Boost for Byker food bank after Christmas whip-round
A food bank in Newcastle’s Byker district has been given a boost in the run up one of its busiest
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Byker Community Trust bucks the trend on female board representation
A Newcastle housing association has strengthened female representation on its board, raising it to over half, with its latest appointments.
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Byker’s national community arts project is pure poetry for residents
A national community arts project that is using the power of poetry to explore place, heritage and identity was launched
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Partnership offers Byker estate youngsters the ‘best summer ever’
A Newcastle housing association is taking part in a new venture to ensure that youngsters living in the city’s Byker
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Volunteers provide a place of peace and quiet for veterans after Byker garden makeover
A new garden to provide peace and tranquillity for veterans to enjoy has been unveiled in Newcastle. Over 60 volunteers
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Constructing excellence win for Byker’s Grade II* listed Tom Collins House
AN iconic building on a Newcastle housing estate has won the prize in the Preservation and Rejuvenation category at this
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Spring clean for Byker Wall estate proves a sage affair for volunteers
GLOBAL business software firm Sage joined forces with the Byker Community Trust (BCT) and other local organisations recently to carry
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Byker Community Trust celebrates completion of £1.87 million regeneration of sheltered housing
SHADOW Brexit secretary Sir Keir Starmer MP was in Newcastle to celebrate the regeneration of two sheltered housing schemes on
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Ralph Erskine’s Byker office will rise again as homes
THE Newcastle office of the renowned architect Ralph Erskine is to be converted into homes. It was in this two-storey
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Newcastle’s Byker Wall Estate is getting new cladding and sprinklers
WORK is underway to install a new sprinkler system into one of the iconic buildings that make up the Grade
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Research project seeks better ways for Byker residents to influence their landlord
EXPERTS from Newcastle University are working with a local housing provider to find ways to improve the way residents can
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