Community groups

Free poetry workshops at Seventeen Nineteen

Ryhope's Grand Cinema to open at Beamish this weekend

Martin Stephenson will headline the celebration

Daintee celebration to mark Washington's Diamond Jubilee

The Marta Card Craft club with members of Gentoo's Customer Voice Team.

Gentoo’s awards over £20,000 across Sunderland

The water is often more dangerous than it appears.

Drowning Prevention Week in Sunderland could save lives

Winners of the Best School Garden Award 2023, Farringdon Community Academy.

Sunderland gardeners can win prizes in Gentoo competition

From left: BBC presenter Jeff Brown, Anderson Groves, Alice Brooks and Dame Irene Hays.

Young Sunderland film makers honoured by Dame Irene Hays

One of the Kitchen of Hope chefs preparing some food

Asylum seekers and refugees cook for the homeless and the hungry

The new Whitburn Coastal Conservation Centre

Inside Souter Lighthouse's new Coastal Conservation Centre

New Coastal Conservation Centre to officially open its doors

Festive fun across the city comes courtesy of Sunderland Culture.

Sunderland Culture's programme of festive fun

The Lions use funds raised from events including the Boxing Day Dip

Sunderland Lions' Christmas Wish campaign opens for £100 applications

Grants of up to £10,000 could be offered to community groups to promote health and wellbeing.

Community groups in line for grants worth up to £10,000

Local elections are due to be held on Thursday, May 5

Meet the candidates for Washington West in Sunderland's local elections

Hundreds are set to take part in the Community Halloween Parade.

400 ghosts and ghouls set to take part in Halloween Parade

Community groups are being invited to give their ideas for reusing retiring Metro carriages.

New homes sought for retiring Metro trains as work continues on £362million new ...

Transport chiefs are looking for new homes for the retiring fleet of Metro carriages, with hopes to see some of them given a new lease of life.

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Sunderland support fund set up for groups and charities

The Wonderful Arty Group is one of those to benefit from this round of Your Art funding

Community groups in Sunderland and South Tyneside given £12,000 funding boost

The trophies are touring the North East as part of the Newcastle 2019 Finals. Picture by INPHO/James Crombie.

Rugby trophies to go on show at fire service HQ as part of North East tour in le...

Rev Alison Hampton (second from the left) and artists Chris Folwell (second from the right) with some of the St Marks modellers.

Project to make models for Tall Ships 2018 underway in Sunderland

Community groups could scoop a £1,000 cash grant for cultural events