Education Business News - Staff from one of the region s leading further education colleges have completed 1,543 virtual miles to raise more than 1,400 for Gateshead Foodbank. Around 75 Gateshead College employees took part in a virtual walk and talk this year instead of their usual college campus walkathon where they cover the 20 mile or eight-mile trek together.

Education Business News - Business leaders in the North West are being urged to help support thousands of children from across the region who are without access to online learning during the Covid-19 lockdown.

Education Business News - When the coronavirus outbreak struck, specialist artisan chocolatier and patisserie chef Naomi Longfield was forced to close her Newcastle caf and feared the worst. Naomi, who opened her caf in 2019, quickly picked herself up and decided to pivot the business - focusing on her website to offer a personalised chocolate delivery service in and around the Newcastle area.

Education Business News - Staff at Gateshead College have come together to make knitted hearts for patients receiving treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead. In an initiative driven by the hospital, the college s knit and natter group have been busy knitting hearts in pairs to help those who can t be with their loved ones in hospital.

Education Business News - A sheet metal work business, based at Moss Industrial Estate in Leigh, has used its design and manufacturing systems to create bespoke screening products and sanitising stations for local schools and businesses.

Education Business News - Back to the Garden Childcare, located on Sinderland Road in Broadheath, is embracing and celebrating Outdoor Classroom Day today Thursday 21st May . The children will spend the day in the nursery s stunning garden, enjoying various activities that all highlighted the importance of being outdoors in the natural elements and going back to nature.

Education Business News - A Stratford maths tutor has completely transformed her business due to the coronavirus pandemic by moving teaching sessions online, in a move which could see her work internationally in the future.

Education Business News - LMA is virtually bringing industry experts from Hollywood studios, including Disney, Dreamworks and Warner Bros, to its students for a series of live masterclasses.