Our community
In November 2018, Stagecoach North East won Bronze in the ‘Bus and the Community’ category of the UK Bus Awards 2018, following its successful fundraising efforts during the previous Christmas period which saw over £20,000 collected on-board for local charities.
Subsequently, during Christmas 2018/19, our renewed fundraising initiative led by driving staff in the north east and delivered by the hard, collaborative work of key departments within the company, raised an outstanding £30,000 for local charities, representing a year on year improvement of circa £10,000. Over the past three years alone, the cumulative total of Stagecoach North East’s Christmas fundraisers has reached over £80,000.
In April 2019, Stagecoach North East further demonstrated its commitment to local communities with the commencement of a long-term partnership with The Chronicle Sunshine Fund, a Newcastle-based charity
which raises funds for local children and families affected by disabilities. The partnership aims to raise wider awareness of the charity’s great work using on-board promotional space, helping Sunshine Fund to reach more families in need throughout the region.
In partnership with Newcastle United’s Foundation, Stagecoach North East provided hundreds of free travel passes for young participants. This initiative helped them to reach the charity’s Summer programme, which aims to improve employability in tandem with the NE1 Works initiative and the ongoing work of National Citizen Service.
Recently the company also collaborated directly with National Citizen Service in an additional bid to boost career opportunities for local young people. NCS participants are now guaranteed first interviews for the award-winning Stagecoach apprenticeship scheme. Stagecoach North East currently employs a total of 14 engineering apprentices from within its local communities.