M&S Kenton Bar

The majority of people who live with us at Tyne have experienced complex issues in their lives and often come to us after being excluded from other housing options due to their lifestyle, offending history or difficulties in managing finances. Most residents have experienced periods of homelessness or unstable housing and struggle with multiple social and health issues relating to addiction and mental wellbeing. We have over 360 bed-spaces made up of shared houses, specialist supported provisions, smaller shared flats and self-contained flats. Our housing model is always designed to focus on the individual's own personal needs, meeting them where they are, building a trusting relationship and working together in partnership to get to a better place. Our work is far-reaching and varied, we stand by and support people who many agencies struggle to engage with, focusing on building their strengths to help them take ownership of the challenges ahead. The unique range of services we provide means we’re constantly learning and evolving, ensuring we’re engaging with models and theories that truly work. The impact report produced this year is helping us to do just that, alongside providing us with the tools we need to measure our success going forward. Byker Bridge House is our emergency accommodation provision in Newcastle. It’s staffed 24/7 by a team of specialist housing and support workers and offers 31 short-term bed spaces to adults facing homelessness across the city. People who come to Byker Bridge House tend to be at crisis point and are referred to us from services such as prison, probation or hospital via Newcastle City Council’s Housing Advice Centre. Residents are often experiencing complex issues relating to drug and alcohol abuse, mental health issues and anti-social behaviour. Byker Bridge House exists to provide people with safety and security with a roof over their heads and access to food and drink, warmth and rest.

We are a large community centre in the heart of Winlaton. Run by the community for the community. The centre is run by volunteers. We provide emergency food and access to Free food at 2 markets each week. Our charity collect surplus food from local supermarkets (Marks & Spencer, The Co-op and Tesco) which may be past its best before date and which would usually end up as waste, we sort and offer it to our local community. The produce is also used to make healthy and nutritious meals for our lunch clubs and to give out to local people in need. WE also offer a variety of classes and clubs, sport and fitness, parent and toddler groups, lunch clubs for older people and access to professional services. Registered charity 1160323

St Vincent's Centre Newcastle provides help and support to people and families in need providing a range of support from free hot meals, food parcels, clothing, toiletries and essential family items. We provide support service Monday to Friday 9am till 4pm. Every Tuesday we provide free hot meals to those most in need of food support, we supply free weekly Friday food bags to the local community which help us to prevent food waste anyone is welcome to collect a free bag. Our volunteer drivers do weekly deliveries out to people and families throughout the Newcastle / Gateshead area who are unable to come directly to us. Our Centre also have a small St Vincent's Vintage Charity Boutique. All funds raised in our shop come directly to the Centre to Support our work locally.