Staff at Cats Protection’s Tyneside Adoption Centre are appealing to find homes for Star, Layla, Flinty and Rizzo before the festive period so they can enjoy some well-deserved home comforts. Cats Protection generally does not home cats over Christmas, as many cats do not settle well into a new home […]
On December 22, 2018, Sunderland will host the Culture Quarter Music Crawl in a bid to raise money for mental health charity Mind. The event, hosted by Spotlight Music UK and Pub Culture, will feature a host of live performances from acoustic musicians and bands across three Sunderland pubs: The […]
The CitySpace facility at the University of Sunderland was temporarily transformed into a Christmas market filled with a variety of festive activities in a bid to spread holiday cheer across the city. Visitors to the market were given the opportunity to stock up on Christmas gifts for loved ones, with […]
Sunderland City Council and Durham Constabulary are preparing elderly citizens for cold conditions, as 2018 welcomes another intervention from their Snow Angels scheme. The scheme was introduced in 2010 when heavy snowfall hit the North East and left many elderly people unable to access public footpaths, or sometimes even leave […]
A new exhibition running this week is shining a light on a little-known and misunderstood section of society – people who are living with dwarfism. The exhibition, ‘You’re Just Little’, is at the Spectrum Cultural Hub in Seaham until 14 October, and will reveal the challenges, obstacles and assumptions that people […]
A formerly neglected council site in North Tyneside, once a WWII air-raid shelter, is now a thriving garden spot hosting small outdoor events. Lovaine Community Garden, North Shields, is run by local resident and co-ordinator, Wendy Young, 41. Mrs Young said: “We rent the land from the council. Before we […]
The Southwick Neighbourhood Youth Project (SNYP) was first established in the summer of 2017 and consists of five members who meet every Wednesday. The purpose of the youth council is to make sure that the young children from SNYP and the Southwick area have a voice and to encourage others […]
Sunderland’s restaurant week has recently come to an end, with many restaurants offering the opportunity to dine out for £5, £10 or £15. Many restaurants were involved from all over Sunderland. This included restaurants such as El Nido Mexicana, Port of Call and The Engine Room. The event saw many […]
Young Asian Voices were one out of three Sunderland community organisations to receive a grant from the Virgin Money Foundation last week. The grant is to drive positive changes throughout communities and Young Asian Voices project leader Kamareswaradas Ramanathas is thrilled to receive just under £30,000. The project leader commented: […]
Sunderland College students hold a social action event called The Locals Library. The event had other students speaking to the ‘living books’ as they told their stories and had a conversation about them. Their lecturer, Gilly Hope, spoke of the event as preparing the students, who produced the event, so […]