Reports

On Thursday 23rd November 2023, over sixty people from various personal and professional backgrounds attended the carers conference, the first to happen in Newcastle since 2015. Watch a summary video of the Caring it’s everyone’s business Conference here The conference included presentations by keynote speakers from Adult and Children’s Social Care, Newcastle City Council as […]

Last week, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (About us | NCVO) published their annual report that helps charities prepare strategically for the year ahead. This year’s report covers the challenges and opportunities provided by the upcoming general election, plus guidance on surviving tough economic times and navigating shifting social and technological tides. “This year

Healthwatch Gateshead and Healthwatch Newcastle undertook a joint research project to engage with retirement-age residents of Gateshead and Newcastle to understand their experiences of loneliness and isolation. The project focused on three key areas including: The key findings are: Read the full report on the link below: Loneliness_in_retirement_age_population_report_FINAL.01.pdf (mcusercontent.com)

Date: Wednesday 25th October Venue: City Library, Newcastle, NE1 8AX Time: 10am to 2pm Transport North East have launched a consultation on their plan to deliver zero emission vehicle charging infrastructure across the North East. Public consultation on their draft North East Zero Emission Vehicle Strategy is now live until Tuesday 7 November 2023. This is part of the

Government Digital Exclusion Report Digital exclusion affects millions of UK citizens. Every day, people are unable to access the internet because they do not have the connection, device or skills to get online. Prior to 2023 the last digital exclusion strategy for the UK was published in 2014. The latest digital exclusion report from Communications and Digital Committee on Digital

This report is from the second Dementia Conference, facilitated by Search in partnership and funded by Northeast and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB), the first was held in September 2022. Over 100 invites went out to people living with Dementia, their carers and professionals. The conference had a range of speakers on subjects which

The latest phase of GROW, delivered by the Behavioural Insights Team, engaged employers, recruiters and older people to design and test new approaches to reducing age bias in recruitment. This involved creating and critiquing the end-to-end recruitment journey, generating new ideas, turning them into tools and then prototyping them.   The three new tools that the

We are delighted to share with you our Imapct Report which provides a snapshot of the AHSN NENC’s successes over the last year. As we celebrate our 10th anniversary, it fills me with great pride to reflect on the team’s achievements over the previous 12 months. The report is testament to the hard work and