cost of living
Sunderland University students set out to raise over one thousand pounds towards saving the gaming bar on Bridge Street. Local university societies are both saddened and excited to announce a collaborative event aiming to raise money towards saving /AFK. On December 14 2023, a games and social event is set to take place upstairs in the […]
Sunderland University students have been finding money-saving transportation solutions to manage their daily commutes. Hundreds of students, have started to daily commute from all parts of the region to attend lectures on Sunderland University’s campus, relying on modes of transportation including metros, buses, walking, and cycling. The University and transport services, like Nexus, provides cost-effective transportation options […]
Since the lockdown struck in March 2020, perhaps no industry has been hit as hard as the hospitality industry throughout the North East. Before the pandemic, 7.1% of total UK employment was in the hospitality industry while in the two years following the lockdown around £115 billion in expected sales was lost. Local businesses like […]
Spark Sunderland has asked a NHS professional what they think of the cost-of-living crisis and the rates of depression in the UK. The cost-of-living crisis has affected many people living in the UK today, and a study released by the Office for National Statistics has suggested that 24% of those who reported difficulty paying their […]
The cost of living crisis is affecting millions of people up and down the land, with households across the nation grappling with astronomically high energy bills, and their hard-earned money stretching ever-thinner. But there’s one aspect of our communities that is quietly being squeezed to the point of literal extinction in certain areas, and that […]
Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen are continuing to assist those in need during the cost of living crisis within the UK. Run by volunteers since 2019, the Sunderland Community Soup Kitchen, which is based in Albert’s Place, Sunderland, offers free food – a main course and a dessert – to anybody who turns up at the […]
Will the cost of living crisis take away the simpler things we enjoy in life from getting our hair to our nails done. With the cost of living crisis affecting the whole nation, we look into how it is affecting local beauty businesses and how own business owners have been coping. Spark spoke to two […]
A Gateshead support group has welcomed proposed reforms to protect young people from the dangers of online gambling.
