Nine year old Wilf Hodgson hosted a football match against Newcastle United influencers to raise money for a local foodbank.

Boy who has raised £20,000 ends charity efforts with influencer football match

Gordon Brown at Wales's first Multibank, 'Cwtch Mawr', in Swansea a new charity initiative co-founded by Brown and Amazon aiming to donate more than 300,000 surplus essential goods to 40,000 families in poverty this year

A charity founded by former prime minister Gordon Brown is expanding to support over 75,000 families struggling with the cost-of-living in the North East.

Gordon Brown-backed charity expanding to help more families with cost of living

Liz Twist, who voted with her party to cut Winter Fuel Payments, has quit her role as chair of Age UK Gateshead. 

MP who voted to cut winter fuel payments quits Age UK charity role

Zackary Blades and his aunt Karlene Warner were killed when the car they were travelling in was hit at speed by a drunk driver.

Family of baby killed in horror crash mark his first birthday

The 18-year-old was raising money for St Oswald Hospice, which cared for his dad David before his death, and the Brain Tumour Charity.

Teenager runs entire length of Metro in memory of his dad 

Thousands of people are getting ready to take on the iconic half marathon. 

Elite and charity runners counting down hours until Great North Run

Ann Walsh has raised more than £1,000,000 for Cancer Research in the past 16 years

Cancer fundraiser passes million-pound milestone

The couple have been made Members of the Order of the British Empire for their services to charitable services.

Honour for couple who raised £2m for cancer research after son's death 

Ian Mawson's 24,000-mile journey has seen him walk the equivalent of the equator all around Middlesbrough - and while holidaying abroad- over a ten year period.

Man completes mission to walk circumference of the world

George Hughes, 7, is also trying to set a world record by playing golf in five different countries in 24 hours.

Young golfer aims to raise £100,000 in memory of dad who died after transplant

Mark Smith helped his children plan their bike ride ahead of his death from motor neurone disease last year.

'Morpeth to Norfolk to Dorset (MND) - riding 1,000km in memory of our dad'

Ian Lambert is attempting to run, cycle and swim 5,940 miles to break the Guinness World Record and to raise money for Dragonfly Cancer Trust.

Man on mission to break record for world's longest triathlon 

The course took runners past iconic local landmark's including the Transporter Bridge and the Riverside Stadium.

Middlesbrough welcomes 2000 runners for town's first ever half marathon

Suicide is the single leading cause of death for men under 50 and the North East has the highest rate of suicide.

Centre opens to prevent male suicides  

Sergio and Emma Petrucci from Sunderland, who set up the Red Sky Foundation inspired by their daughter Luna, were honoured by King Charles at Buckingham Palace.

Tyne Tees Charity

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