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Emilia Clarke was named on the list of changemakers

Ad Feature Smiley News names 100 ‘changemakers’ in new report

The race night will be good fun.

Charity race night at Sunderland community centre

The quotes were made using reverse graffiti, and appear on pavements across London

Only one in 10 Brits feel comfortable checking on someone's wellbeing

The ceremony saw more than 20 awards and prizes presented to volunteers and staff

Ad Feature Human appeal celebrates UK volunteers at third Purple Legacy Awards

The team has scaled the Three Peaks challenge

Team hits new heights for Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen

QPR legend Jamie Mackie opened the swap

Ad Feature QPR supporters donate old football shirts to charity

The fund has bought a £1.9 million freehold retail unit on Solihull High Street

Ad Feature The Waqf Fund acquires retail unit to fund charitable work

Young Musicians Project is in line for national awards

Music charity which fosters city talent in line for national awards

Representatives from organisations across the city at the Stand up to Suicide Charter signing event.

Some of city's biggest organisations pledge to tackle suicide

Alice taking on this year's City Runs as Tin Woman

I'm taking on the Great North Run as Tin Man for a special reason

Roy Peires is a hospitality entrepreneur and charitable leader who played a central role in developing what became the IDILIQ Group

Ad Feature Roy Peires' Kind Holidays supports families in need

The charity challenge which was all the rage 12 years ago. Millions of people took part in the ice bucket challenge including on Wearside and Tyneside. (Photo by Scott Barbour/Getty Images)

Sunderland v Newcastle challenge might well have been the most unusual

99 rabbits were found in a garden.

Charity looking to rehome rabbits after 99 bunnies found in garden

(From L-R) Wendy Cook, Kelly Brougham and Amy Swan from Active Families North East

Help us transform Southwick Community Centre

Charlotte Gardener, grants and corporate manager at Love, Amelia, Andrea Parkin, volunteer and donations coordinator at Love, Amelia, Dave Brown, Managing Director at Re:Gen North East and Paul Moralee, Head of Community Investment and Social Value at Karbon Homes.

How Sleep Safe project is helping families facing hardship

Connor Haley (left) from Sick Children's Trust and Adrienne Mason (right) from Red Sky Foundation

We're providing a 'home from home' for families of poorly children
The home means families can stay just minutes away from their poorly children in hospital.
Katy Wheeler

Nordic Walking has great health benefits

I'm running free Nordic walking sessions - here's how to join

Tunnel to Towers 2025

Firefighters taking on Tunnel to Towers memorial run in New York

A pink guitar, wizard's wand and loads of lorries were on sale at the Revive Sunderland Charity Reuse shop, on Pallion Industrial Estate in 2023.

The wonderful things you could buy in Sunderland charity shops

Family fun day returns to Foundation of Light

We're hosting our biggest family fun day yet at Foundation of Light

(Centre right) Emma Robins headteacher at New Silksworth Academy, and Claire Ball, Awareness Lead at Melanoma-Me charity, with the Sun Safe Schools Certificate alongside pupils Chloe, Anas, Leila and Oliver.

Head with incurable skin cancer launches sun awareness campaign

British Champion Richard Dunn taking on Muhammad Ali in Washington.

Muhammad Ali was knocked down three times in one night - on Wearside

Paul Sinton-Hewitt and Adam Beaumont celebrate 13 years of partnership between aql and parkrun

Ad Feature aql and parkrun deliver £10m in NHS savings

The team behind the new documentary “Never Heard of It” which tells the story of Wearside charity NPUK and its fightback after a fire.

Wearside charity's fightback from a fire spotlighted in new film

Some of the animals and volunteers at the charity.

Meet the team saving thousands of animals and here's how to help

The homeless drop in service Basis Sunderland is looking for a new home. Project team leader Dave Cawley and project worker Andrea Green.

Lifeline charity appeals for help after closing doors for final time

The special anniversary shirt has been unveiled

How to get your hands on exclusive 25th anniversary football shirt
The shirt was voted for by fans.
Katy Wheeler

Each Toblerone Crystal Bar is exclusively designed and developed using Swarovski's decades of skill

Ad Feature Toblerone and Swarovski collaborate on a crystal chocolate bar

Pupils from Northern Saints CofE Academy supported three Sunderland based animal welfare charities.

'Superkind' children support three city animal welfare charities

Zaheer Khan will climb Mount Kilimanjaro with his son Jibraeel

Ad Feature Father and son climb Kilimanjaro for Human Appeal

Seaham marks Armed Forces Day in 2021. Photo credit Ian Burns.

All you need to know about Seaham’s Armed Forces Day this weekend

Sebastian Lyons, 11, is taking on a swimming challenge for Help for Heroes.

Seb, 11, takes on mammoth D Day challenge to support Help for Heroes

Vinnie passionately believes more needs to be done to help those struggling with mental health problems

Vinnie Jones blasts tech for fuelling mental health struggles

Twins Joseph and George Kemp alongside their mother Joanne Kemp at one of their stop-offs at Durham Cathedral.

Twins get on bikes to raise hundreds of pounds for cancer charity

Jill Scott is taking on a 388 mile challenge for Sport Relief, finishing at the Stadium of Light.

Jill Scott's epic 388 mile challenge from Wembley to Stadium of Light

Viva!'s new documentary will be the UK's first to challenge decades of 'dairy industry spin'

Ad Feature Viva! marks World Milk Day by announcing major dairy documentary

The children who took part in the run alongside Dr Phil Dowson from the Great North Air Ambulance.

Watch air ambulance doctor thank children for fundraising exploits

The team from Sea Change

We're 'championing neurodiversity and inclusive opportunities'

Laura Laverick who organised the surprise Royal garden party treat for her mum Maureen Thompson.

This amazing surprise was given to an incredible Sunderland fundraiser

A total of 29 winners have been awarded £101,000 in prize funding

Ad Feature Winners announced for the 2026 Charity Film Awards

Bob the therapy dog alongside some of the pop-up sleeping pods.

Here's how sleeping pods and therapy dog Bob are helping the homeless

Andrea Bell at Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen..

Soup kitchen confirms kitchen is closing to help to those most in need

The survey goes far beyond finances, with respondents feeling stressed, overwhelmed and anxious when faced with money worries

More than one in three adults have avoided asking for financial help

The North East Restoration Club's classic car show returns on Sunday May 10.

Travel back in time at classic car show as club looks to replace roof

Durham Constabulary staff who will be taking on the three peaks challenge for Sunderland charity 4Louis.

Dad who lost his daughter leads 3 Peaks challenge for city charity

Gavin Cowell, 37.

Court hears how rape victim lost her life as Sunderland rapist jailed

Bradley Lowery (L) is carried by Jermain Defoe of Sunderland (R) prior to the Premier League match between Everton and Sunderland at Goodison Park on February 25, 2017.

Exclusive Sunderland end Bradley Lowery Foundation box arrangement amid changes

Human Appeal's Qurbani campaign coincides with the Eid Ul-Adha festival and provided food to over 1 million beneficiaries last year.

Ad Feature Human Appeal campaign part of the largest global feeding effort

From left: Cllr Michael Dixon, Daniel Krzyszczak, Engagement Operations Manager from ICOS, Michal Chantkowski from ICOS and Malgorzata Lejman-Pospula, also from ICOS

We're going to 'amplify the incredible work' of this community centre

Sunderland Empire staff with representatives from Daft as a Brush

We're calling on city's help in providing free transport patients

More people are finding themselves in debt as the cost of living continues to bite.

New scheme helps give city residents 'breathing space' with debts

Richmond Exotics charity founders Chris and Becky Richmond are celebrating moving into their new home and opening to the public.

Dream comes true as animal rescue charity opens to public in new home

Animal rescue charity Richmond Exotics want to move into a new home and need help to fund the move.

Huge difference - animal rescue charity needs help to move to new home

It comes as SMEs brace for further economic shocks

Ad Feature UK SMEs may turn their backs on apprenticeships, experts warn

Chesney Hawkes with the founders of Red Sky Foundation

We had a ball - and raised a staggering amount to help heart patients

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