Statement
The recent violence and hate in parts of our region have deeply shocked us. We represent and support thousands of voluntary and community sector groups in the North East, dedicated to building communities, addressing disadvantage, and creating positive futures.
Our work is driven by compassion, which starkly contrasts with the recent events.
Many of the affected and traumatised communities are where voluntary and community sector groups are most active.
Our work is rooted in a love for the North East, making it heartbreaking to see such division and hate in our towns and cities.
We stand in solidarity with the affected communities and support the individuals and families who have been victims of hate. We also offer our full support to the community groups and charities that will continue their crucial work and begin the process of rebuilding lives and communities.
Local support organisations in your area are offering support.
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Catalyst Stockton
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
Community and Voluntary Action Blyth Valley
Community Action Northumberland
Connected Voice
Durham Community Action
East Durham Trust
Hartlepower Community Trust
Inspire South Tyneside
Middlesbrough Voluntary Development Agency (MVDA)
NAVCA
North Tyneside Voluntary Organisations Development Agency (VODA)
Northumberland CVA
Point North, formerly County Durham Community Foundation
RCVDA
Tees Valley Rural Action
Tees Foundation
Voluntary and Community Action Sunderland
VONNE
Healthworks
Sunderland Voluntary Sector Alliance
First Stop Darlington
WinG Outdoor Activities
Action Station
ICOS
ReCoCo
Tandem
Junction Point CIC
Welcome to Badminton
PCP Newton Aycliffe
Castle Peak Group
Jet North
Sunderland Mind
Crisis
The Twisting Ducks Theatre Company
Gateshead Older People's Assembly
Digital Voice
NE Youth
Full Circle Food project
Represent Women
Footprints in the Community
Derwentside Detached Youth Project
Live well with Cancer
NETWORK NOTWORK CIC
Forward Assist
Yes We Can Community CIC
Youth Focus NE
The Recruitment Junction
Justice First
Citizens Advice Gateshead
Society Matters CIC
Teesside Mind
Equal Arts
Heaton Baptist Church
Quinn's Retreat
The North East Speak Their Name
Stomping Ground NE
Carlisle Primary Care Network
National Energy Action (NEA)
The Cultural Spring
Easington Lane Community Access Point
Pride Action North
Jack Drum Art's
The Bay Food Bank
Rape Crisis Tyneside and Northumberland
iCan Wellbeing Group
NEEAL
Human Kind Charity
More than Grandparents
Millfield House Foundation
WWIN Domestic Abuse Services
Young Women's Outreach Project
Gladstone Centre for Young People
Rise
Stanley Creatives
Chilli Studios
Investing in Children
Everyturn Mental Health
Age UK County Durham
Independent Advocacy North East (IANE)
Scotswood Community Garden
Veterans at Ease Ltd
Tyneside Women's Health
Friends of the Drop-In for Asylum Seekers and Refugees
Search Newcastle
The Millin Charity
MHA
The Activity Den
St Oswald's Hospice
Gosforth Civic Theatre
ReGreen CIC
Project North East
Theatre Hullabaloo
Accounting for Good CIC
Streetwise North
NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) North East and North Cumbria (NENC).
African Caribbean Community Association North East CIC
Caring Hands
Dingy Butterflies CIC
Rowlands Gill Community Centre
Love, Amelia
Anti Racist Cumbria
The Phoenix Way North East and Cumbria
Young Women's Film Academy
Clean Slate Solutions
Write on the Tyne
ESCAPE Family Support
Hospitality & Hope
YMCA North Tyneside
Birkheads Wild CIO
Elders Council of Newcastle
Feeding Families
NCDC
Linskill and North Tyneside Community Development Trust
Acorns Project
Inclusion North
Linx Youth Project
Kidz Konnekt
Nuvo Wellbeing
North Tyneside Art Studio
Involve NE
Daisy Chain
Family Gateway
The Auckland Project
The Mercy Project
Women's Health in South Tyneside
Newcastle Cathedral
Building Futures East
Sense Ability Matters
Citizens Advice Northumberland
Age UK North Tyneside
akt
Virgin Money Foundation
Queer Yoga North
Silverline Memories
NECA Gambling Service
Friends of Jesmond Library
BelleVie Care
Rethink Mental Illness
Aspire Learning, Support and Wellbeing CIC
Compact for Race Equality in South Tyneside
The Village Halls Consortium
Genee Consulting Ltd
Darlington Association on Disability
Newcastle West End Children's Community
Niemann-Pick UK
Alphabetti Theatre
Citizens Advice Newcastle
South Tyneside Citizens Advice
Disability North
North East Child Poverty Commission
Newcastle Carers
Richmond Fellowship
Journey Enterprises
KEDA Consulting
Eating Distress North East
Tiny Lives Trust
Cumbria CVS
BRIC
Borderlands
The Meadows
Blue Sky Trust
Addictions UK and Addictions North East
Deaflink North East
Ways to Wellness
Projects 4 Change
DPACne
Justice Prince CIC
Thrive Drive Initiative CIC
Sported
Riverside Community Health Project