Breakfast presenter Nick Borthwick was joined by Steph Durkin from the Sunderland Empire to talk about a new performing academy for 8-18-year-olds that’s launching in September.  For more information or to apply to be a part of the academy call 0191 5661054 or visit the Empire box office.

This year, Sunderland welcomed people in the hundreds of thousands for the annual event that every year – brings the best pilots, planes and attractions to the coastline of sunerland. With displays from teams such as the RAF Typhoon, Broncos, The swiss PC-7 team, and the outstanding Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight (to name but […]

Tracy from Age UK spoke to Breakfast presenter Nick Borthwick about their new Meaningful Connections project that supports people in Sunderland who are over 50 and identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community.   If you would like to know more about Age UK and all of the amazing things they do you can visit […]

To celebrate and raise awareness of Refugee Week, Good Vibes Presenter, Thushara spoke to CEO and Founder of Action Foundation, Julian Prior, discussing what the charity has been doing to celebrate Refugee Week, as well as reflecting on their journey in a year which sees Action Foundation celebrating 10 years. For anyone not familiar to […]

It’s Volunteer’s Week, starting Saturday 1st June. It’s running right here in Sunderland till Friday.   We caught up with Hannah Finney from Citizen’s Advice, which you can listen back to at sparksunderland.com/listenagain.   Fancy joining over 22,000 volunteers nationally? Get in touch at citizensadvice.org.uk Hannah.Finney@citizensadvicesunderland.co.uk 0191 417 4048