Date created: 13 March 2008 Our idea is to sell cakes and buns in the students union in aid of raising money for North Tyneside General Hospital Coronary Care Unit. Research has shown that music promotes patient recovery and we would like to raise money to hopefully provide each bed on the unit with a personal music player and some tapes/CD's for patients to choose from. I... more

Date created: 28 January 2008 Everyone likes to give. Everyone loves to receive. There’s a chance for you to do both at the NSCA Swap Shop. Simply bring good quality clothes, shoes and accessories that you no longer have a use for and exchange it for something even better! You can even help the environment in the process by recycling your unwanted items, helping to... more

Date created: 09 November 2007 Kids Kabin is a centre for kids in a certain area of Newcastle upon Tyne to go and hang out and get involved in activities. It would be really good if I could set up a project that would allow these kids to get involved in some community volunteering themselves and also carry out some projects with them. more

Date created: 01 November 2007 Exhibition Park is a park that has the potential to be developed in many ways. There is an underpass connecting Brandling Park to Exhibition Park which is where we are initially planning to develop. We are hoping to re-paint the walls a brighter colour, paint a feature on one of the walls and use the boards provided to add some art work. ... more

Date created: 01 November 2007 Going to be at the Metro Centre (Newcastle) between 1 – 3 on Thursday 13th December to provide entertainment for the Christmas shoppers and to raise as much as possible for Children North East. We will be getting as many students as we can to get involved as well as members of Northumbria's Musical Theatre Society! Great way to get money for... more

Date created: 30 October 2007 After hearing about the Tea Dance becoming popular again and a range of places having them on a ragularly basis I thought it would be a fun and worthwhile idea to get involved in and organise. The event will provisionally take place in December in the afternoon so would be great to put a xmas theme to it. I would like to provide an... more

Date created: 26 October 2007 I would like to have a range of social activities for people with learning disabilities. I would like to start off with speed dating and invite a range of different groups of people with learning disabilities, followed by a club night where they could meet up with people they met at speed dating. I would also like to do a coffee morning and... more

Date created: 25 October 2007 To begin with groups of volunteers will go to Seven Stories centre for children’s books in Newcastle to learn the basics of storytelling. After training, groups will carry out story sessions at Seven Stories. A story session will involve a small group of volunteers telling stories to young children, carrying out arts and crafts sessions with... more

Date created: 11 October 2007 NSCA (Northumbria Student Community Action) are setting up projects within the community to try and make a positive impact. On Wednesday 17th October, we are going to help out at Brandling Park (one of the smaller parks attached to Exhibition Park) with some of the elderly community, and do some gardening with them, for a couple of hours. We... more

Date created: 11 October 2007 I hope to set up a musical development school where children and young adults can come to develop their talents and skills with like minded youngsters. In Newcastle there are not enough opportunities for children to learn how to write songs, play musical instruments and get an insight to what it is like to be a performer so I hope to offer them... more