Be inspired by the children and young people of the North East singing, playing and signing the timeless classic, ‘What A Wonderful World’, as part…
Refugee Week is the world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Through an exciting…
A Day of Welcome (13th June 2025) is an annual day of solidarity and learning in schools that aims to build a culture of welcome…
The Stephen Spender Prize 2025 poetry translation competition is open for entries by the deadline of 31st July. This is an annual competition to translate…
Thank you to all the children from North East primary schools who took part in the Calligrams Celebration, as part of Express Yourself: North East…
Wow! We are amazed and delighted at the level of participation in Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages this year. 93,798 children and young…
6,669 children and young people from 60 schools across the North East and 10 European countries took part in our Weaving Friendship project, as part…
Shout out for German! (17-21 March) has been a week of celebrating German and special opportunities for schools and pupils to access resources, events and…
Declan Baharini, our Chief Executive Officer and Co-ordinator of Express Yourself: North East Festival of Languages attended Language World 2025 last week. Language World ran…
90 pupils from Christ Church Primary School (North Tyneside) and St Paul’s CE Primary and Gosforth Central Middle School (Newcastle) enjoyed special ‘Experience Japan’ workshops…




