Newcastle
GROUPS AND ORGANISATION
UNA – nothing found
Greenpeace – website: https://greenwire.greenpeace.org/uk/en-gb/groups/newcastle-greenpeace
https://www.facebook.com/greenpeacenewcastle/ Meet first Thursday of every month at 6.30pm in Newcastle City Centre.
Amnesty International – meets once a month mostly in Commercial House on Pilgrim Street. Contact: Newcastle_amnesty@hotmail.co.uk
https://www.amnesty.org.uk/groups/newcastle/about
https://www.facebook.com/Newcastleamnestygroup/
Rotary Club of Newcastle – Lunch Club meetings on most Fridays 12.45pm – 2pm Contact online form
https://www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.php?ClubID=151
WILPF – Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom – Conference in 2016 – Newcastle Peace Conference
Oxfam – shop 93 Percy St, Newcastle NE1 7RT 0191 232 4594
Soroptimists – 07769 047742 other contact via online form
newcastle.upontynesoroptimists@yahoo.com
https://sigbi.org/newcastle-upon-tyne/
Servas – 7 hosts – https://www.servas.org.uk
CND – Tyne and Wear CND, 1 Rectory Avenue, Gosforth, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, NE3 1XS. rhpg@btinternet.com
https://cnduk.org/about/contact-us/regional-groups/
Friends of the Earth – North Tyneside group meets last Tuesday of month at 7.30PM at St Paul’s Church Community Hall in Whitley Bay. Stall at Green Beans Market at Whitley Bay Metro Station frpm 10am to 3pm last Sunday of month.
Contact online
Lions Club – 21 Richmond Way, Ponteland, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE20 9HU Secretary: John Morris Tel:0845 833 9913. Meetings second Wednesday of month at Penteland Golf Club at 7.30pm
Tyne and Wear Citizens Group https://www.facebook.com/TyneWearCitizens/
Newcastle Stop the War group on Facebook and Twitter
office@northeaststopwar.org.uk
Peace, Love and Unity Newcastle
https://www.facebook.com/PeaceandLoveNewcastle/
Extinction Rebellion North East
Extinction Rebellion North
Extinction Rebellion Newcastle
https://www.facebook.com/groups/334535270550064/
Martin Luther King Peace Committee
https://research.ncl.ac.uk/martinlutherking/
See below for further details
PLACES AND PEOPLE
Peace Walks
Newcastle Council of Faiths’ Annual Walk for Peace
14.3.2013 Peace campaigners united against the English Defence League to march through Tyneside
24.9.2019 Multi-Faith Walk for peace preceded free festival in Heaton Park
Annual Peace Walk 15th September.
Four North East Humanist members attended this important and enjoyable community event on September 15th. The picture includes the Bishop of Newcastle, the Lord Mayor of Newcastle and the Lady Mayoress and the Lieutenant of Newcastle, all of whom did the walk. About 150 people strolled from the Hindu Temple to the Church of the Venerable Bede, on to the Central Mosque and then to the Sikh Gurdwara. The walkers, including several families, were plied with refreshments and short prayers and readings at each venue and were ably escorted by a local police team. The walk exemplifies the North East’s multicultural population and their desire to live together in peace, harmony and understanding.
Dr Hari Shukla CBE, former Director of the Tyne & Wear Racial Equality Council and member of Newcastle’s Council of Faiths, explained how the Peace Walk originated: ‘Ten years ago we established Newcastle City for Peace, the first initiative of its kind in the country. To celebrate this we decided to organise a Peace Walk with a view to inviting people both of faith and no faith to meet with us and walk for peace.
Peace March
March of Peace connected to the Heaton Festival. June 2019
https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/citylife-news/thousands-flock-heaton-festival
Peace Bookshops/shops – nothing found
Peace Cafe’s
Kadampa Buddhist Centre Cafe
Peace and Loaf Restaurant, Newcastle 0191 281 5222 email:info@peaceandloaf.co.uk
Peace Sculptures
Old Eldon Square, Blackett Street. On the west side of the War Memorial there is a bronze relief of Peace, displaying a woman with a child and the Angel of Peace. Eldon square war memorial it is a large Portland stone pedestal with a different relief on each of the four sides.
Grey’s Monument, in city centre. Part of inscription on pedestal says…”Charles Earl Grey…was the constant advocate of peace and the fearless and consistent champion of civil and religious liberty.”
Peace Poles – nothing found
Peace Gardens
Peace garden at Minsteracres Retreat Centre, Near Consett, County Durham DH8 9RT (17miles from Newcastle) Tel: 01434 673248
Peace Park – nothing found
Peace Paths – nothing found
Peace Trails – nothing found
Peace Museums – nothing found
Peace Events
25 – 27.09.2019 – Peace Circle organised by Creators of Peace UK (which is part of Creators of Peace International) 0207 798 6000
email: London.reception@iofc.org
https://uk.iofc.org/peace-circle-newcastle-upon-tyne
Venue – The ARK in the PARK, 62 Featherstone Grove, Great Park, Gosforth, Newcastle Tyne and Wear, NE3 5RJ
Ruth Hewett ruthhewett@icloud.com Barbara Down Barbara.Down@iofc.org
21.09.2019
https://www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/news-events/events/2019/09/come-along-and-be-the-change/
Peace Procession 3: Standing Together at Newcastle City Library, Charles Avison Building, 33 Newbridge Street West, Newcastle, NE1 8AX. 28th January.
Peace Festivals – nothing found
Peace Conferences
2019 – Refugee Week. Skimstone Arts presented Peace Procession 2
Engineering for Peace, Jobs and Climate Change one-day conference organized by Tyne and Wear County Association of Trades Union Councils and the North East
People’s Assembly 9.11.19
“Be the Change” – United Nations International Day of Peace event organized by The Impact Team, Research and Innovation Services, Northumbria University
Description
Since its inception in 1981, Peace Day has marked personal and planetary progress toward peace. It hasgrown to include millions of people worldwide and many events are organised each year to commemorate and celebrate this important day. Please join us at Northumbria University’s City Campus, to support the International Day of Peace and “Be the Change”.
Your free ticket gives you entry to all events on the day – please come to as many as you can!
Events taking place on Saturday 21st September, at Northumbria University, include:
A special screening of the award-winning film Sanctuary, which highlights the rights of people with intellectual disability. It is directed by Northumbria academic and screenwriter Len Collins, known for working on TV shows such as The Bill, EastEnders, London’s Burning and Holby City. Len will be holding a question and answer session following the film.
Time: 11am – 1pm. Venue: City Campus East, Law Building, Lecture Theatre, 001
Professor Matt Baillie Smith, an expert on volunteering, activism and civil society and Director of Northumbria’s Centre for International Development, will deliver with colleagues, a talk and discussion on international volunteering and activism
Time: 11am – 12 Noon. Venue: City Campus, The Great Hall, Sutherland Building
Human Geographer Inga Freimane will ask: “Where is War Located?”, in a thought-provoking talk exploring activists’ experiences of war in Ukraine, how conflict spills over into everyday life, and how the lines between peace and war are blurred.
Time: 12.30pm – 1.30pm. Venue: City Campus, The Great Hall, Sutherland Building
Associate Professor Jane Arnfield will give a performance of The Tin Ring, the story of Holocaust survivor Zdenka Fantlová – a Czech-Jewish woman who fell in love at the age of 18 but whose life was changed forever when her country was invaded by the Nazis. While in the ghetto of Terezín, her soulmate, Arno, gave her a ring made from tin as a token of his love.
Time: 2pm – 4pm. Venue: City Campus, The Great Hall, Sutherland Building
05.11.2017 – Peace Conference
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Newcastle general secretary Muzaffar Ahmed said: “Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Newcastle held a peace conference on 5th of November. This peace conference was to enable an understanding perspective of Islam against extremism, and roles you can play to overcome challenges caused by distress in society.
There were 150 guests including Cath Davis, chairman of North Tyneside Council, Andii Bowsher, Chaplain Northumbria University and the key speaker Mr. Ata ul Mujeeb Rashid, missionary incharge of Ahmadiyya Muslim Association UK. Councillors from Tyne and Wear and other notable guests from different cultures backgrounds societies and organisations.
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community UK is engaged in different charitable and voluntarily works raising funds for charities, helping in floods relief efforts, street cleaning, tree planting, however we think this is our social responsibility to bring all communities and neighbourhood together to understand and work towards achievement of peace in the world.”
06.2017 – The International Gita Foundation Trust
A prestigious multi-faith peace conference is taking place in Newcastle over the weekend.
The International Gita Foundation Trust event is being held for the 15th time and after being staged before in the US, Canada and India it comes to the North East.
Veteran race relations campaigner Dr Hari Shukla said it is quite a coup for the region that the Foundation, based in India, is coming here.
He said: “It is marvellous the event is being held here as people not just from different parts of Britain but the world will attend, sharing their experience, knowledge and skills.”
The first day lasting fom 1pm to 8.30pm takes place at the Jubilee Theatre at St Nicholas Hospital.
On Sunday it moves to Kings Hall in the University of Newcastle, from 9am to 6pm. Around 200 people are expected to attend.
Dr Shukla said: “We will spend two days listening to the speeches of key people who have come over from India.
“They will be talking about peace and how we achieve it. To encourage people to think in terms of a single family. Hindus think of the world as one family.”
Dr Shukla said on the second day there will be an interfaith forum.
“They will be coming together for people to hear a message which is universal about joining together and living in harmony.”
It is a message close to Dr Shukla’s heart as he has fought for racial and religious harmony in Newcastle for 42 years.
He arrived in the city in 1974 when he got the job of Director of the Tyne and Wear Racial Equality Council.
In the years since then he has been at the forefront of improving race relations, being awarded an MBE, OBE and CBE for his efforts.
And now, despite being in his 80s, he is still very active in the community and is the current vice chairman of the Newcastle Council of Faiths.
Dr Shukla said: “At the moment when there is lots of confusion in this world, let’s work together and help one another.
“I think it’s very important for people who live in the North East that we recognise our belief that you can create peace and live in harmony.”
17.05.2019 – Newcasle University Conference “The Global Challenge of Peace. 1919 as a contested threshold to a New World Oder”.
20.09.2015 – Space for Peace Conference. Sunday 20th Sept at Broadacre House, Market St, NE1 6HQ.
https://www.volunteercentrenewcastle.org.uk/news/indexnewsspace%20for%20peace.php
Professor Peter Stone, OBE, Newcastle University. UNESCO Chair in Cultural Property Protection and Peace.
OTHER INFORMATION
Religious Buildings/Organisations
Cathedral Church of St ~Nicholas CE – St Nicholas Square, Newcastle NE1 1PF
Dean: Geoff Miller 0191 232 1939 email: dean@newcastlecathedral.org.uk
Director of Music: Ian Roberts 0191 232 1939 ext 204
email: ian.roberts@newcastlecathedral.org.uk
Secretary: Ellie Robertson 0191 232 1939 ext 201 email: ellie.robertson@newcastlecathedral.org.uk
https://newcastlecathedral.org.uk
May 2018 – Cathedral hosts a celebration of peace and unity with people from all faiths for an Iftar.
Cathedral Church of St Mary RC – Clayton Street West, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 5HH
https://www.stmaryscathedral.org.uk
Dean: Fr Michael McCoy 0191 232 6953 ext 202
email: dean@stmaryscathedral.org.uk
Director of Music: Howard Baker
Secretary: email: office@stmaryscathedral.org.uk
Churches,
Mosques
?? being built Newcastle Central Mosque, The White House, Grainger Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 8RQ
www.newcastlecentralmosque.com
Contact: contact@newcastlecentralmosque.com
Madina Masjid Mosque, 4-36 Wingrove Gardens, Fenham. Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 9HS
Tel:0191 273 8715
ImamAbdullah Kola 07747694373
Imam Ali Asad 07849209713
Email: info@madinamasjidnewcastle.org.uk
www.madinamasjidnewcastle.org.uk
Heaton Mosque and Islamic Centre, 1 Rothbury Terrace, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne
Tel: 0191 265 4083
Synagogues
Newcastle Reform Synagogue, The Croft, Gosforth, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4RF
07513945981 email: info@newcastlereformsynagogue.co.uk/contact
www.newcastlereformsynagogue.co.uk
United Hebrew Congregation, Culzean Park,Graham Park Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE3 4BH – Rabbi: Aaron Lipsey – Contact online
Temples/Centres
ISKCON Hare Krishna The International Society for Krishna Consciousness, 304 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6AR. Tel: 0191 272 1576 email: info@iskconnewcastle.org
Hindu Temple, 172 West Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 9QB tel: 0191 273 3364
www.thenewcastlehindutemple.org.uk Email: info@hindutemple.co.uk
Resident Pandit JI’s: Bal Krishnan Gautam Nayan vyas
North East of England Bengali Puja AssociationNEEBPA
Meet at Hindu Temple
Contact: Omio Bhattacharya, 6 Kilnshaw Place, Newcastle upon TyneNE3 5QQ
Tel:0191236 2394
Email: moiob@yahoo.co.uk
Newcastle Buddhist Centre, Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 6AA
Email:newcastlewbuddhistcentre@gmail.com www.newcastlebuddhistventre.org
Compassion Kadampa Buddhist Centre, 2 Station Road, South Goforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE3 1QD. Tel 0191 284 3501
https://www.meditation-newcastle.org/about/about-the-centre/in-house-cafe
Dhammakaya Meditation Centre of Newcastle, Church St, Hebburn, NE31 1DR. Tel 0191 420 3981 dmcnewcastle@gmail.com http://www.meditationnewcastle.co.uk
Quaker Meeting House
Newcastle upon Tyne Quaker Meeting, 1 West Avenue, Gosforth, NE3 4ES. Clerk, Douglas Rennie. Meeting for worship – Sunday 10.30, and every third Wednesday of the month at 6.30pm Email: ask@quakers-in-newcastle.org.uk 0191 213 5740
https://www.facebook.com/NewcastleQuakers
http://www.quakers-in-newcastle.org.uk
Interfaith and Multifaith Centres/Groups
Contact on line via: The Interfaith Network www.interfaith.org.uk
Pray for Peace Event, Sat 29th June 2019 at St Mary’s Chapel. Dept for Interreligious Relations. Christian and Muslim. Ninth meeting.
Tourist Office
Newcastle Gateshead Initiative
Swalwell Visitor Centre – near Metro – University, Barras Bridge, NE1 7RU. Tel 0191 208 6098
King’s Gate Visitor Centre – central
https://www.newcastlegateshead.com/plan-your-visit/tourist-information
City Administration
City Councils (Cities of Peace) www.newcastle.gov.uk
Newcastle City Council, Civic Centre, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 8QH Tel: 0191 278 7878
City Mayors (Mayors for Peace)
Lord Mayor:” Councillor David Cook
The original idea of Newcastle as a city of peace was formed with the help of Lord Shipley, then of Newcastle City Council, and Newcastle Council of Faiths
Library
Newcastle City Library – 0191 277 4100
https://www.newcastle.gov.uk/services/libraries-culture/your-libraries/city-library-community-hub
Newcastle University Library – 0191 208 7662
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/
Marjorie Robinson Library – 0191 208 2191
https://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/contact/library-locations#mrlr
East End Library and Community Hub – 0191 277 4100
Educational Establishments
University
Newcastle University – NE1 7RU. Tel 0191 208 6000
Newcastle University has links with QCEA in Brussels
Funded by the Economic and Social Sciences Research Council (ESRC) Impact Acceleration Account, this project builds on an existing collaboration between Dr Katharine A. M. Wright, Lecturer in International Politics at Newcastle University and the Quaker Council for European Affairs (QCEA) Peace Programme Lead, Olivia Caeymaex.
Newcastle Universities Martin Luther King Peace Committee
www.mlkpc.org nick.megoran@newcastle.ac.uk
Dr Nick Megoran – School of Geography, Politics and Sociology,
Claremont Tower, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, England.
Tel: +44 191 208 6450 Email: nick.megoran@ncl.ac.uk Web: www.megoran.org
Andii Bowsher – Tel: +44 7876 401 339 Email: andii.bowsher@gmail.com
Northumbria University
Sutherland Building, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE1 8ST. Tel 0191 232 6002
Colleges
Schools
Benfield School – Peace Studies Days with the help of the Martin Luther King Peace Committee, Co-Convenors Andii Bowsher and Nick Megoran
https://research.ncl.ac.uk/martinlutherking/ mlkpc@ncl.ac.uk
Media
TV
BBC North East – Broadcasting Centre, Barrack Road, Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1RN Tel. 0191 232 4141 e-mail tyne@bbc.co.uk text 07786 200 954 (keywork = web)
BBC Look North – as for North East except e-mail carol.malia@bbc.co.uk
Tyne and Wear TV look.north.comment@bbc.co.uk 0191 232 1313
https://www.facebook.com/TyneWearLocalTV/
ITV Tyne Tees – Television House, The Watermark, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear,
NE11 9SZ. Tel 0191 404 8700
news@tynetees.tv 2004?
https://www.facebook.com/itvtynetees current…
Radio Stations
BBC Newcastle – as BBC Tyne except e-mail radio.newcastle@bbc.co.uk
Barrack Road, NE99 1RN
Sister stations – BBC Tees, BBC Radio Cumbria
Sunday am presenter Michael Poulter – michael.poulter@bbc.co.uk
bbcnewcastle@bbc.co.uk Tel reception 0191 232 4141, studio 0191 232 6565
TFM
Greatest Hits North East
Metro Radio
Capital North East
Smooth North East
Radio Tyneside
Heart North East
Spice FM
Capital Tyne and Wear
NSR
Pride Radio
Nova Radio North East
Hope FM
Newspapers
(Evening) The Chronicle, Thompson House, Groat Market, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1ED or Eldon Court, Percy Street. Editor – Helen Dalby … or …
Editor – Paul Robertson Tel. 0191 201 6231. Letters – ec.news@ncjmedia.co.uk
Owner – Reach plc
Chronicle Live https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk
The Journal, Thompson House, Groat Market, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1ED
http://www.thejournal.co.uk/;
Editor – Brian Aitken Tel. 0191 201 6230. Letters – jnl.letters@ncjmedia.co.uk
Durham Office – Neil McKay Tel. 0191 386 3221. Owner – Reach plc.
Sister publications – The Evening Chronicle and the Sunday Sun.
Sunday Sun, Thompson House, Groat Market, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1ED
Editor – Peter Montellier Tel. 0191 201 6158. Owner – Reach plc
The Northern Echo
https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/
Owner – Newsquest. Published in Darlington.
The Courier is published by Newcastle University students
