Awards and Accreditations

– Living Wage Accredited Employers

– Winners of the National Diversity Awards 2013 in Community and Gender Category.

-Winners of the European Diversity Awards 2014 Community Organisation, sponsored by Unite the Union

-Pat Fisher has volunteered at the Centre for 33 years and was awarded a British Empire Medal in the Queen’s birthday honours list 2014

-Huffty the Centre Coordinator was extremely proud to be ‘Highly Commended’ in Leader of the Year category at the North East Charity Awards in 2017

– Huffty was also highlighted by Sage as an ‘Inspiring and Ground Breaking Charity Pioneer of our Time’ in 2017.

-Winners of the Chronicle Green Champion Award 2018 for our Edible Elswick Project.