Welcome to
Family Gateway
“Our vision is to be at the forefront of improving life chances for children and families through the development of community-led solutions.”
Family Gateway is an award-winning North East charity that is committed to using local people to deliver enterprising community-led solutions to families, children, young people and communities.
Our Programmes
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What we do
We provide bespoke support to families with complex lives who need help to improve the life chances of their children and we help them design enterprising solutions to community problems.
How we do it
We employ local parents who have experienced the same or similar issues as those we support and we help families acknowledge, accept and address their underlying issues.
Where we do it
We work across North Tyneside, South Tyneside and parts of Northumberland in the areas of highest deprivation and where children’s life chances are lowest. In time we will move to new areas too. Our Head Office and first community hub is based in Howdon, with satellite offices in Bedlington and Hebburn.
Who supports us
We are lucky to be supported by a range of grant funders, commissioners, donors and local people who give their time to help us achieve our outcomes.
What we do
We provide bespoke support to families with complex lives who need help to improve the life chances of their children and we help them design enterprising solutions to community problems.
How we do it
We employ local parents who have experienced the same or similar issues as those we support and we help families acknowledge, accept and address their underlying issues.
Where we do it
We work across North Tyneside, South Tyneside and parts of Northumberland in the areas of highest deprivation and where children’s life chances are lowest. In time we will move to new areas too. Our Head Office and first community hub is based in Howdon, with satellite offices in Bedlington and Hebburn.
Who supports us
We are lucky to be supported by a range of grant funders, commissioners, donors and local people who give their time to help us achieve our outcomes.
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Make a difference in your community!
Get started straight away by sharing news about Family Gateway on social media.
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You can donate to us in so many different ways: by fundraising or donating goods, services or your time.
Our Social Impact
We have a solid evidence base for our work across our programmes and are extremely proud to have achieved the following:
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of the hardest to engage parents who are eligible to work have moved into training or employment.
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The latest articles from the Family Gateway blog
For more articles, visit our news section.
Sport England: Kelly’s Success!
After experiencing domestic violence and abuse for 20 years, Kelly turned her life around. She’s bravely gone from being constantly questioned about her whereabouts and told she was fat and useless, to co-ordinating our new Sport England programme! In 2015, her son’s...
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Our New Community Enterprise Lead
Introducing Cris, our new Community Enterprise Lead! She’s been with us since the beginning of October and hopes to make the Hub a welcoming, open environment for the local people. What’s your role in the charity? “I work with the enterprise side of Family Gateway, so...
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Our New Apprentice
A huge welcome to Ellie, our new apprentice from Howdon! She’ll be with us until September 2019 and hopes to become a longer term team member in the future. How did you get the apprenticeship at Family Gateway? “I was looking for a job to have alongside my Level 2...
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