A North Tyneside choir are set to raise funds for a lasting memorial to fishermen who lost their lives at sea. Backworth Male Voice will perform in April at North Shields to support the installation of the ‘Fiddler’s Green Sculpture.’ The sculpture will be dedicated to the fishermen that left […]
Members of Newcastle, Wear and Tees WASPI took to Sunderland’s Keel Square this weekend (March 11) to raise awareness of the 1950s women’s State Pension injustice. The campaign, also referred to as ‘Paint the Town Purple’, is one part of the WASPI’s aims to share information and give advice about […]
Local charity group, The Children’s Foundation, has launched an online fundraising campaign to expand the Clown Doctors programme into Sunderland Royal Hospital. The Clown Doctors programme is a creative way to provide hospitalised children and young people with access to vital therapeutic play whilst enriching the experience of each child’s […]
Celebrating its sixth anniversary, the Sunderland 10K and Half Marathon is set to welcome thousands to the streets of Sunderland on May 1, at Keel Square, as part of the Run Sunderland Festival. Among those participating in the event is runner Tony Hopkins. Originally planning to run the Morpeth to […]
Local charity group, Stroke Association North East were forced to cancel their annual fundraising event two hours before it was due to start after organisers decided the extreme weather conditions were a danger to participants. The charity’s monthly ‘Resolution Run’, a series of five, 10 and 15 kilometre runs held […]