The North East Combined Authority is determined to maximise the region’s potential and address deprivation and socio-economic challenges facing their communities. Power to Change is supporting this goal with a partnership to help grow and develop the region’s social economy.
Star and Shadow Cinema
As entertainment venues across the country are struggling, Star and Shadow Cinema is offering a vibrant, multi-arts and community-focused programme to the community in Newcastle’s East End. They’re breathing new life into their local area and inspiring and training the next generation of entertainment.
Derwent Valley Car Club
Electric car club in County Durham tackling rural isolation and environmental issues
Empowering Places
Empowering Places was a unique five-year programme designed by Power to Change to explore ways in which ‘locally rooted’ anchor organisations, operating in areas of high deprivation, could be supported to ‘catalyse’ new community businesses. The programme hypothesised that this, in turn, would contribute to an overarching vision of more prosperous places, with more jobs and opportunities for local people.
Chilli Studios
Supporting community health outcomes and strengthening community cohesion.
Live Well North East
Empowering people and enriching lives by providing activities and services to support health and wellbeing.
Chopwell Regeneration Group
Saving the local high street and supporting local people.
Sunderland Homegrown
A community nursery and garden centre training vulnerable young people.
South Tynedale Railway
A railway refurbishment over 40 years in the making.
Digital skills: Whitley Bay Big Local
Over the last year, Whitley Bay Big Local has changed how it has done many things. It’s organised itself differently. It’s changed how staff and members communicate.
Digital skills: Chilli Studios
Chilli Studios wants to get closer to its members, and it is implementing a series of digital innovations to help it do just that.
Community Catering Initiative
A homegrown community café tackling poverty through education and training
Northumberland Seafood
Northumberland Seafood is a community lobster hatchery and seafood centre sustaining fishing heritage and trade in Amble, Northumberland.
