Winners 2024 #LoveSouthTyneside Award winners

Based in Laygate, One for All provide a weekly drop-in at Living Waters Church, providing hot meals free of charge to the homeless. One for All also help those suffering from drug and alcohol addiction. They also provide essential items such as toiletries and fresh clothes, as well as connecting people to support. One for All were nominated several times, and the judges were blown away when they heard about the work of the volunteers here in South Shields.

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Since 2019, the park volunteers have made the Park beautiful, recently winning a Green Flag. They’ve created a picnic area and rose gardens as well as environmentally friendly areas with a wildlife pond, hedgehog and insect houses, bird feeding stations and over 30 bird boxes in collaboration with local schools. Their work has made a massive improvement to the environment for the benefit of the local community.

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Pentagon Assurance is a North East business, with offices in South Shields. The Pentagon team support local businesses in the Engineering, Manufacturing, Energy and Construction Industries. They support the Industry to achieve Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental standards. A great sponsor for our Environment Award.

New Hope was set up in 2016 to promote social inclusion for disabled children from different backgrounds and ethnicities. The judges wanted us to celebrate Elizabeth’s role in creating a place where all children are loved, valued, safeguarded, and treated equally with dignity regardless of their disability. Elizabeth plays a key role in helping them thrive in a safe world free from segregation, marginalisation, deprivation, and social exclusion.

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Key Subject Tuition are a South Tyneside based business who offer support to those who need additional help with Maths and English. Their lessons are tailored and differentiated to suit individual needs. They help develop students’ confidence and support progress so that their students can achieve above and beyond. It’s great to have them on board to sponsor our Above and Beyond category.

Siobhan has worked tirelessly to set up a business partnership group that has tackled some of the many issues in Hebburn shopping centre, including anti-social behaviour. Siobhan has worked with voluntary groups to brighten the town for the Hebburn Pride event, celebrating equality, inclusivity, diversity and belonging. Siobhan is a Hebburn Lass, passionate about her hometown and wants to invest and make Hebburn a great place to have events in the community where families and visitors can enjoy and invest in the town.

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The judges received several nominations for Joseph of “Believe to Run”, including, “I'm nominating Joseph as he's been doing so much for charity, continuously raising funds by doing some mind-blowing challenges. Last year he ran 150 miles in 3 days all for mental health charities. Now in a couple weeks he's running from South Shields to Paris over 11 days all for mental health charities. He's well known down the sea front for his business called, “believe to run” and is always joining up with other local companies, creating events for the community and keeping everyone active”.

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Following the loss of her 22-year-old son Tyler to suicide, Nicola established the suicide support group SAFFE - Suicide Affects Family and Friends Everywhere. This group provided a valuable lifeline in the area of Hebburn, and the group now meets weekly. The community connection, understanding and acceptance that comes from the group is incredible. It has literally provided a lifeline for isolated families. Sadly, South Tyneside has high suicide rates. There is a great need in the local community and Nicola has responded to that need with her time, effort, and generosity of spirit. She is literally the heart of this vital support network that has improved the wellbeing of a highly vulnerable group. She is described simply as amazing.

See Newcastle Building Society

Newcastle Building Society has been at the heart of South Tyneside for many years. With a branch located at the Denmark Centre in South Shields, they offer local residents a variety of mortgage and savings products, along with face-to-face financial advice from Newcastle Financial Advisers Limited. It’s great to have this stalwart of the community sponsoring our Heart of the Community.

The judges received several nominations, all of which noted the incredible support of the team, including the following very poignant nomination… “Billy’s lifeline has helped my family no end, supporting us with the loss of a young family member to suicide. We cannot thank them enough for their kindness and compassion at this difficult time. They are a (sadly) much needed service and I feel they deserve utmost recognition for this and that is why I’m nominating them in these awards.”

See Total Resources UK

Total Resources UK are a South Tyneside company with exceptional depth of experience in the highways industry. They support customers with site inspections, design, construction and delivery across all aspects of traffic management, road resurfacing and event management. They are very much a company based on Team Work, employing local people into local jobs.

NAAFI Break are a fantastic organisation which covers the entire armed forces community in South Tyneside. They are all volunteers and do so much work outside of the 4 hours that the drop-ins are on. They are very responsive to queries, and nothing is ever to much for them. They go above and beyond for the community” … and … “As an ex-service person myself, I nominate NAAFI Break who are exceptional. The work and support they provide is truly inspirational. Nothing is too complicated for this group of people. They unite and maintain a strong bond for the ex-service community and their families.

See Kelly's Wharf - Hebburn Riverside

Kelly’s Wharf is a fantastic new landscaped riverside community of high quality modern living and public spaces in Hebburn.

Friends of Hebburn Cemetery was formed in 2017 after the cemetery was vandalised. They fundraised and had CCTV installed to prevent further vandalism. A tearoom was set up and that is open every day of the year. They have art sessions with Cultural Spring and work on projects for the South Tyneside Festival. The children of Nurserytime, Hebburn go and volunteer and also many teenagers volunteer for their Duke of Edinburgh Award. A beautiful display is put out for Remembrance Sunday, with volunteers working all year towards this, as well as a beautiful Christmas display and memory tree. Free flowers are given out on Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and Christmas Day. The group operates 365 days a year, never taking a break.

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