A Community Interest Company which operates on behalf of a local mental health charity has struck a deal to become the new supplier of wood products to Porky’s BBQ restaurant in Blyth’s Bebside.
Read MoreBlyth Star Enterprises, which provides living support and day services that replicate real working environments to over 350 people living across Northumberland, has been working with NCEA Thomas Bewick C of E Primary School in Ashington to help bring their vision for a state-of-the-art forest school to life.
Read MoreA charity that assists people living with mental health issues and learning disabilities in Northumberland is asking the general public and local businesses to support them and help raise additional, much-needed funds through sales of specially-made festive wreaths.
Read MoreA Northumberland-based mental health charity is celebrating after receiving a huge, six-figure boost from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK, to further help combat social isolation and expand its award-winning services across the county.
Read MoreA local mental health charity has been helping to make environmental improvements to the landscape around Northumberland’s biggest port.
Read MoreA construction worker in South East Northumberland has braved the shave to raise funds and awareness for a local mental health charity.
Read MoreBlyth Star Enterprises has been praised for its innovative day services by a leading international authority on mental health on a recent visit to the UK.
Read MoreA Northumberland-based charity has helped over 60 people living with severe mental health issues and or learning disabilities to achieve professional-level qualifications as part of an innovative in-house training scheme.
Read MoreOur Lionhearts group is looking to expand its services into Berwick and the surrounding area. Join us at our open day on Friday 5th April between 11am - 2pm at Berwick Community Trust to find out more!
Read MoreA North East-based not-for-profit has received a £10,000 grant from the Reece Foundation to help towards further development of a vocational training programme.
Read MoreA Blyth-based mental health charity has joined forces with a handful of other Northumberland based organisations, including the Duke of Northumberland’s Alnwick Castle Estate, to create an environmentally-friendly flood defence at one of the region’s most popular golf courses.
Read MoreThey say that money grows on trees, but staff from a local branch of Lloyds Bank have learned that trees can also provide so much more on a recent volunteering day at Blyth Star Enterprises’ Woodfuel Centre.
Read MoreA community project delivered by Blyth Star Enterprises has received the Royal seal of approval.
Read MoreA daring 72-year old with a big heart from Cramlington, is defying gravity in an exhilarating aerial zipline challenge to raise funds and awareness for a small mental health charity.
Read MoreA local mental health charity has partnered with a national industry charity to help expand its rehabilitation services in South East Northumberland.
Read MoreBlyth Star Enterprises has received praise from local not-for-profit organisation, Friends of Ridley Park, for work carried out by service users at The Woodfuel Centre to construct a new bird screen.
Read MoreA Blyth-based not-for-profit organisation has had its achievements recognised by a prestigious business awards programme.
Blyth Star Enterprises, has been shortlisted in the Heart of the Community category at the Tyneside and Northumberland regional final of the North East Business Awards.
Read MoreA charity music festival that was held to mark the 30th anniversary of local mental health charity, Blyth Star Enterprises, has helped to raise over £900.
The event, which took place at The Keel Row pub in Seaton Delaval over the August Bank Holiday weekend proved extremely popular, with attendees enjoying musical entertainment from North East-based rockabilly pop group, Lana and The Lost Boys and keyboard and vocalist duet, the Kirsty Forster Duo.
Read MoreAn award-winning pub in Northumberland is hosting its first ever charity music festival on Sunday 27 August to recognise the anniversary of one of its charity partners.
The Keel Row in Seaton Delaval, which has just recently been awarded the prestigious Britvic ‘Lifting Spirits Award’ for its outstanding contribution to the local community, is hosting the outdoor festival which will feature live music from a number of local bands, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Blyth Star Enterprises’ inauguration as a registered charity.
Read MoreA charitable organisation has been awarded over £22,000 to help establish a new vocational education and training programme in Northumberland.
Blyth Star Enterprises, which provides living support, work experience and day services for people living with learning disabilities and mental health issues, has acquired funding through a number of charitable trusts including The Ridley Family Charity, the Gwyneth Forrester Trust, the Guyll Leng Charitable Trust and the Didymus Charity to help get its woodfuel and woodwork training programme off the ground.
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