The people in our region are brilliant at pulling together in a crisis. If you need help, if you want to offer help, The Tees is here to bring people together and make a real difference.
Covid crisis exacerbates levels of problem household debt
Years of austerity coupled with low interest rates have resulted in record levels of personal debt. In October 2019, during those halcyon days before any of us had heard of Covid-19, there was already concern amongst debt charities and StepChange estimated that over...
Supporting the mental health of those around us
I think I’m safe in speaking for all of us when I say we’ll be glad to see the back of 2020. And while I’m a firm believer that our greatest achievements can ultimately come from our greatest adversities, for many of us right now the return of some semblance of...
Beaten with sticks – it’s time to end violence against women
Hit and beaten with sticks, treated more like an animal than a human, Sarah was the first woman we ever worked with at A Way Out, the charity I founded in my 20s. Sarah was 7 stone, if that, skin and bones, very little hair and the biggest personality you’d ever come...
