Urban Living Partnership

Newcastle City Futures Unit is an RCUK InnovateUK Urban Living Partnership pilot project that aims to address the future needs of Newcastle and Gateshead. It is being funded with contributions from Research Councils.

As a post-industrial urban area with more than 381,100 citizens, Newcastle and Gateshead form the heart of a contiguous urban conurbation of over 1 million people. We are a region facing numerous challenges, and perform below average on a number of socio-economic factors such as economic activity, educational attainment and health. Our pilot phase work will look to identify specific issues around these and other challenges.

Our project partners

Led by Newcastle University but partnered by Northumbria University, it features project partners from government, industry, academia and civil society. Our partners and supporters comprise government (Gateshead City Council, Newcastle City Council, North East LEP), industry (IBM, Arjuna, Intu, Newcastle Airport, Nexus, AECOM, Arup, BuroHapold, Zero Carbon Futures, Northumbrian Water, Northern Gas Networks, Northern Power Grid, Federation of Small Businesses, TechCity), and public and voluntary sectors (NHS, Newcastle Schools Forum, Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service, Quality of Life Partnership and the Royal Academy of Arts).