Since 1891, Children North East have worked to make a difference to the lives of babies, children, and young people throughout the North East. By providing life-changing services, support and initiatives we can give families the tools they need to thrive. 

This year we’ve seen some incredible results of our team’s hard work – providing support to those who most need our help. Some of our favourite highlights include our Annual Beach Trip, Family Fun Days at Cowgate, the iconic Great North Run and our 10 Years of Poverty Proofing© Conference! We’ve seen babies, children and young people thrive over the year, making friends at our Baby & Toddler Groups and Youth Groups at Cowgate, taking cultural trips with the National Trust, building confidence and using their voices to inform Poverty Proofing work, and even building their own Pizza Oven! 

We’re pleased to share our 2023/24 Impact Report, providing a detailed look in to our work over the past year. 

It has been a year marked by challenges and uncertainty for babies, children, young people and their families. Their opportunity for happiness and health continues to be deeply affected by the difficulties faced growing up, living in poverty and the impact of policy failure; both in the North East region and across the UK.

Responding to these pressures, Children North East has strengthened its advocacy efforts, amplifying the voices of the children and families who need real systemic change to thrive. This has included calling for key policy changes in the lead up to North East Mayoral and General elections, and strengthening our advocacy networks year round. 

We are incredibly proud of everything our teams have achieved, and more so of the babies, children, young people and families we have worked with who have thrived and continue to go from strength to strength.

Facts & Figures

Some key stats from the year…

4,187 individuals provided with support

980 families provided with support

2,956 counselling sessions delivered

3,068 professionals trained

Read the full Impact Report 2023/24 here

Moving forward to next year

As we continue to advance our 2021-2026 five-year strategy, we are proud to continue our progress towards its goals of increasing impact, expanding our reach and fostering sustainability and growth. As we’re sure you’ll agree, this has been an impactful year for Children North East but our work isn’t done yet. We won’t stop until every baby, child, and young person has the happy, healthy start in life they deserve. 

Your support means that we can be there when we are needed most. 

If you’re able to donate, fundraise, become a corporate sponsor, or support us in some other way, we’d be extremely grateful. 

Or for further information on our work and projects, get in touch.