Gateshead Food Partnership

18/05/2026

This event is happening on Sunday! It will include food from local businesses and Food Partnership member Hope Beyond Borders will be hosting a workshop. We're excited to be there - it's not to be missed!

This time next week, we hope you'll be joining us in the town centre for our first shindig at our new pop-up events space 🔥

📆 Sunday 24 May, 11am to 3pm, the arches, Railway Quarter.

There'll be beats, eats and more!

Come join in 😎

18/05/2026

18/05/2026

May half term is just around the corner 😎

That means, it's time for a round up of some fun, fab events going on across the borough.

🔥 13 years of Trinity Square: Saturday 23 May, 11am to 2pm, Trinity Square

🔥 Launching the Gateshead arches: Sunday 24 May, 11am to 3pm, Railway Quarter

🔥Table tennis, Playstation 5 and more with NU Foundation, multiple dates, Metrocentre

🔥 Family Crafting, Tuesday 26 May, 10.30am to 11.45am, Shipley Art Gallery

🔥 Family tennis, Friday 29 May, 10.30am to 12pm, Saltwell Park and 1pm to 2.30pm, Derwent Park

🔥 Metrognomes present: Back to the Metrocentre, multiple dates, Metrocentre

What a week it's going to be 🎉

Shipley Art Gallery Metrocentre Trinity Square, Gateshead North East Museums Newcastle United Foundation

16/05/2026

13/05/2026

Sunshine for the gardeners today ☀️ chairs & fences being pained, weeds being taken out some garden maintenance.

09/05/2026

All set up at Gateshead Central Library for The Late Shows! Come and say hi - Herb Hub are here making lovely things with dried and fresh herbs; then you can take part in our food waste quiz and pick'n'mix a little bag of fruit sweets rescued and dehydrated by Re-f-use . The perfect fuel you'll need as you tour the other activities at the Library all themed around "the power of plants".... then on to the 11 other venues full of creativity in Gateshead Town centre!

Gateshead Libraries

08/05/2026

We're lucky to have Chef Anthony O'Shaughnessy on our Gateshead Food Partnership steering group, bringing energy and ideas around food education and engagement. Anthony has kindly put together a recipe to share with our network: Caldo Verde - Portuguese Green Soup. I've added it to our blog page: https://www.gatesheadfoodpartnership.co.uk/recipe-of-the-month-may

Let us know if you try it!

Check out Anthony's site Cook's Instinct https://www.cooksinstinct.com/ and follow on Facebook and Instagram for more.