Gateshead
Gateshead Great Big Green Week 2025: Swapping Together for Good
Great Big Green Week is back, and we're looking forward to the fourth year of Gateshead's very own week of events.
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Daring to Dream: My Vision for Gateshead High Street
I have a dream. It’s a dream for Gateshead High Street.
I have a dream that Gateshead High Street will come to be kno...
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What To Do with Old Scooters in Gateshead
Over the summer of 2024 we hosted a fantastic scooter project which involved taking old scooters and giving them a ne...
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Zero Waste Sewing Project Inspiration: Transformation Challenge
We all find ourselves daydreaming about the next sewing project we have in mind. But often the motivation wanes or an...
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Exploring the Yoga Corner of our High Street Store
Here at Green Heart, we’re big fans of yoga. Helen and Andy both worked in the yoga industry so do feel free to ask q...
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Mayor of Gateshead Opens Brand New Second Hand Shop on Gateshead High Street
The Mayor of Gateshead, Councillor Eileen McMaster, officially opened Green Heart Collective’s new shop, Green Heart,...
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PRESS RELEASE: Green Heart Collective Wins Most Innovative Social Enterprise 2022
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION 11/01/2023
Gateshead-based social enterprise Green Heart Collective wins ...
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PRESS RELEASE: Green Heart Collective Celebrates Social Enterprise Day 2022
PRESS RELEASE - FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATION
Gateshead-based social enterprise that provides an ethical alternative t...
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Great Big Green Week 2022: The Power of Second Hand Clothes and Collaboration
It's almost here! Gateshead Great Big Green Week begins on 24th September and runs until the 2nd October, and is all ...
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A Review of Gateshead Great Big Green Week
Well, what a week that was! Of course, with a title like Great Big Green Week, it was always going to be full on. Bil...
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A Thousand Pairs of Children's Shoes Laid at the Angel of the North to Mourn Death of Child Climate Victims
A group of grandmothers, grandfathers and parents have laid out a thousand children's shoes at the Angel of the North to demand that we "Give Children A Future". The shoes have been laid out onto an image of a bicycle marking the sixth stage of the Tour of Britain Cycle Race which finishes at the Angel.
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Meet Maveen Pereira, Director of Programmes at Traidcraft Exchange
Traidcraft is the reason we moved to the North East 25 years ago and we've known Maveen Pereira many years. I was so impressed with the work Traidcraft Exchange is currently doing around calling for a Fashion Watchdog that I thought it was high time for us to catch up with Maveen.
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