for people with a sensory loss in the North East region. Contact NRASS : 0191 492 2035 | office@northregions.org.uk 0191 492 2035 |
Gateshead Wide | Advocacy, Disabilities | ||
| Newcastle-Gateshead Branch Multiple Sclerosis Society | Organisation | Support and information for all those affected by MS. We offer support and information for all those affected by MS. The branch produces a regular newsletter for all our members and also holds various fundraising activities throughout the year. The branch has a number of events /meetings which take | newcastlegateshead@mssociety.org.uk Help line 0191 267 0594 |
Gateshead Wide | Health and Wellbeing, Caregivers, Learning Disabilities | ||
| Mulberry Allotment Society | Organisation | The Mulberry Allotment Society promote the growing of fresh vegetables and flowers – and encourage all ages to the health benefits and enjoyment of allotments.More details to follow - These pages are in the process of being set up. | Felling | Gardening | |||
| MHA Communities Gateshead West | Organisation | We are a community based scheme offering support services to older people who are socially isolated or unable to get out and about as they used to. Our services aim to help people live later life well in their own homes, encouraging older people to take an active part in the communities in which | hannah.rowan@mha.org.uk 01207 563825 07568 612108 |
Blackhall Mill, Chopwell, Crawcrook, Greenside, High Spen, Highfield, Rowlands Gill, Ryton, Winlaton | Health and Wellbeing, Help and Support, Disabilities, Arts / Crafts / Photography, Community Development, Dementia, Falls Prevention, Food / Cooking / Nutrition, Fundraising, GP Practice, Long Term Conditions, Hobbies and Interests, Visits / Trips, Caregivers, Mental Health, Men, Older People, Students, Veterans / Service Personnel | ||
| Friends of Saltwell Park | Organisation | The Friends help to protect and promote Saltwell Park for the benefit and enjoyment of the community. We work closely with Gateshead Council and liaise with other Park users and local interest groups. Our regular newsletters keep members updated on the latest developments in the Park together with | info@friendsofsaltwellpark.co.uk 07949 267 602 |
Bensham, Gateshead Wide, Low Fell, Saltwell | Animals / Pets / Wildlife, Arts / Crafts / Photography, Climate / Environment, Gardening, History / Heritage, Outdoor Activities, Visits / Trips, Keep Fit / Exercise, Community Development, Everyone | ||
| Citizens Advice Gateshead | Organisation | Established in 1957, Citizens Advice Gateshead provides social welfare law advice to a population of over 200,000 people. We provide free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. We value diversity, promote equality and challenge | Gateshead Wide | Help and Support, Advocacy, Housing, Money Matters, Self Help, Campaigning, Health and Wellbeing, Dying/Death/Grief, Long Term Conditions, Mental Health, Community Development | |||
| Groundwork North East | Organisation | Groundwork North East is an environmental organisation and a registered charity operating locally. Groundwork North East is an environmental organisation and a registered charity operating locally. We offer a portfolio of programmes and activities focused around the environment. Groundwork North | Joanne.Norman@groundwork.org.uk Tel: 0191 460 4280 |
Gateshead Wide | Arts / Crafts / Photography, Education / Training / Employment, Climate / Environment, Gardening, History / Heritage | ||
| Equal Arts | Organisation | We are a leading creative ageing charity supporting older people in Newcastle, Gateshead and across the UK. Our team works to improve the lives of older people through creativity and our arts activities around the North East provide creative opportunities to help improve people’s wellbeing. We | information@equalarts.org.uk 0191 261 1619 |
Gateshead Wide | Arts / Crafts / Photography, Music / Film / Dance / Drama, Dementia, Long Term Conditions, Older People | ||
| Birtley Heritage Group | Organisation | A local history group encouraging the curiosity of people to delve into the hidden past and unearth some of the stories of Birtley's heritage to discover how the area has changed over the last one hundred and fifty years and pass on that information to today's residents. Originally in 2009 we were a | birtleyheritagegroup@hotmail.co.uk 0191 433 6101 |
Birtley | History / Heritage | ||
| Bensham Grove Community Centre | Organisation | Bensham Grove Community Centre can be found in a wonderful Grade ll listed building in the heart of Gateshead. The building has lots of original Arts and Crafts features and is well worth a visit. The Centre has been a Community Centre for the people of Bensham for more than 90 years and has all of | centremanager@benshamgrove.org.uk 0191 433 6450 |
Bensham, Dunston, Saltwell, Teams | Education / Training / Employment, Arts / Crafts / Photography, Community Development | ||
| Bensham and Saltwell Alive | Organisation | Bensham and Saltwell Alive is an initiative that has two key aims. The first is to highlight the wide variety of interests, gifts and talents that every resident in the neighbourhood has, whatever their age and background. The second is to give residents a chance to share these skills, help each | Bensham, Bridges, Saltwell, Windmill Hills | Arts / Crafts / Photography, Community Development, Music / Film / Dance / Drama, Climate / Environment, Events / Festivals / Fairs, Food / Cooking / Nutrition, Gardening, History / Heritage | |||
| The Passing of a True Hero | Information | Thomas Bartley Hughes 23rd November 1921 - 31st December 2010 Aged 18 in 1940, he joined the RAF Volunteer Reserve as a pilot and started his flying training on DH Tiger Moths at 7 Elementary Flying Training School at Desford, Leics, that October. There he flew in a mix of civilian and service |
Gateshead Wide, Lobley Hill, Sunniside, Whickham | History / Heritage | |||
| Highfield Homing Society | Organisation | A group of pigeon fanciers based in HighfieldAs a group of Pigeon fanciers we race our pigeons from race points in the UK and France. We race 27 races, these start in April and end in October each year. Our members are historically drawn from the local community which surrounds the immediate area of | Carrhilllofts@hotmail.co.uk 0191 421 6418 |
Highfield | Sport | ||
| Replacing The Burnhope Colliery Banner | Information | The Banners of North East Collieries are large silk sheets painted on both sides with various designs and icons. Banners can be either portrait or landscape shaped and would have a 'device' painted in either a roundel or rectangle. The sheet would be supported by two carrying poles joined by a cross |
Sunniside, Whickham | History / Heritage | |||
| Gateshead Borough Bowling Club | Organisation | Gateshead Borough Bowling Club Hi, So ends another outdoor bowling season. the weather has been very kind, with only one game rained off the entire summer, so the time has arrived to tell you all of the ups & downs of our 'summer of bowling' We finished 2nd in the monday night 'Tens' league. We | Gateshead Wide, Saltwell | Keep Fit / Exercise, Outdoor Activities, Hobbies and Interests, Sport | |||
| Burnopfield Folk Singer & Song Writer Mike Weston | Information | Mike Weston and his wife Sheila moved from Manchester to Burnopfield in 1980. They have 3 children and 4 grand children. Sheila is a retired Teacher and retired Mike is a keen folk singer and songwriter. Mike has 'a thing' about forgotten heroes and his folk songs are a tribute to lesser known |
History / Heritage, Music / Film / Dance / Drama | ||||
| Farm Hind & Family at Ravensworth | Information | Close House Farm Ravensworth was sited half way along the Coach Road between Lobley Hill and Lamesley The Farm was owned by gentleman Farmer Mr Andrew Sanderson and the bulk of the land then being farmed extended over what is now the Team Valley Trading Estate. This ‘contract of employment’ written |
Sunniside | History / Heritage | |||
| Violette Szabo | Information | Violette Szabo GC monument on Albert Embankment commemorating all those in SOE Our members love history, we are fortunate that they are certainly not parochial. This story is worthy of a special place in the history of our country. As a former Royal Marine Commando who fought in trouble spots with |
Sunniside, Whickham | History / Heritage | |||
| A Historical Description of Old Byermoor | Information | A Brief Historical Description of Old Byermoor The Photograph above taken from the pit slag heap, shows Byermoor Colliery (closed 31st Jnuary 1968) in the foreground with the old Colliery housing to the right. The old mining village of Byermoor originally stood nestling on a hillside overlooking the |
Sunniside | History / Heritage | |||
| How Did Burnopfield Get It's Name? | Information | How did Burnopfield get its name? One theory is that it is a combination of Saxon and Scandinavian words: `burn' - a Saxon word for a small stream; `hope' - a Scandinavian word shortened to `op', meaning the head of a dene; and `field' - from the Saxon word `fell' meaning a fell or moor. Burnopfield |
Sunniside | History / Heritage | |||
| Dunston Staithes | Information | The Dunston riverside was once a hive of activity, with lots of ships waiting at the river mouth to be loaded with coal from the Keel boats as early as 1671. The Keel men had to be strong, as the Keel boats carried 20 tons of coal with just a square sail and two large oars, they did four or five |
Dunston | History / Heritage | |||
| The Hobson Pit Strike 1849 | Information | The Hobson Colliery c1900 December 1849 saw the beginning of a short but very bitter dispute between the owners of Marley Hill colliery and their workmen over low wages. The men were only able to earn between two shillings and sixpence, and three shillings and sixpence per day, and out of this they |
Sunniside | History / Heritage | |||
| The Bridging Of The River Tyne | Information | A HISTORY OF THE TYNE BRIDGES c1250 to 1876 When the wooden built Norman bridge was destroyed by fire in the year 1248, it was essential that it was replaced as quickly as possible. The Officials of Newcastle Corporation and the Bishop of Durham reached agreement on the financial arrangement. The |
Gateshead Wide | History / Heritage |