Richard Bond read out these poems as part of an interesting talk at the Berwick Group's AGM and I thought you might like to see them. Rod Heath

Please help with this action, as part of Amnesty NE and Yorkshire's trade union work. Iranian Teachers' Union leader and Maths teacher Esmail Abdi, has been in the notorious Evrin prison in Tehran for six years now, for defending...

Helping people with debt problems continued to be a major concern and preoccupation of the Gateshead Roma Kavárna Project in April. Debt is a huge issue with the community in many respects, especially with regards to Universal Credit...

It has been another very busy month. There have again been a lot of families with issues around Universal Credit. We have also been helping families to get reductions in their Council Tax, which can take up to one and a half hours each...

A familiar face at her post at NEVFEST11 at the Stadium of Light today. Another successful event, we met some lovely people, got some appeal cards signed and boosted our funds by £14.85 .

A Living Tradition CIC Roma Kavárna Project Report for January and February 2018 The project began in mid-January initially at Gateshead Carers, before moving to its base at 107, Coatesworth Road towards in February. The kavárna, a...

Amnesty International in Yorkshire and the North East Regional Planning Group Report on meeting held on 27 January 2018 in York Present: Rod Heath (Chair and Regional Rep), Cecile Oxaal (Hull), Alex Jagger (Sheffield), Bob Miller...

I'm not sure that I explained the Australian model as well as I could. It's important to establish the context first. The overwhelming majority of local groups number between 10 and 20 members, whether this is a big place eg Sheffield...

Well done the Wearside and Newcastle Groups for putting on such a notable event for WfR at Sunderland Minster. The person with the microphone is Julie Elliott, MP for Sunderland Central.

A very useful NE Planning Meeting was held in York on 27 January. Many thanks to all who took part. Details to follow shortly.