Case Studies

Natural Ability

Annie Sanders and her business partner established Natural Ability, a social enterprise now run by a Board of nine Directors. Natural Ability seeks to provide a safe and [...]

Seahouses Development Trust

When Jon Riley began the Places for Everyone programme in July 2009, he was already six years into a capital development project. As Trust Manager for Seahouses Development Trust, [...]

Gateshead Voluntary Organisations Council

For Gev Pringle, Chief Executive of Gateshead Voluntary Organisations Council (GVOC), the driving force behind his participation in the Places for Everyone programme was the realisation that [...]

Washington Mind

Washington Mind is an independent charity that has been providing locally based mental health services for over 25 years. Their premises have been located in the picturesque village of [...]

Hartlepool NDC Trust

When Sian discovered the Places for Everyone programme in late 2009 she was already considering a number of capital development projects; the priority of which was the conversion of an old [...]

Butterwick Hospice Care

“There comes a point in a capital development project for the third sector where there are only so many grant making trusts you come across. Yet, it is often the smaller trusts that [...]

Sir William Turners Almshouses

Founded over three hundred and thirty years ago, Sir William Turner’s Almshouses provided sheltered accommodation for elderly people and orphans. A voluntary Board of Trustees now [...]

Sedgefield & District Citizens Advice Bureau

“Yes, we need to do this!” were the first words which came to Donna’s mind when she heard about the Places for Everyone programme. For her, the programme came at the perfect time: [...]

Community House, East Durham Trust, Peterlee

East Durham Trust was formed in 2006 as the result of a merger between Easington CVS and East Durham Community Empowerment Network. The Trust, while continuing to host the ‘core’ [...]

Linskill Centre, North Shields

The Linskill Centre in North Shields is a former school that was scheduled for demolition by the local authority in the early part of the 2000s. Having been used as a community / adult [...]

Silicon Alley, Urban Televillage, Newcastle

Silicon Alley is a flourishing 'urban televillage' which was developed by North East Workspace and is based in the heart of Newcastle upon Tyne in the North East of England. The Silicon [...]

Fourways 2, Amble Development Trust, Amble

Amble Development Trust was established in 1994 to take forward the economic, social and environmental regeneration of Amble, which is a coastal town in Northumberland. The Trust was [...]

Woods Pottery & Steenbergs Building, Ouseburn, Newcastle upon Tyne

North East Workspace (NEWS) (a PNE subsidiary) has an extensive track record of planning, funding, implementing, and managing incubator workspace developments. Our varied portfolio [...]

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