A photo of the Benwell Lane road sign

Imagine North East

The Imagine North East project was based in Benwell in Newcastle and North Shields. It was part of a larger programme of research looking at the ways people and groups imagine the past, present and future of their communities and work for positive change.

Imagining Benwell workshop
Research 
EDU - Imagine - Cedarwood
Projects 
Filming the speakers
Outputs 
A woman talking to a group at Park Hill, Sheffield.
Events archive 
A group photo of Imagine North East members
People 
Children play in the open plan frontage of Ripley Avenue, North Meadow Well estate, North Shields.
Children play in the open plan frontage of Ripley Avenue, North Shields. The housing is pre-war council type which has recently undergone full modernisation and had the gardens removed to provide extra space. Photograph by Ken Grint, 1976.
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News archive

Millennium Gallery exhibition

Culture and the role of civic engagement

The annual Imagine event was hosted by the cultural work package. It consisted of exhibits and workshops from each work package on the theme of everyday culture and voice. It took place on the 7 September at the Millennium Gallery, Sheffield.
Sarah Banks, Durham University

Imagining Benwell Workshop and Exhibition

On 21 January, the Imagining Benwell workshop was held at the Discovery Museum. The workshop title was 'Community Development in Benwell and the West End of Newcastle: From the National Community Development Project to ‘Our Place' and Beyond'.
Panellists at the Imagine conference

3rd Annual Imagine Conference in Huddersfield

It was the 3rd Annual Imagine Conference on Wednesday 9 September 2015. This time it was Huddersfield’s turn to be the host.
A photo of the Benwell Lane road sign