Partnerships in the Region
With support from Homeless Link and GONE, the National GROW Programme is involved in a partnership of agencies in Newcastle who are committed to the principles of client employment and to working in partnership to maximise the opportunities available. The agencies that form this partnership are:
Other work in the Region
A champion organisation in the North East is The Cyrenians based in Newcastle. The Cyrenians have been employing current and former clients in a range of roles since 2002. 25% of The Cyrenians’ staff have personal experience of homelessness or service use, and the organisation is committed to continuing to employ people with these experiences, with a target of 25% of all vacancies being filled by current and former service users.
You can read more about The Cyrenians' experience in the Walking the Walk report and also in their own publication Levelling the Scales.
The National GROW Programme is also delighted to be working with Norcare. Norcare are committed to client employment and to creating traineeships across their organisation.
Contact for more information
For more information about the agencies and partnership work featured on this page please contact your Homeless Link regional manager. Their details can be found on the Homeless Link website.