Living History -North East

04/09/2026

With Voluntary & Community Action Sunderland (VCAS) – I just got recognised as one of their top fans! 🎉

04/09/2026

26/08/2026

The Donnison School – Community Impact April to July 2026
What a season of connection, creativity, and heritage!
From lectures and fayres to cookery, craft, and family history drop‑ins — our volunteers have given over 2,000 hours of their time, helping us welcome 957 visitors and participants through our doors.

💜 £30,690 in volunteer value
💚 £97,592 in social value created
📚 83 sessions and activities delivered

Every hour, every smile, and every shared story strengthens our community.
Thank you to all who make The Donnison School a place where heritage lives and people belong.

Sunderland, UK BBC Sunderland

26/08/2026

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North East Mayoral Strategic Authority

26/08/2026

Fancy a day out filled with nostalgia, music and 1940s magic?
Hop aboard our coach to Pickering War Weekend – Sat 10th October!
Dress up, join the fun, and soak in the incredible wartime spirit.
Tickets just £21 — limited seats!

📧 [email protected]
📞 07443 653838 or book via the website fans Sunderland, UKSunderland Echo Sunderland Events and Promotion

26/08/2026

Grassroots venues across the North East will be backed by North East Mayor Kim McGuinness’ £2.2 million Small Venues Fund.

26/08/2026

A fundraising for the roof of The Donnison School Heritage Centre, The wonderful A Ca****la and Tyneside A Ca****la choirs will perform an amazing programme of Summer Sounds at 17Nineteen with support from The 1719 Society

24/08/2026

https://northeastheritagelibrary.co.uk/so/18Q0Zxyjs?languageTag=en&cid=6ea01ee4-2969-4e30-a045-b1ffa41498ee

A new archive The Inquest Archive I'm incredibly proud that I'm releasing the first tranche of research into 19th century inquests today. Our website now features the names of over 500 individuals who died in questionable circumstances over 39 years, many of them children and women, in Newcastle. Ov...

05/06/2026

https://www.tynetheatreandoperahouse.uk/stoll-picture-theatre-past-lives-present-voices/

Press Release Stoll Picture Theatre – Past Lives, Present Voices Tyne Theatre & Opera House is calling on the public to help capture the rich history of the Stoll Picture Theatre by sharing personal memories and photographs from before 1974. In 1919, renowned impresario Oswald Stoll transformed th...