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Fourstones Church
Our ‘Inside & Out’ Team recently repainted the historic wooden St. Aidan’s Church in Fourstones built in 1892.
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NEPACs Awards for Fiona & Caroline
Following nomination by a service user, Fiona Sample (CEO) and Caroline Chrisp (Mentor Manager) yesterday won Awards for service to rehabilitation at the NEPACs Ruth Cranfield Awards 2022. The awards have been running since 2004 and in 2018 were renamed in honour of long standing Nepacs’ patron Ruth Cranfield who had the vision and energy…
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NDGW22: Generous Judgements
It is generosity week in the Church of England, and for day 3 Newcastle Diocese produced this video about Café 16, our joint enterprise with Newcastle Cathedral. Café 16 opened in August 2021, in the year since we have; used 150kg of Coffee, poured 2,500 litres of hot drinks, made 6 thousand lunches, and served…
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Inside & Out have been working at Nunnykirk Hall
Last month, the Inside & Out team were working at Nunnykirk Hall, a historic building near Morpeth and the site of a now closed specialist school. The team have been busy “de-schooling” the building; removing furniture and noticeboards, repairing damaged walls and ceilings, and painting and cutting back overgrown sections of the gardens. Because it was such…
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2,400 Sandwiches for Prison Visitors in HMP Northumberland
Following a conversation with Nepacs, who run the visitor centre in HMP Northumberland, Café 16 started supplying fresh sandwiches for visiting families in June of this year. Approximately 2,400 sandwiches later, the Team are now supplying Sausage Rolls, Chocolate Muffins and Baker Martin is developing a Vegan pastry. Head baker Martin, assistant manager Chloe and the prisoners…
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One year of wonderful Cake and changing lives at Cafe 16 in Newcastle Cathedral
Today Café 16 in Newcastle Cathedral celebrates its first full year of operation. In that time, as well as serving breakfast, lunch and cake to the general public, we have catered afternoon teas, conferences, birthday parties, meetings, cathedral events, civic events, and even served lunch to a member of the royal family. It’s not been…
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Café 16 at Newcastle cathedral hosts a food aid dinner with creative rewards.
On 20th July dining was turned upside down in Café 16 at Newcastle Cathedral! 50 diners chose their unique bowls created and donated by potters across the area, then filled them up with a delicious vegan and gluten free chilli. Local Community Interest Company, The Clay Team and local Charity the Oswin Project are organising…
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Lord Lieutenant Retirement Afternoon Tea
On Sunday 8th May Café 16 in Newcastle Cathedral provided afternoon tea following Choral Evensong. This was to mark the retirement of Mrs Sue Winfield OBE,CstJ, Lord Lieutenant of Tyne & Wear. The beneficiaries of the collection were the Oswin Project and Newcastle Cathedral. The Oswin Project is most grateful to Mr Gavin Black CBE Vice Lord Lieutenant…
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Community Foundation Grant helps give prison leavers a second chance
A grant from the Pattinson Estate Agents Fund at the Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland, has supported a mentoring project that helps prison leavers into employment. Oswin Project works closely with HMP Northumberland aiming to break the cycle of re-offending by sourcing paid employment and apprenticeships with businesses and other agencies for ex-offenders…
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Letter to The Times 8th March
Fiona Sample our CEO wrote a letter to the Times on the 8th of March, highlighting the importance of rehabilitation as part of the Government’s prison building programme.
