Sunderland’s Beacon of Light are making their walking football groups a weekly event to encourage good physical and mental health. Neil Couling, 38, sports programming and marketing manager, said: “There is not necessarily a set age group, but it is generally older people. There is no age limit.” The Beacon […]
Day: 14 December 2018
Sunderland Age UK holds their annual Christmas Spectacular
Age UK Sunderland, a charity that works with elderly people, is holding their annual Christmas Spectacular to bring people in the community of Sunderland together for Christmas. The event offers a range of musical artists, such as opera singer Graeme Danby and University of Sunderland vocal professor, Valerie Reid. The […]
Word on Wearside: live at 4pm (one final time)!
Tune in from 4pm for the final round-up of the Word on Wearside. Click on the link here!
Student paramedic joins the fight for placement pay
Lucy Hallas, 21 a paramedic student from the University of Sunderland, has joined 33,318 other students in the fight for placement pay. Lucy is currently located at a patient transport service in Pallion, near her university accommodation. Students at UoS are required to work weekends and bank holidays, which may […]
Gateshead Council propose grassroots football pitch maintenance halt
Grassroots football pitches across the Gateshead borough may no longer be maintained under proposals put forward by Gateshead Council. At a cabinet meeting held on November 20, the council proposed to cease the maintenance at a number of bowling greens and football pitches under their governance in an attempt to […]