Categories: fundraising

4 May 2020 17:04

Go North East team members create COVID-19 theatrical production and raise money for University Hospital of North Durham’s children’s ward

Team members at Go North East’s depot in Consett have created a theatrical production explaining life on the buses during lockdown and have also raised money for the Treetops Children’s Ward at University Hospital of North Durham.

NHS staff at last week's Freeman Hospital celebrations

23 April 2020 08:00

Go North East will celebrate key workers tonight with ‘Clap for our Carers’ activities at its depots and regional hospitals

Tonight (Thursday 23 April), the region’s largest bus company, Go North East will celebrate key workers with ‘Clap for our Carers’ 8pm activities across its depots, whilst also joining the NHS at Hexham General Hospital.

The Go North East team of event volunteers with Mark Oliver (L) and Martin West (R) of Scania GB

24 December 2019 11:19

Go North East raises funds for Gateshead Foodbank at special farewell bus event

The region’s largest bus company, Go North East, welcomed hundreds of people to its special farewell bus event in Gateshead earlier this month.

On the Go since 1913

Around 175,000 journeys are made on Go North East bus services every day to travel around this wonderful region. Travelling to work or education, to visit friends and family, to have a night out, or to visit one of the region's many tourist and leisure attractions.

For over 100 years, Go North East has connected the region's towns and villages with the cities of Newcastle, Durham and Sunderland and currently operates across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham and into Tees Valley.

Employing over 2,000 local people, with a fleet of almost 700 buses and coaches and an annual turnover of £100m, the company is the regional subsidiary of the Go-Ahead Group plc, one of the UK's leading providers of passenger transport.