A Living Tradition Annual Report 2016/7
A Living Tradition is an organisation based in the North East of England which uses the heritage of human rights and community cohesion work in the region to encourage and promote it now and in the future.  

Achievements

•	A Living Tradition has continued its work bringing the stories about the heritage of Northeast Human Rights and community cohesion to life and working to keep the traditions alive. 
•	Holocaust Memorial Day special event 
•	Film showing of A People Uncounted at Newcastle Civic Centre 
•	Library Exhibition in Newcastle 
•	Appearance on BBC Radio Newcastle with a member of the Roma Community 
•	Arranged an appearance on BBC Radio Newcastle by a member of the local Bosnian community to talk about an event in Newcastle commemorating the anniversary of the genocide at Srebrenica in 1995.  
•	Partnership work with The Black Portraits for a Human Rights Art exhibition in the Discovery Museum. 
•	Delivered three presentations about the Human Rights heritage of the Northeast and its relevance to today, in conjunction with Amnesty International, Newcastle City Council and local refugee groups.    
•	Monthly workshops in partnership with Gateshead Carers to improve spoken and written English with the local Roma community.  
•	Delivery of a number of human-rights related sessions in schools in Newcastle. 
•	Paper written on the development of trade unions in the Northeast and their links with Methodism.

Future Plans

We have held discussions with a number of partners and stakeholders. We have held discussions with Gateshead Council Community Work team about working together to help the Roma community in Gateshead and helping them to integrate into the wider Tyneside community.  
We have held discussions with Paul Piercy from The Black Portraits and with potential funders and other stakeholders about a large piece of art to celebrate the human rights and community cohesion heritage of Northeast England and the ongoing work to keep those traditions alive.  
We will be setting up a new women’s Enterprise joint working project across Newcastle and Gateshead. 

The year in numbers

Chart showing gender ratio of Roma 			Chart showing age range of Roma community 
individuals engaged in our work: 			members engaged in our work
Male: 20 Female: 50

Acknowledgements

A Living Tradition would like to thank all of our generous donors and the following organisations for their continued support: Newcastle City Council, Gateshead Council, Black Portraits, and Gateshead Carers.