Author Profile

• Europe, Latin America, North East England, UK
• http://www.exteriores.gob.es/Consulados/EDIMBURGO/

The Spanish Vice Consulate of Spain in Newcastle is a voluntary service to support the General Consulate of Spain in Edinburgh and covers the North East of England. Contact: Honorary Vice-consul: Prof. Santiago Fouz Hernández Read More

• Newcastle, North East England, UK
• 0191 233 0999
• https://becomingvisible.co.uk/

Becoming Visible (BV) are specialists in British Sign Language (BSL) Deaf culture and the Deaf community. BV manages a British Sign Language (BSL)/English interpreting agency, offers an extensive range of BSL training courses and has an established expertise in the production of BSL media translation. Read More

• Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Latin America, North America, UK
• https://www.britishcouncil.org/

• Europe, Newcastle, North East England
• 07767124490
• https://nattalingo.co.uk/

Geordie French Storyteller Extraordinaire.  Nathalie Paris is Nattalingo. I  provide support to schools and pupils for French language learning - teaching, training, storytelling, football in French, language days. Provides free resources through podcast, videos, book blog and posts. For those in the North East of England, runs free termly training/supportive meet ups as a volunteer for the Association for Language Learning. Read More

• Asia, Newcastle, North East England
• 0191 242 5405
• http://www.neala.co.uk/

The North East Arabic Language Academy offers a wide range of courses and qualifications for adults and children in the Arabic language. It offers taster sessions for schools. It also provides training, translation and proofreading services and can offer examiners for qualifications in Arabic. Read More

• Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Newcastle, North America, North East England, UK
• +44 (0) 191 491 0591
• https://www.traidcraft.co.uk/

• Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Latin America, Newcastle, North America, North East England, UK
• 0191 227 0391
• https://commonpurpose.org/locations/common-purpose-uk/

Common Purpose is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1989 that develops leaders who can cross boundaries. This enables them to solve complex problems both in organizations and in cities. We deliver face-to-face and online leadership programmes for multiple generations of leaders: from students in universities to senior leaders in organizations and society.  Read More

• Africa, Asia, Australasia, Europe, Latin America, Newcastle, North America, North East England, UK
• 0191 443 4661
• https://theglasshouseicm.org/

The Glasshouse International Centre for Music (formerly known as Sage Gateshead) is an international music centre and renowned conference and event venue located on the banks of the River Tyne. It is for artists, for audiences and for the North. Every year we welcome more than two million visitors. More than 400 concerts featuring all kinds of local, regional and international music, take place all year round. Music-making and learning activity takes place not only in the… Read More

• Newcastle, North East England, UK
• 08448 11 21 21
• https://www.theatreroyal.co.uk/

Newcastle Theatre Royal is the leading theatre in the North East, presenting over 400 performances to over 300,000 people: the finest drama, the brightest West End musicals, the cream of the comedy circuit, award winning ballet and dance, family friendly shows, the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National Theatre, Opera North and Rambert Dance – and (we think) the best Pantomime in the country! We also run a wide range of participatory projects for schools, young people, over… Read More

• Africa, Asia, Europe, Newcastle, North East England
• 07970 627607
• https://www.facebook.com/pg/lazeeznewcastle

Lazeez, which means “delicious” in Arabic, is a new café and catering business in Newcastle, based at Fenham Library. It is staffed by resettled refugees who have arrived under the Governments Refugee Resettlement Programme. Lazeez aims to support refugees by offering valuable employment skills and experience, developing English language skills and supporting integration into the local community, whilst also providing a business that offers high quality middle eastern food. Read More

• Africa, Asia, Latin America, Newcastle, North East England
• https://www.madfoundation.com/

MAD Foundation’s overall objective is to enable community development projects in Africa and throughout the developing world. At its core is the desire to assist with sustainable programmes, which are not funded from central government, aimed at improving the quality of life for impoverished indigenous communities with an emphasis on children, education and health. Our charitable objective is: 'To advance education and aid in the relief of poverty in any part of the world' Read More

• Africa, North East England
• +44(0)191 253 0687
• https://www.sustainableglobalgardens.org.uk/

Sustainable Global Gardens is a North East based charity working to help meet Sustainable Development Goal 1: the eradication of extreme global poverty and hunger.  We work in those communities where income is typically less than $2/day, generally in rural areas where SGG’s field experience can have greatest impact in terms of income-generation and improved quality of life and in those countries where SGG supporters have previous development work experience. These countries include Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,… Read More

• Africa, Europe, Latin America, Newcastle, North America, North East England, UK
• 0191 233 9100
• https://www.shared-interest.com/gb/contact-us/head-office-uk

Shared Interest is an ethical investment organisation which aims to alleviate poverty by helping people in remote and disadvantaged communities, to trade and earn a living.  We act co-operatively with over 11,500 investors coming together to achieve a common goal, pooling their £43 million of investments. We then use these funds to provide loans and credit facilities to primarily fair trade businesses, to ensure that farmers are paid on time for their crops. Read More