About us
Who we are
The project is managed by volunteers who live in our area and want to share their time, skills and passion to make Fawdon and Coxlodge even better. We have a formal constitution as "Fawdon and Coxlodge Together" and are a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) - charity number 1187736.
The FACT steering group is chaired by Fawdon resident Dr Thea Ravasi, Research Associate in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University and formerly a museum curator and education officer in Italy.
The project secretary/coordinator is former Fawdon Ward City Councillor David Faulkner.
The other members of the steering group are:
Red House Farm resident Ann Marie Nicol who formerly ran the Fawdon and Coxlodge District History Society
Former Coxlodge resident Dr Lucy Grimshaw, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Work, Education & Community Wellbeing at Northumbria University, with experience in teaching mining history heritage to primary school children
Fawdon Resident Joyce Jackman of the Northumberland & Durham Family History Society
Red House Farm resident Ann Weightman of the Friends of Fawdon Community Library
Dr Nick Cott, councillor for Fawdon and West Gosforth Ward and lecturer at the Open University, specialist in online teaching, history & humanities
Gerard Corsane, former Fawdon Resident, former Senior Lecturer in Heritage, Museum & Gallery Studies in the International Centre for Cultural and Heritage Studies at Newcastle University
Fawdon resident Ian Bird, Photographer, Trainer and Tutor.
Fawdon resident Lorraine Bird
Fawdon resident Robin Beveridge, Economic Adviser, Newcastle City Council.
Fawdon resident John Hall, community activist.
Fawdon resident Jill Bradnum, formerly Senior Lecturer, Northumbria University
Others who are available to support our work are:
Red House Farm resident Colin Tait who is a registered Newcastle city guide and former chair of Fawdon and Coxlodge District History Society
Fawdon resident Ron Clark, former Newcastle City Councillor and trustee of the Tyne and Wear Building Preservation Trust