News
11 Fri May
Byker Lives centre on Raby Cross completed
The Raby Cross shop unit has now been fully converted into a project space for residents and visitors to Byker. We are now busy preparing the shop for officially opening it?s doors later in May
12 Thu Apr
Fancy a mini construction challenge?
A fifteen minute challenge. All you need is toothpicks and blu-tack...
12 Thu Apr
5 Thu Apr
28 Tue Feb
Neighbourhood Challenge: Learning from Innovative Communities.
This paper presents observations, drawing on evidence from the people that are funding, delivering and supporting these 17 projects testing out innovative ways of building co-operation, collaboration and action within their communities. The paper identifies both the common features of their approach and what is distinctive about how they apply their methods. It also maps their activities against a process of change to illustrate how their approaches are enabling community-led activities and solutions to develop.
15 Wed Feb
Bid to become a "Portas Pilot" Town
A competition to choose 12 towns to become ?Portas Pilots?, with the winners benefiting from a share of £1million to help turn around their ?unloved and unused? high streets.
15 Wed Feb
Empty Homes Funding
News about a £100 million fund for community and voluntary organisations.
31 Tue Jan
Training opportunity: GPS creative mapping
We have a few spaces available for a training day on creative mapping and drawing using GPS technology with artist Jeremy Wood. Let us know if you would be interested to join us.
31 Tue Jan
Introducing PlayToon project
Tyneside is one big playground and PlayToon 2012 is out to represent skaters, BMXers and free-runners over the weekend of 18th-19th May 2012.
9 Mon Jan
Making and Baking in Scotswood
Young people invent, create and play with the changing spaces around them