The Quiet Epidemic: Tackling Loneliness in Our Communities
Around one in four adults report loneliness, and it affects all ages. We look at the toll it takes and how communities are uniquely placed to tackle it.
Read Newcastle community news, including local campaigns, resident stories, charity updates, volunteer opportunities, neighbourhood projects, community groups, public meetings, local achievements, and grassroots action across the North East.
Storm overflows discharged sewage into the River Tyne’s saline estuary 840 times during 2025, according to analysis of Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring returns. Monitors at 23 Northum...
Around one in four adults report loneliness, and it affects all ages. We look at the toll it takes and how communities are uniquely placed to tackle it.
Where commercial bus routes have been withdrawn, a network of volunteer drivers and community minibuses fills the gap.
A celebration of the co-operative movement in the North East, the mutual self-help movement that gave working communities their own shops and dividend.
Discarding an old bank statement may feel harmless, but paperwork containing personal information ca...
When somebody is elected to Newcastle City Council, they gain considerably more than the right to si...
After a decade of deep cuts, libraries face closures and reduced hours even as their role as community hubs grows. We look at the fight to save them.
Small changes to how shops, transport and public buildings operate can determine whether someone with dementia keeps going out or stops entirely.
Millions of mobile phones sounded across England and Wales on Friday evening as the Government issue...
Seeing police officers and a walk-through metal detector at a Metro station can raise an obvious que...
Every local authority in England is looking for foster carers, and Newcastle is no exception. The re...
Zebra, Pelican, Puffin, Toucan - Britain's collection of oddly named pedestrian crossings can be sur...
Painting a white line down the side of a road might not sound expensive, but creating a modern cycle...
Two grassroots movements have grown quickly in response to the same problem: essentials for children costing more than families can manage.
Woodlarking may not be as widely known as [url=https://www.newcastledaily.co.uk/articles/what-is-mud...
A workshop with a kettle turned out to be one of the most effective responses to isolation among older men that anyone has devised.
Recent reports of stranger sexual assaults across Newcastle have understandably left many women ques...
Foodbanks and community pantries operate on quite different models, and understanding the difference matters for anyone seeking help or offering it.
A look at Holy Jesus Hospital and the North East almshouse tradition, recalling centuries of charitable provision and care for the vulnerable in the region.