Adoption Matters is a registered children’s charity and one of the largest voluntary adoption agencies (VAA) in the UK. We recruit, train and support individuals and families as adopters and offer them ongoing support and training for as long as they need it.

Adorn is a social enterprise that was created to benefit both people and planet. We make and sell a range of eco-friendly handmade jewellery, to generate the income we need to invest in cultivating creativity, confidence and community, in our own way. Buyers can choose from our new or upcycled items and 3 months after purchase new items can be exchanged or upgraded, within a year. We also offer workshops and classes as a way to teach jewellery making skills and interrupt low mood and social isolation.

Africawad Recycling C.I.C is social enterprise supporting women in order to create jobs in the North East,
promote girls education in Africa and prevent thousands of tonnes of clothes going to landfill.
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We provide services and activities to promote the well-being of all older people and to help make later life a fulfilling and enjoyable experience

Working with older people living on South Tyneside on the things that matter to them.

Age UK Gateshead is an independent local charity. We've been working in the local community to help older people since 1972

Age UK Northumberland is an independent local charity which provides services for older adults, aged 50+, throughout Northumberland. In common with all Age UKs, our central service is free information, advice and advocacy. Other services are designed to meet local needs and currently include: day care and personal care, exercise and falls prevention classes, lunch clubs and friendship groups.

Age UK Teesside is a charity working to help older people in Hartlepool, Redcar & Cleveland, Middlesbrough and Stockton. Our staff and volunteers campaign and help over-50s with their health and wellbeing, finances and independence in their communities. We provide:

Social activities help older people stay active, involved and enjoying their lives
Information and advice, especially on entitlement to benefits, energy use and other financial needs
Support for individuals and people living with Dementia

We welcome new volunteers for our befriending and social activities or perhaps fundraising initiatives.

As a Community Centre we cater for a wide range of activities covering from birth to over 80 years of age such as a Day Nursery, Youth Club, club for young people with autism and other special needs, Tai Chi, Art for adults, Craft for school children, Spiritualist Church, Dance, Exercise classes, adult courses and hire out for birthday Parties plus others.

We are a voluntary dog rescue and rehoming service, formed in 1991, based in the Alnwick area and serving Northumberland and Tyneside

We target work with groups that face disadvantage including economic, social and educational disadvantges, we promote celebration of difference through single gender work, asylum seeker and refugee work and other marganalised group work.
We offer training to unemployed residents in the deprived Durham coalfields area and work on an outreach basis to offer volunteering roles to those in need.

Allendale Forge Studios is a community based business & creative HUB. A not for personal profit company we offer first class work studios, offices, conference area, gallery, retail shop space and a lively cafe culture, all available in a stunning area of outstanding natural beauty in the North Pennines.