Make a Difference: North East Episodes Available now
Sunderland Home Grown nurturing plants and people
Sunderland Home Grown helps thousands of local people with gardening and life skills.
3,000 new parents helped by baby boxes
Jess from Whickham shares her experience of the baby box from The Children's Foundation.
Newcastle charity using choir to aid dementia care
Sandra from Silverline Memories explains their dementia care with a difference.
Shieldfield hub combatting cold and loneliness
Madelynne Flack hears from people using and running Shieldfield community hub.
Great North Run's charitable impact back for 2026
Sir Brendan Foster discusses how the Great North Run has raised more than £25m.
Metro run challenge to raise money for charity
The Geordie Challenger is planning to run the entire Metro route in under 24 hours.
'The mental benefits have been incredible'
James Madeley's goal was to swim in the sea every day for a year.
'There are many hundreds of people that she helped'
Kelly Scott pays tribute to Jo Shaw.
'It was a catalyst to help others get more out of life'
Jane Fisher's life changed dramatically, since then she is helping others.
'Anyone with a sibling facing that would do the same'
Holly saved the life of her brother Ben twice! They told their story to Matt Bailey.
