Northern Cultural Projects CIC

11/05/2026

Freelance Opportunity: Web Designer

The Byker Community Archive is a resident-led initiative dedicated to preserving and sharing the history of the Byker Estate, an internationally renowned example of participatory architecture. Byker’s unique heritage regularly attracts academics, students, and visitors from around the globe.

Project Scope:

- Develop a user-friendly website with integrated e-commerce functionality.

- Website content must meet at least W3C Single A accessibility standard.

- Ensure seamless integration of the existing catalogue management system.

- Provide ongoing maintenance to ensure optimal performance and usability.

Budget: £5,000 total (design + maintenance).
Deadline: 1st June 2026.

How to Apply:
Please submit a short application outlining your relevant experience and motivation, along with your CV, to:
[email protected]

This role is funded by The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

22/04/2026

Northern Cultural Projects will soon get access to almost 1,000 digital images of Byker, reaching back to its original Redevelopment, held in the collections of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) in London, to help with identifying people, places and events. This will enable RIBA to make them accessible through their online catalogue RIBAPIX and allow us to use them for our Byker Community Archive exhibitions, publications and merchandise.
Thank you Olivia Horsfall Turner and Jonathan Makepeace!

20/03/2026

Great to meet young people from Regeneration Brainery in Byker + Karbon Homes Homes yesterday. They were given insights into housing, construction and regeneration industries, and found out about some of the community projects currently in planning on the estate.

24/02/2026

After 2 years of planning and fundraising, refurb work will begin soon and we're hoping to open the archive in June.

Heritage project will chart evolution of a city landmark. Tony Henderson reports

03/02/2026

We'll have a special visitor at our "Aanimals" music improvisation session today: the amazing Hannabiell Sanders.

Young people of any age welcome to join in. Starts 4.30pm, St Michael's Centre on Raby Cross. Free of course.

28/01/2026

A warm welcome to Dr Hannah James Louwerse and Dr Sally Watson who will job share the role of Archivist in our (soon to come) Byker Community Archive.

20/01/2026

Lovely start to the Byker music improvisation sessions with The Aanimals.

Supported by Karbon Homes

13/01/2026

The Byker Music Club is back, with three music improvisation sessions

29/10/2025

07/10/2025

Northern Cultural Projects CIC has secured a £240,186 grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund and £36,488 match funding from Karbon Homes, to see one of the hobby rooms on the Byker estate transformed into an archive. Our goal is a community living archive: one that captures not only the history of Byker’s buildings and landscapes, but also the lived experiences of its people, past and present.

In this blog for the Oral History Collective at Newcastle University I explain how the funding will be used:

Byker Community Archive Posted on 7th October 2025 by Graham A funding boost of over £275,000 is enabling a Newcastle-based cultural project to celebrate the vibrant social and architectural history of the city’s Grade II* listed Byker Estate. Here, Silvie Fisch, Director of Northern Cultural P...