Have a look at our current and recent work. Our archives will gradually be shared and we would love to receive anything you may have for that.
The most Wuthering Heights day in Tynemouth!
Take a look at what we got up to during our Winter Wellbeing workshops.
Take a look at our exhibition that showcased the legacy of Helix Arts’ work in Gateshead.
Check out our holiday offer for young people and see what they have previously got up to.
A River to Freedom brought together community voices, art, and poetry to reflect on the meaning of freedom 80 years after WWII—culminating in a creative celebration across North Tyneside Libraries.
Check out some of the projects we are supporting in 2025 - 2026.
North Shields schools had the opportunity to commemorate the NS800 through a series of artist in residences.
On 1st December 2024, the community came together for a vibrant day of artistic exploration and archive sharing, alongside meaningful conversations.
Make It Happen ran in Summer 2024.
Check out our Here to There Programme in Sunderland.
Here to There workshops in North Tyneside.
Check out our Here to There Programme in South Tyneside.
Make It Happen took place in Westmoor in September 2024.
Make It Happen is a community development programme for residents in North Tyneside funded by UK SPF.
Playful Pavements was a free community-led day for young people providing them the chance to play outside in a safe way.
Take a look at what we got up to in Weetslade.
Young people enjoyed a summer of creative workshops.
Celebrating 40 years of Helix Arts working with artists and communities!
Share your story | Shape our future.
Working with National Trust Gibside and celebrating the Festival of Blossom
Artists’ Agency Newcastle is an artist development programme in Creative Central: NCL
Here To There is an exciting programme of cultural experiences and events for people aged 55+, including wellbeing walks, visits to museums, exhibitions, theatres, dance performances, and buildings and places with interesting histories.
Our Woven Voices is a public art installation near the magistrates court in North Shields.
The artwork was inspired by the creativity of more than 1,000 residents who worked with artist Laura Brenchley. International artist Aaron Li-Hill used this to create the finished sculpture.
Make It Happen inspired by North Shields Heritage Action Zone.
Our Story - a story gathering project with Longsight Children's Community in Manchester, which was commissioned by Save the Children UK.
Take a look at some of the amazing stories from North Tyneside community members generated from their experiences during the pandemic.
Kelsey worked with Helix Arts as part of her master's degree in Dance Science and Education at Edinburgh University. Kelsey guided various groups across North Tyneside to develop their arts practice as dancers.
This event was held to listen to personal stories of those living through a pandemic from a diverse cross-section of residents from North Tyneside.
By Your Side at North Tyneside Art Studio was a creative programme for North Tyneside carers.
A multi-arts project with young adults working to create a new wellbeing trail in Chopwell Wood.
Explore how stories and poems can offer comfort, escape, inspiration and laughter in difficult times.
Part of Better Connect
Don Macdonald- Slam Fresh was successful in achieving our 2021 Make It Happen Commission for Gateshead.
Sharing stories and experiences through creative sessions. Working with families who share a caring role in looking after loved ones who depend on them. Part of Better Connect
A River is a community garden project at Pattinson House in Gateshead in which local people are co-creating a large-scale mural.
A creative programme for Parent Carers across North Tyneside.
Part of Better Connect.
Together Again gave residents in North Shields and Wallsend the chance to explore, reconnect and shape the future of their town. The project builds on our 'Town Common Festival'.
Members of the Sunderland Deaf Club took part in our training programme to gain project management skills.
A result of a Make Arts Happen, “Create, Stay and Play” was open to all ages and encouraged the development of social skills, an interest in the arts, health and wellbeing and community spirit.
Participants of Make Art Happen from Bill Quay Farm aimed to create a visual arts project for the local community.