North Shields & Wallsend Community Hubs & Libraries is inviting local people of all ages and backgrounds to join them in creating a powerful community-based project. The River to Freedom will use the long history of the River Tyne as a starting point to explore and capture ideas of freedom, and this collaborative project will produce a piece of work from local and library community groups, supported by artists, in the artform(s) that feel most appropriate as the process develops.

The project will be shared with the many existing community groups and organisations across the Community Hubs and Libraries including art, knit and natter, tai chi, reading, writing, and pop-up choirs, and invitations will also be extended to wider community groups including local history, churches, and the Walking With refugee charity, as well as local young carers and youth groups, ensuring the project has an intergenerational element.