Go North East’s much-loved Santa Bus is back for 2024, ready to spread festive cheer and raise vital funds for Children’s Cancer North, a charity dedicated to supporting young cancer patients and their families. Starting from Monday 9 December, the open-top Santa Bus will travel through North and South Tyneside, Northumberland, Gateshead, Sunderland, and County Durham over ten magical evenings.
Go North East is proud to announce a new partnership with Guide Dogs in Newcastle, offering free bus travel to volunteer puppy raisers who play a vital role in training the next generation of life-changing guide dogs. These volunteers can now travel for free across the Go North East network by presenting their Guide Dogs ID pass, allowing puppies to practice essential skills on public transport.
Go North East is delighted to announce the continuation of its partnership with Durham Cricket as the front-of-shirt sponsor of their Visually Impaired team until 2025.
First founded in June 2007, Durham’s Visually Impaired Cricket Team now plays in the England and Wales Cricket Board Development League, against 11 other teams.
Visually Impaired (VI) cricket is a specially adapted version o
Two Sundays on from Go North East throwing open the doors at its Gateshead Riverside bus depot for a jubilee-themed community open day, and the total amount raised thanks to the generosity of those who came along has now been confirmed as an amazing £3,696.40.
Depot teams at Go North East, the region’s largest bus company, have chosen a charity to support at each company location, following nominations from colleagues of causes that are very close to their hearts.
The donations are being made following Go North East not handling change throughout the pandemic, so any extra money left by customers is being put back into the community to ensure it benefits those that need it most, which will include many families who have been negatively affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Go North East team members will be switching up their uniform again this week, this time for Football Shirt Friday to help raise funds for charity.
Team members from across the region’s largest bus company, Go North East, switched up their usual uniform for fancy dress and yellow clothing on Friday to raise money for BBC’s Children in Need.
Last Friday, Go North East, the region’s largest bus operator, championed Wear Red Day to help raise money for Show Racism the Red Card, the UK’s leading anti-racism educational charity.
Go North East, the region’s largest bus operator, is joining forces with Show Racism the Red Card, the UK’s leading anti-racism educational charity, for Wear Red Day tomorrow (Friday 16th October).
They will celebrate the achievement with a giant two metre social distanced charity cheque at this Thursday’s clapping for the NHS, carers and fellow key workers.
Go North East is set to break the £10,000 barrier this weekend by wearing football shirts to mark what should have been the end of the season and raise further money, as well as spread some cheer during these challenging times.
Team members at Go North East’s depot in Consett have created a theatrical production explaining life on the buses during lockdown and have also raised money for the Treetops Children’s Ward at University Hospital of North Durham.
The region’s largest bus company, Go North East, welcomed hundreds of people to its special farewell bus event in Gateshead earlier this month.
Go North East has partnered with UK bus manufacturer Alexander Dennis and the Prevent Breast Cancer charity to raise awareness of breast cancer across the region.
A double decker bus affectionately named 'Ozzie' in a public poll has been transformed into a charity shop on wheels, thanks to a donation from Go North East.
A Go North East bus has been transformed into an inspirational learning environment, to encourage students with special educational needs from County Durham to read for fun and improve their literacy skills.
Young people with special educational needs and disabilities are being helped to live more independently thanks to the charity, Children North East and the region’s largest bus operator, Go North East.
Bus Buddies is a successful project pioneered by Children North East in the Gateshead area that has enabled 27 young people to use public transport in order to get to school, college, work or ac
A devoted driver and dad of one from the region’s largest bus company, Go North East, will soon be tackling his seventh Great North Run; in support of the Newcastle-based premature and newborn baby charity, Tiny Lives.
Kevin Brown, from North Shields, has dedicated the past seven years to raising money for the organisation, which supports premature and sick newborn babies and their families on
It wasn’t about driving but more face painting and flag-making for the region’s largest bus company, Go North East, at this summer’s Angel View Run; hosted by Low Fell Running Club and held in celebration of the Angel of the North’s 20th birthday.
Over 1,200 runners of all abilities took to the starting line ahead of three races across the event, beginning at the Angel View Inn, in Gateshead. P
Around 175,000 journeys are made on Go North East bus services every day to travel around this wonderful region. Travelling to work or education, to visit friends and family, to have a night out, or to visit one of the region's many tourist and leisure attractions.
For over 100 years, Go North East has connected the region's towns and villages with the cities of Newcastle, Durham and Sunderland and currently operates across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and into Tees Valley.
Employing over 2,000 local people, with a fleet of almost 700 buses and coaches and an annual turnover of £100m, the company is the regional subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group plc, one of the UK's leading providers of passenger transport.
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