On Thursday 4 June 2020 the below statement was made by the cultural sector of the North East in England.
If you would like to be added as a signee/point of contact please e-mail lucy.deprez@twmuseums.org.uk
Please note this page will not be updated immediately. This e-mail address is also only a point of contact for receiving signee requests for the list.
UPDATE 2nd July 2020
We want to acknowledge the volume of social media surrounding Tyneside Cinema in the last 7 days and the pain that is being expressed. Individuals and organisations which have signed up to the North East Culture Sector Statement in June have an obligation for public accountability on the actions they take to address racism and its deep roots. We expect Tyneside Cinema to honour this commitment, consistent with their pledge. We acknowledge the statement of the Tyneside Cinema Trustees of July 1st , their expression of sorrow and their commitment to publishing the recommendations of an independent review within 6 weeks. After conversations with Tyneside Cinema yesterday and while the independent review takes place, it has been mutually agreed that Tyneside Cinema will be removed as a signee to the North East Culture Sector statement.
We all hold one another accountable.
WE STAND TO DENOUNCE RACISM IN ALL ITS FORMS
We, the undersigned from the cultural sector of the North East, declare that silence is not ok and silence is seen as complicity. Racism has no place in a just and humane society.
Whilst we cannot undo pain and neglect, we are calling on all of us in the arts, cultural, heritage sectors; professional and voluntary to work together to address racism and its deep roots. We must listen, have conversations and most importantly act, we know we need to do better. Everyone is part of the solution – artists, staff, trustees, partners, promoters, audiences and communities.
We want to tackle this together in sharing better understanding and practices. We stand united to bring about change in our thinking and actions as a collective of organisations and individuals.
In the weeks and months to come we will collectively act to build on this statement with concrete steps and actions to demonstrate our commitment to bringing about real change. We ask you to stand with us.
The Signees:
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Alphabetti Theatre
Signee: Ali Pritchard, Artistic/Executive Director
Contact: Ali Pritchard, ali@alphabettitheatre.co.uk
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Ampersand Inventions
Signees: Jonpaul Kirvan FRSA / Peter Marchal, Directors
Contact: contact@ampersandinventions.com
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Anna Robinson
Sceneographer
Contact: anna.fkrobinson@gmail.com
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ARC Stockton
Signee: Annabel Turpin
Contact: Annabel.Turpin@arconline.co.uk
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Arts&Heritage
Stephanie Allen, Executive Director
Contact: info@artsandheritage.org.uk
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Assembly Rooms Theatre Durham
Signee: Kate Barton
Contact: theatre.manager@durham.ac.uk
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balletLORENT
Signee: Liv Lorent
Contact: liv@balletlorent.com
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Blowin’ A Hooley Theatre
Contact: hooleytheatre@gmail.com
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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art
Signee: Sarah Munro, Director
Contact: Caroline Murphy, carolinem@balticmill.com
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Ben Dickenson
Contact: benji.dickenson@gmail.com
Executive Producer, City of Dreams / Associate Literary Producer Alphabetti
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Beverley Prevatt Goldstein
Signee: Beverley Prevatt Goldstein
Contact: beverleyprevattgoldstein@gmail.com
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Brash
Signee: Bethan Kitchen, Artistic Director
Contact: bethan@brash-events.co.uk
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Bridge+Tunnel Productions
Signee: Tina Gharavi, Creative Director
Contact: admin@bridgeandtunnelproductions.com
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Butcher’s Dog Poetry Magazine
Dr. Jo Clement, Managing Editor
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Camisado Club
Signee: Caroline Liversidge, Camisado Club
Contact: info@camisadoclub.co.uk
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Centre for Life, Newcastle
Signee: Linda Conlon
Contact: Louise Richardson, louise.richardson@life.org.uk
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Cobalt Studios
Contact: hello@cobaltstudios.co.uk
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Company of Others
Signee: Nadia Iftkhar, Artistic Director & CEO
Contact: Nadia Iftkhar, nadia@companyofothers.org.uk
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Coracle Productions
Signee: Matt Jamie, Artistic Director Contact: Coracletheatre@gmail.com
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Curious Arts
Signee: Phil Douglas, Director
Contact: Ellie Puckering, ellie@curiousarts.org.uk
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Curious Monkey
Signee: Amy Golding
Contact: amy@curiousmonkeytheatre.com
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Creative Seed
Contact: Sandy and Garner Harris, Founding Directors
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D6 Culture in Transit
Clymene Christoforou, Director
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Dance City
Signee: Phil Douglas
Contact: Phil Douglas, phil.douglas@dancecity.co.uk
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Degna Stone
Poet and editor
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Disconsortia
Signee: Lisette Auton, Co-founding Member
Contact: disconsortia@gmail.com
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Eliot Smith Dance (ESD)
Signee: Eliot Smith, Artistic Director
Contact: eliot@eliotsmithdance.com
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Elizabeth Kane
Artist
Contact: Ekvisualartist@outlook.com
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Ednie Wilson
Gateshead
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Gateway Studio CIO
Signee: Martin Hylton, Artistic Director/CEO
Contact: Martin Hylton, martin.hylton@gatewaystudioproject.co.uk
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GemArts
Signee: Vikas Kumar MBE, Director
Contact: Vikas Kumar, vikas@gemarts.org
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Gobscure
Signee: Sean Burn
Contact: gobscure@posteo.net
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Gosforth Civic Theatre
Contact: info@gosforthcivictheatre.co.uk
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Harambee Pasadia CIC
Signee: Hannabiell Sanders
Contact: Hannabiell Sanders, harambeepasadia@gmail.com
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Kitchen Zoo
Signee: Bob Nicholson
Contact: info.kitchenzoo@gmail.com
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Ladies of Midnight Blue
Signee: Yilis Suriel
Contact: Yilis Suriel, yilissuriel@gmail.com
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The Letter Room
Signees: Meghan Doyle and Stan Hodgson, Co-Artistic Directors
Contact: info@theletterroomtheatre.co.uk
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Little Cog
Signee: Vici Wreford-Sinnott, Artistic Director
Contact: littlecog@rocketmail.com
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Live Theatre
Signee: Jim Beirne, Chief Executive
Contact: joe@live.org.uk
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Luxi
Signee: Caroline Pearce
Contact: cp@luxicreative.co.uk
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Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA)
Signee: Laura Sillars, MIMA Director and Dean of MIMA School of Art & Design
Contact: S.Pearson@tees.ac.uk
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Melody Sproates
Artist/Performer
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Mortal Fools
Signee: Kiz Crosbie, Artistic Director/CEO
Contact: kiz@mortalfools.org.uk
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Moving Parts Arts CIO
Kerrin Tatman, Artistic Director
Contact: info@movingpartsarts.com
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Mslexia
Debbie Taylor, Editorial Director
Contact: debbie@mslexia.co.uk
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The NewBridge Project
Signee: Rebecca Huggan, Director
Contact: r.huggan@thenewbridgeproject.com
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New Writing North
Claire Malcolm, Chief Executive
Contact: Claire Malcolm, office@newwritingnorth.com
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Newcastles of the World
Signee: David Faulkner
Contact: newcastlesoftheworld@gmail.com
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Newcastle City Council Arts Team
Signee: Cllr Ged Bell (Cabinet Member for Culture)
Contact: Jim Mawdsley, Arts and Culture Senior Advisor, Jim.Mawdsley@newcastle.gov.uk
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Northern Print
Signee: Anna Wilkinson, Director
Contact: anna@northernprint.org.uk
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Newcastle Theatre Royal
Signee: Philip Bernays, Chief Executive
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Newcastle University
Signee: Professor Julie Sanders, Deputy Vice-Chancellor
Contact: Julie.sanders@ncl.ac.uk
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North East Culture Partnership
Signee: Matthew Jaratt
Contact: matthew.jarratt@neculturepartnership.co.uk
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Northern Roots
Signee: Adam Collerton, Director
Contact: adam@northern-roots.org.uk
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Northern Stage
Signee: Kate Denby, Executive Director
Contact: Mark Calvert, MCalvert@northernstage.co.uk
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OGRE
Contact: Steven Walker, Creative Director
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Open Clasp
Signees: Joint Chief Executives Catrina McHugh MBE / Ellie Turner
Contacts: catrina@openclasp.org.uk, ellie@openclasp.org.uk
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Orbis
Signees: Jonpaul Kirvan FRSA, Paul Stone, Chris Yeats
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Origin Moko Jumbies
Signee: Alan Vaughan
Contact: alanpvaughan@gmail.com
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Prometheus Foundation CIC
Contact: Dot Owston
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Sage Gateshead
Signee: Abigail Pogson, Director
Contact: Wendy Smith, wendy.smith@sagegateshead.com
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Sangini
Signee: Padma Rao
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Seven Stories
Signee: John Coburn
Contact: Amanda Beckham, amanda.beckham@sevenstories.org.uk
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Side By Side Arts CIC
Signee: Stuart Angus, Director
Contact: stuart@sidebysidearts.org
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Skimstone Arts
Signee: Claire Webster-Saaramets, Director
Contact: Claire Webster-Saaramets, claire@skimstone.org.uk
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Slugtown
Signees: Max Lee and Matt Antoniak, Co-directors
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Summer Streets Festival
Signee: Ross Millard
Contact: hello@summerstreetsfestival.com
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Streetwise Young People’s Project
Signee: Mandy Coppin (Taylor)
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Sunderland Culture
Signee: Graeme Thompson
Contact: graeme.thompson@sunderland.ac.uk
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Sunderland Music Hub
Signee: Lizzie Nixon
Contact: sunderland.music@togetherforchildren.org.uk
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Susan Ashley
AHRC Researcher
Contact: susan.ashley@northumbria.ac.uk
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Tees Valley Arts
Signee: James Beighton, Executive Director
Contact: james@teesvalleyarts.org.uk
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Hullabaloo Theatre
Signees: Miranda Thain, Chief Executive & Artistic Producer
Contact : mirandathain@theatrehullabaloo.org.uk
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Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Signee: Iain Watson, Director
Contact: Bill Griffiths, bill.griffiths@twmuseums.org.uk
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Tyne and Wear Cultural Freelancers
Signee: Leila d’Aronville
Contact: Leila d’Aronville, Leila.daronville@gmail.com
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Twisterella Festival
Signees: Andy Carr and Henry Carden
Contact: info@twisterella.co.uk
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Unfolding Theatre
Signees: Michael Barrass, Alex Elliott, Garry Lydon, Annie Rigby and Luca Rutherford
Contact: annie@unfoldingtheatre.co.uk
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VAMOS!
Signee: Nikolas Barrera
Contact: nikolasbarrera@gmail.com
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Voices of Virtue Gospel Choir
Signees: Mathapelo Imarhiagbe, Chinyere Igun, Glen Smiley
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Waka Waka Africa North East
Signee: David Fualkner
Contact: wakawakaafricanortheast@sky.com
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We Make Culture CIC
Signee: Laura Brewis, Project Director
Contact: laura@wemakeculture.co.uk
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Workplace and Workplace Foundation
Signee: Miles Thurlow
Contact: miles@workplacefoundation.art
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Yvette Ja Hawkins
Visual Artist
Contact: yvettehawkins@gmail.com
Added 16th June 2020:
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The Common Room
Signee: Liz Mayes
Contact: Philippa.King-Williams@thecommonroom.org.uk
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Cumberland Arms
Signee: Jo Hodson
Contact: Jo Hodson, info@thecumberlandarsm.co.uk
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DrumDin
Signee: Carol Alevroyianni
Contact: calevroyianni@aol.com
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Jack Drum Arts CIC
Signee: Helen Ward, Managing Director
Contact: helen@jackdrum.co.uk
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Middlesbrough Council Cultural buildings
Middlesbrough Town Hall, Middlesbrough Theatre, Middlesbrough Museums
Signee: Mieka Smiles, Executive Member for Culture, Middlesbrough Council.
Contact: Mieka_Smiles@middlesbrough.gov.uk
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NewcastleGateshead Initiative
Signee: Shelley Johnson
Contact: shelley.johnson@ngi.org.uk
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Northern Alchemy Brewery
Signee: Andrew AItchison
Contact: andy@wearenorthernalchemy.com
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The Old Coal Yard
Signee: Carl Kennedy
Contact: theoldcoalyardncl@gmail.com
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On Board Arts street theatre company
Signee: Nik Alevroyiannis, Artistic Director
Contact: info@onboardarts.com
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Paco Rivera, Musician
Contact: pacorivera54@hotmail.com
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SALTo Arts Productions
Signee: Richard Broderick
Contact: brodsalto@gmail.com
Added 23rd June 2020
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Artist Union England
Signee: Theresa Easton
Contact: theresa@artistsunionengland.org.uk
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Bensham Grove
Signee: Shirley Brown, Chair
Contact: Vikas Kumar, Vice Chair, vikas@gemarts.org
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Circus Central
Sarah Carrie, Operations Director
Contact: sarah@circuscentral.co.uk
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Citizen Songwriters CIC
Signee: Sam Slatcher and Alex Summerson, Directors
Contact: info@citizensongwriters.org
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Converge at Northumbria
Signee: Ally Hunter Byron – Coordinator
Contact: Ally2.hunter@northumbria.ac.uk
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The Culture Durham Partnership
Signed by Tony Harrington, chair
Contact – tony@intheforge.com
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The Cultural Spring
Signee: Emma Horsman
emma.horsman@theculturalspring.org.uk
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Dingy Butterflies CIC
Signee: Ben Jones, Founder & Director
Contact: dingybutterflies@gmail.com
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East Durham Creates
Signees: Jess Hunt & Malcolm Fallow
Contact: jess.hunt@eastdurhamtrust.org.uk
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Empty Shop CIC
Signatories : Carlo Viglianisi and Nick Malyan
Contact: nick@emptyshop.org
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Explore Lifelong Learning
Signee: Dorothy Stainsby, Co-chair, Joseph Cowen Lifelong Learning Centre CIO
Contact: weareexplore@gmail.com
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Gateshead Council
Signee: Councillor Angela Douglas, Cabinet Member for Culture, Sport and Leisure
Contact: EdnieWilson@Gateshead.Gov.Uk
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The Invisible Labs
Signee: Bhavani Esapathi, Founding Director
Contact: bhaesa@gmail.com
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Keep Our NHS Public North East (KONPNE)
Signee: Jude Letham
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Katie Mitchell
Arts and Health Network, North East
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Laura Fish
Writer and lecturer at Northumbria University
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Louise Evan Wong
Individual
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Luca Rutherford
writer + performer
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Megan Brown
Dance Artist
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Music Partnership North Newcastle
Signee: Georgina Biddle, Senior Specialist Music Service
Contact: georgina.bddle@newcastle.gov.uk
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Network Artists North East
Signee: Jo Liddle
Contact: admin@networkartists.org.uk
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Sue Ward
Researcher
Contact: sue.ward@phonecoop.coop
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Pippa Kyle
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North East Labour History Society
Signee: David Connolly
Contact: davidconnolly124@hotmail.co.uk
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LGBT and fed North East
Signee: Phil Hayden
Contact: phil.hayden100@btinternet.com
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Sanjee Ratnatunga
Ideas for Change Consulting
Contact: sanjrat@yahoo.co.uk
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Sensory Spaces, Newcastle
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Seventeen Nineteen
Signee: Lily Daniels, Participation and Engagement Officer
Contact: ldaniels@thecct.org.uk
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Show Racism the Red Card
Contact name: Justine King, Educational Coordinator
Email: justine@theredcard.org
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The Poetry Book Society
Signee: Sophie O’Neill
Contact: Sophie@inpressbooks.co.uk
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Sunderland Culture
Signee: Helen Connify
Helen.Connify@sunderland.ac.uk
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Tin Arts
Signee: Martin Wilson, Executive Director
Contact: martin@tinarts.co.uk
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VARC
Signee: Helen Pailing
Contact: helen@varc.org.uk
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Well Newcastle Gateshead
Signee: Mark Mulqueen, Programme Director
Contact: mark@bluestoneconsortium.org.uk
Added 30th June 2020
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Event International
Signee: Frank Wilson
Contact: frank@eventi.co.uk
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Greenfield Arts
Signee: Katy Milne
Contact: katy.milne@greenfieldschool.net
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Holly Argent
Artist/ Researcher
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Kusoma African Book Club
Signee: Pauline Hughes (Plummer)
Contact: pauline.sonnet@blueyonder.co.uk
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North East of England African Community Association
Signee: Abdul-Aziz Kouamé
Contact: abdul.aziz.kouame@gmail.com
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Northern Heartlands
Signee: Jill Cole
Contact: jill.cole@northernheartlands.org
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Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle upon Tyne
Signee: Nick Hodgson
Contact: secretary@newcastle-antiquaries.org.uk
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Success4All
Signée: Caroline Afolabi-Deleu
Contact: caroline@s4a.org.uk
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Sue Woolhouse MA RCA
Ouseburn Warehouse Workshops
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Women Artists of the North East Library
Signee: Holly Argent, Project lead