Saving the local high street and supporting local people.

Saving the local high street and supporting local people.
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.
Chilli Studios wants to get closer to its members, and it is implementing a series of digital innovations to help it do just that.
A community hub pioneering social prescribing in Gateshead
A homegrown community café tackling poverty through education and training
A community led Edwardian bathhouse in the suburbs of Leeds.
When threatened with the potential demolition of the community centre, people of Linskill and North Tyneside came together to turn the building into a community asset.
A railway refurbishment over 40 years in the making.