A new company has been launched to deliver children’s services on behalf of Sunderland City Council. Together for Children was set up by the council to continue improvements following 2015’s Ofsted inspection report found services to be inadequate. The company will provide integrated children’s services covering education, children’s social care […]
Credit: google images. Mental Health charity, Shaw Mind Foundation have launched an online petition, that thousands have signed from around the UK, including almost a thousand from Tyne and Wear. Mental health charities are calling for the government to make mental health education part of the national curriculum. With the […]
A Sunderland mum has warned people not to pull the April Fools Day joke about being pregnant after she delivered her stillborn son. [DISCLAIMER: Some of the images in this piece may be distressing]. Kirsty McGurrell lost her son Louis in 2009 after carrying him for 38 weeks. The 28-year-old from Shiney Row, […]
A volunteer has began providing “doggie bags” homeless dogs in the North East. Christopher Smith founded the idea when handing out hygiene packs to street friends during the regular North East Help Link Soup Kitchen that takes place at the Discovery Museum car park. Mr Smith said: “We have a number of […]
People in Sunderland have shared their thoughts on National Kindness Day about how to be kind to one another. National Kindness Day is celebrated every year in the UK on March 31. The day marks a celebration kindness and good deeds and raise awareness of kindness among people in society. […]
Sunderland’s second ever restaurant week has been four times more successful than the inaugural event in September 2016, with more than 8,000 downloaded for free. Restaurants all over the city took part by offering special deals to customers between March 11 and March 19, 2017. Sunderland restaurant Papas Tapas at […]
A Mental health group that organises walks for people with mental illness has expanded its support to Newcastle. Founded by journalist and author of ‘Mad Girl’ Bryony Gordon, the voluntary group organises walks once a month in Exhibition park, where people affected by mental illness can come together to walk […]
A group of North East solidarity seekers and aid workers will be sleeping out in South Shields to raise funds for a volunteer’s forthcoming aid mission to support refugees in Northern Greece and Serbia. The group are supporting Ruhi Loren Akhtar’s mission, to the European countries, which will take place on […]
Since 1992, April has been Stress Awareness month in the UK. As our modern lives have become increasingly hectic many people have become much more stressed as a result. In some cases this has led to an increase in mental health problems affecting the quality of our lives. Now across […]
A huge bike ride has been organised for this Sunday in Blyth for 22 year old terminal illness, Jamie Hartley. The event started to shape after Jamie’s father’s Facebook post. Mark Hartley asked his friends for a sidecar to give his son his last motorbike ride. The response he received […]