NE1 is creating a free, outdoor play space with a difference for children of all ages in Old Eldon Square, at the heart of Newcastle. As part of NE1’s Summer in the City activity programme, NE1 has teamed up with Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and artist, Pippa Hale to bring Play Rebellion, an artistic and buildable installation encouraging children to express their creativity, into an outdoor setting for the first time.

With record breaking temperatures hitting the city, and schools breaking up this week, NE1 is prepped and ready to launch its NE1 Summer in the City activity programme on Saturday, 23 July. For the next six weeks, permanent and pop-up art installations, free classes, activities, events and extra seating will provide fun and vibrant things to do in Newcastle and exciting reasons for people of all ages to visit the city again and again.

NE1 Newcastle Restaurant Week returns this August, with over 100 restaurants signed up to take part in what will be the 21st event since its inception in 2011.

Through its flagship Revitalising our Estuaries programme; community and environmental charity Groundwork NE & Cumbria has spearheaded the development of a first of its kind ‘floating nature island’ to be installed on Newcastle Quayside in July.