TUC Reclaim the Night March & Rally

Meet at Old Eldon Square | Blackett Street, Newcastle | 4.00 pm

4.00 pm: Gather at Old Eldon Square, Blackett Street, Newcastle, NE1 7LD

4.30pm: Walk up Northumberland Street - led by the Bangshees, community-based all-women drumming group - turning right on Northumberland Road, past the City Hall and into the Sutherland Building for speeches and light refreshments

The event will be chaired by Pat Heron, Chair of the TUC Women's Group. Speakers include:

Kim McGuinness, Police & Crime Commissioner for Northumbria
Angelou Centre - Resisting Harmful Practices and Violence Against Black and Minoritised Women & Girls
Andrew Towers, Hart Gables - a support service for those who identify as LGB and or T

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