North Tyneside charity plan to boost cost-of-living work is 'lifeline' says mayor

YMCA North Tyneside's Picnic in the Park event (Image: YMCA)

As families across the North East face rising energy bills, increasing child poverty, and an escalating housing emergency, charity YMCA North Tyneside is stepping up its work - described as a “lifeline” by the borough’s mayor. The charity has launched its new five-year strategy which will build on work that reached more than 48,000 people last year.

The new strategy reaffirms the 146-year-old charity’s commitment to supporting communities through hardship. It sets out the charity’s plan - already underway - to do more to , support the people and and the communities that need it most.

The charity aim is to expand its housing support, develop more opportunities for young people to access training and employment and increas