On 29th March 2022 The People’s Powerhouse attended New Local’s Stronger Things event, Community Power: The Movement Grows.

June 23^rd saw our latest Listening Event take place. From East to West, Northerners joined our virtual discussion on how to bring about a “Greener” and “Fairer” North.

The campaign to build a better future after lockdown is in full swing, but we believe that too many voices are not being heard in this debate.

Hia I’m Kitt. I’m based in beautiful Newcastle upon Tyne. I describe the way I work as: mess making as social glue.  I’m a person who does making alongside other people.

What unites people across the North and the UK? In a time that has been described as one filled with divisions – between Remain and Leave, young and old, cities and small towns/villages, ‘white collar’ and ‘blue collar’, North and South – what are the principles and ideas that could genuinely bring us together?

Octavia Hill, a visionary in her time with her mission to ‘make lives noble, homes happy and family life good’. A message I fear means very little to some organisations today.