North East local strategic partnerships
Visit this link to find out more about Local Strategic Partnerships (LSP's) in the North East, and the related partnerships, forums and planning strategies.

Capacity Builders - North West
Capacitybuilders is a non-departmental public body (NDPB) set up in 2006 to take over the management of the ChangeUp programme and to work with other funders to build the capacity of the Third Sector. The North East England regional managers are Neil Bennett and Sandra Beighton .

Churches Regional Commission in the North East
This network uses its website as an interactive communication tool that allows you to communicate with others and keep abreast of the latest happenings in churches and faith groups across the region.

A report produced on behalf of the Churches Regional Commission stated that faith communities in the North East are a crucial part of the community and voluntary sector. Predominantly Christian, these groups contribute significant amounts of volunteering, spending approximately 161,268 hours per week of their time working in the wider community.  Click here to download the report.

Churches Together in England
Churches Together in England is the national body set up by the churches in 1990 to bring together people of different traditions to find new ways to work and worship together. There are an increasing number of local Churches Together networks in the North East. For more information click here

The Inter Faith Network for the UK
Click on the link to view local inter faith groups operating in the North East.

People and sustainable communities
This link provides information and links to specific North East initiatives.