Members Directory

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Members Directory

Alzheimer's Society (Co Durham)

Core membership

Offering a range of services for people with dementia and their carers, including a Carers Support Group, Dementia Cafes, information provision, One to one Support and Singing for the Brain classes.

Alzheimer's Society (Gateshead Branch)

Core membership

Alzheimer's Society (South Tyneside Branch)

Core membership

Amare Hospice at Home

Core membership

Amber Film & Photography

Core membership

Documentary Film and Photography organisation that runs Amber Films, AmberSide Collection, and Side Gallery. We also run education programmes focused on children and young people.

amble community sports development centre

Core membership

Amble Development Trust

Core membership

Anchor Trust

Core membership

Anne Frank Trust

Core membership

The Anne Frank Trust UK is an education charity that empowers young people with the knowledge, skills and confidence to challenge all forms of prejudice and discrimination.

Annie's Crafty Emporium CIC

Core membership

Executive Summary:
Annie's Craft Corner is a new, exciting fabric, wool, textiles, and haberdashery shop located in Sunderland City Centre, in an area currently undergoing regeneration. The shop aims to provide a creative space for the community, offering a variety of products for knitting, crochet, sewing, eco-repurposing, and upcycling clothes. In addition to retail, Annie's Craft Corner will offer workshops, including knit and natter, crochet and natter, sewing clubs, and vocational qualifications in textiles and fashion. The business will also reach out to community centres, churches, art centres, and educational institutions, such as Sunderland University and Sunderland College, to foster creativity, promote health and wellbeing, and enhance the skill set of local residents.
Business Objectives:
• To create a welcoming and supportive community hub for craft enthusiasts, offering both retail and educational opportunities.
• To deliver high-quality workshops and vocational qualifications in textiles, fashion, and upcycling.
• To promote creativity, wellbeing, and sustainability through crafting and repurposing materials.
• To establish a solid online presence for retail sales via a website, Pinterest, and social media channels.
• To grow awareness of Annie’s Craft Corner in Sunderland and the surrounding area by collaborating with community organisations, educational institutions, and hosting fashion shows.

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Anxious Minds

Core membership

Anxious Minds is a multi award winning charity which is devoted to improving the lives of people struggling with mental health and addiction. Our overall aim is for people in the North East who are affected by mental health, addiction, and abuse to receive the support that they need to live a fulfilled life.

ARC Stockton Arts Centre

Core membership

ARC is a charity that uses arts and cultural activity to support our local communities. We work locally, in Stockton-on-Tees and the Tees Valley, and nationally, through our leadership of networks and partnerships.

ARCH Teesside

Core membership
Bronze membership

ARCH Teesside are a specialist sexual violence service with over 25 years’ experience of delivering quality support to victim/survivors of sexual violence/abuse. Based in Middlesbrough, we provide advocacy and therapeutic services to adults and children and young people across Teesside.

Area Training & Activity Centre

Core membership

Aria Art and Movement CIC

Core membership

We offer aerial classes for kids and adults, working with disabled and non-disabled beneficiaries

Ashiana Sheffield Ltd.

Core membership

Ashiana supports Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Refugee (BAMER) women and children who have experienced violence and abuse including domestic abuse, forced marriage and ‘honour’ based violence, female genital mutilation and those who have been trafficked into the UK for the purposes of sexual exploitation or domestic slavery. We provide accommodation and practical and emotional support in a holistic, gender and culturally sensitive way.

Ashington Joint Welfare Scheme

Core membership

Ashreinu

Core membership

Aspire Learning, Support & Wellbeing

Core membership

Aspire is an award-winning not-for-profit organisation based in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. We deliver high-quality learning, support and wellbeing services at our women-only centre and to mixed audiences in communities and organisations across the North East of England.

Aspire Learning, Support & Wellbeing

Core membership

Aspire is an award-winning not-for-profit organisation based in Chester-le-Street, Co. Durham. We deliver high-quality learning, support and wellbeing services at our women-only centre and to mixed audiences in communities and organisations across the North East of England.