Battery Manufacturing

The NTCA is focused upon supporting the development of battery research and manufacturing activity in the region.

Clean Energy and Connectivity

Energy Central

NTCA is working with the existing Energy Central partnership, comprised of Advance Northumberland, Port of Blyth, Northumberland County Council and the Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult to identify innovation and growth opportunities for businesses

Clean Energy and Connectivity

TIGGOR and TIGGOR 2

A supply chain programme designed to boost supply chain growth and productivity in the North of Tyne and wider North East England region’s offshore wind and subsea sectors.

Clean Energy and Connectivity

Climate Change Co-benefits Project

NTCA have worked with Ashden to create a new way of developing policies to deliver climate action and powerful community benefits, focusing upon the day-to-day needs of local people in the region.

Clean Energy and Connectivity

North East Energy Catalyst Partnership

Clean Energy and Connectivity

North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub

North of Tyne Combined Authority is a partner of the North East and Yorkshire Net Zero Hub, one of five Net Zero Hubs across England, funded by the Department of Energy Security and Net Zero.

Clean Energy and Connectivity

Net Zero North East England

NTCA is a key partner of the Net Zero North East England (NZNEE), a collaboration between local government, business, education, the public sector and civil society to drive a comprehensive regional approach to tackling the climate emergency,

Education, Inclusion and Skills

Return to Work Carers Project

Inclusion

Community Partnerships

North of Tyne Combined Authority is investing in the creation of three Community Partnerships with a focus on places with high levels of deprivation, low levels of civic action and an under-resourced VCSE Sector.

Social Economy and Community

Area of Research Interest on Citizen Engagement and Connected Communities

As part of the North of Tyne Combined Authority’s (NTCA) knowledge exchange activities, we are piloting an Area of Research Interest (ARI). The aim of the ARI is to connect policymakers, public management and service professionals with researchers, and to support the use of research evidence by NTCA.

Education Improvement

Child Poverty Prevention Programme

The North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA) is committed to giving every child in our region the opportunity to thrive. That’s why in Summer 2021, NTCA’s Cabinet approved two pilot programmes, the Child Poverty Prevention Pilot and the Education Improvement pilot for the North of Tyne.

Strategic Employability Group

Education, Inclusion and Skills

North of Tyne Union Learn Project

The North of Tyne Union Learn project expands the number of union representatives helping low-skilled workers access training, in order to develop their skills and confidence.

Education, Inclusion and Skills

Employment Partnerships

The Employment Partnerships project aims to improve co-ordination of employability provision in & across the North of Tyne constituent authorities. Supporting job seekers and employers across the region, and helping move people into sustained, high-quality employment.

Digital Growth and Innovation

Digital Skills for Growth

The Digital Innovation and Leadership Project aims to address higher level digital skills needs in Northumberland.   

Adult Education and Skills

Green Skills for Growth

Green skills was identified as priority sector and we are proud to partner with local providers on four exciting Green skills programmes. 

Adult Education and Skills

Creative People: Skills for the Culture and Creative Sector

North of Tyne Combined Authority have Investment Fund projects to the value of 5 million for specific training for work in the creative, digital and green sectors. These are exciting opportunities for residents to engage with bespoke skills provision in both growth and specialist sectors for the North of Tyne area.

Adult Education and Skills

Skills for Growth

North of Tyne Combined Authority have Investment Fund projects to the value of 5 million for specific training for work in the green, digital, and creative sectors. These are exciting opportunities for residents to engage with bespoke skills provision in both growth and specialist sectors for the North of Tyne area.

Programme details including our delivery partners can be found on the project page.

Education, Inclusion and Skills

Wellbeing Framework Data Dashboard

The Wellbeing Framework Data Dashboard monitors changes to the wellbeing indicators over time, to help inform local decisions and policy making.

Education, Inclusion and Skills

The Mayor's Equalities Assemblies

NTCA are serious about meaningful co-production and co-design, and we are passionate about the use of lived experience in policy making.

Voluntary, Community, and Social Enterprise sector

The North of Tyne Combined Authority is committed to working with the VCSE sector as a key contributor to our inclusive economy ambitions.

Investment and Resources

Growth Fund

The North of Tyne Growth Fund is a £4.6m programme of investment part-funded by ERDF that supports SME growth across Northumberland, North Tyneside and Newcastle local authorities.

Clean Energy and Connectivity

Digital Pathfinders

Digital Pathfinders is a free-to-access programme focused on helping businesses and community organisations across the North of Tyne adopt digital technologies to address the challenges they’re facing.

Education Improvement

Education Improvement Programme

The Education Improvement Programme for the North of Tyne is delivered as part NTCA’s Education, Skills and Inclusion portfolio priority and exemplifies a commitment to thinking creatively and progressively about the widest implications of an inclusive economy

Social Economy and Community

Crowdfund North of Tyne

Crowdfund North of Tyne gives local people and communities the opportunity to create and fund projects which celebrate and improve our local area.

Housing, Land and Development

Tyne Powered

Clean Energy and Connectivity

5G and Future Connectivity

Adult Education and Skills

Multiply

Multiply is a national programme funded from UKSPF and is designed to deliver adult numeracy skills. The NTCA Multiply programme will focus on three delivery themes: Community Engagement, Family Learning and Numeracy Skills for the Workplace.

Programme details including our delivery partners can be found on the project page.

Investment and Resources

UK Shared Prosperity Fund - UKSPF

North of Tyne Combined Authority (NTCA) received approval from Government of its UKSPF Investment Plan on 5 December 2022. 

Green New Deal

Just Transition in the North of Tyne

The Just Transition Research Project, led by the Energy Democracy Project, has been developed to examine what a just transition means to workers, communities and businesses in our region and identify pathways for socially inclusive decarbonisation.

Adult Education and Skills

Skills Bootcamps

Skills Bootcamps are part of the Government’s National Skills Fund investments helping adults to gain the skills that are sought by employers, so real skills that are needed to gain or advance in a specific employment sector.

NTCA has £9Milion in DfE Skills Bootcamps funding for 2023/24 and have invested in the following sectors: Construction, Culture and Events, Digital, Green Skills, Logistics and Technical.

Programme details including our delivery partners can be found on the project page.

Digital Connectivity

Digital Growth and Innovation Programme

North of Tyne Combined Authority has invested £10 million to support the growth of the digital sector across the North of Tyne.

Investment Funds

Social Finance Fund

NTCA and Power to Change launched a strategic partnership with the objective of growing and further developing the social economy in the North of Tyne area, in partnership with local stakeholders.

Education, Inclusion and Skills

Employability and Skills Programme

The Employability and Skills Programme supports an inclusive economy in the North of Tyne area by enabling good quality and locally tailored employment support interventions. This programme comes to an end on 31 December 2023.

Clean Energy and Connectivity

Green New Deal Fund

The Green New Deal Fund is a low carbon investment fund established by the North Tyne Combined Authority and managed by Amber Infrastructure Group.

Education, Inclusion and Skills

Youth Employment Partnerships and VCSE Small Grants Programme

The Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Small Grants Programme, funds 10 experienced organisations across the region to deliver targeted, expert provision for disadvantaged young people who are not in work and not accessing mainstream employment support. This programme will end on 30 September 2023.

Clean Energy and Connectivity

Zero carbon, Zero poverty: Our 5-point plan

“I refuse to condemn my sons’ generation and future generations to a planet that’s beyond fixing. We are going to take everyone with us as we transition to a new green economy. This means ensuring that all our jobs are fit for the future. We must act now, and in the North of Tyne we have a plan – one that is for people, and for jobs.”
Mayor Jamie Driscoll, North of Tyne

Social Economy and Community

Poverty Truth Commission 

The North of Tyne Poverty Truth Commission brings together residents with experience of living in poverty with civic and business representatives to come up with practical changes and solutions.

Education, Inclusion and Skills

Wellbeing Framework

The North of Tyne is the first combined authority in England to adopt a wellbeing framework to drive a better economy – one focused on growing everyone’s wellbeing.

Social Economy and Community

Good Work Pledge

The Good Work Pledge recognises local employers that are providing people with access to work that’s reliable, pays a decent wage and encourages wellness and development.

Clean Energy and Connectivity

Northumberland Line Economic Corridor

The Northumberland Line Economic Corridor spans the North of Tyne’s three Local Authority areas, connecting our people to key innovation and employment assets within Newcastle City Centre, our housing sites and business parks in North Tyneside, and the towns and places and growing ‘green economy’ cluster in South East Northumberland.

Investment and Resources

Inward Investment

Are you a business looking to make a first investment in Newcastle, North Tyneside or Northumberland?

We have £10m available to support businesses looking to invest and create jobs and may be able to contribute to up to 10% of your costs.

Brownfield Land

Brownfield Housing

On the 30th June 2020 the North of Tyne Combined Authority were awarded £24m of Government funding to allow local authorities to target additional investment towards brownfield sites requiring intervention. 

This funding will support the delivery of up to 2,500 additional homes in the North of Tyne area on brownfield land by 2025. 

Social Economy and Community

Community Hubs

North of Tyne Combined Authority is committed to supporting a dynamic and more inclusive economy that brings together people and opportunities to create vibrant communities and a good quality of life for everyone. Key to this vision is investing in local assets to strengthen communities.

Adult Education and Skills

Adult Education Budget

The North of Tyne Combined Authority has control of an annual £25 million Adult Education Budget (AEB) devolved to the area from government. AEB is being used to help upskill people into good work and further training.

NTCA currently fund providers to deliver a range of provision targeting employed and unemployed residents to upskill in English, English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), digital skills, maths and full Level 2 and Level 3 vocational programmes required for work.

Programme details including our delivery partners can be found on the project page.

Digital Growth and Innovation

STEM and Digital Skills

The Combined Authority is funding several projects which will prepare young people for the economic opportunities of the future.

Social Economy and Community

Citizens' Assembly on Climate Change

The North of Tyne Citizens’ Assembly on Climate Change saw fifty citizens in the region come together to discuss how the region can combat climate change.

Education Improvement

Climate Change Education

NTCA recognises the importance of children having access to world class environmental education and are exploring ways to support our schools to provide this. Teachers can access and undertake UN accredited online courses on climate change through UN CC:Learn. These courses are free to enrol and provide certificates of completion to learners that obtain a passing grade of 70% or more on completion of the courses.