STRATEGIC SOCIAL COHESION SCHEME (SSCS)

STRATEGIC SOCIAL COHESION SCHEME (SSCS)

In 2007 BEST partnered with Newcastle City Adult Learning and received various equipment in sewing and embroidery, hairdressing, hat making and bead-making. In 2008 BEST received funding from Big Lottery Fund to carry out a project called Strategic Social Cohesion....
The Queen’s Jubilee Celebration

The Queen’s Jubilee Celebration

Introduction: On June 3rd to 6th, 2022, an exciting and momentous event awaits us all as the Queen’s Jubilee Celebration takes place, organised by BEST Initiatives in partnership with the National Lottery Fund. This grand celebration aims to embrace diversity,...
FATHERITAGE – A HERITAGE FUND PROJECT

FATHERITAGE – A HERITAGE FUND PROJECT

Project Need & Aims: The project will like to capture the first-time experience of African men when they became fathers for the first time and rites of passage from being a boy to a man and how these have changed since they moved to Newcastle and/or Gateshead....
Youth United Against Climate Change Project

Youth United Against Climate Change Project

Climate change is the long-term alteration of weather patterns and temperatures. While natural processes such as variations in the solar cycle may cause some of these changes, human activities have been the primary drivers of climate change since the 1800s, primarily...