The Social Justice Advisory Group steers the University’s strategy in addressing social justice issues. Membership of the Advisory Group includes representatives from the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector as well as academic and professional services staff and students. 

External members

• Parveen Akhtar (Angelou Centre)
• Victoria Armstrong (CEO, Disability North)
• Neil Burke (Volunteer Coordinator, North Tyneside Voluntary Organisations Development Agency)
• Anne Bonner (CEO, Riverside Community Health Project)
• Jeremy Cripps (CEO, Children North East)
• Barbara Douglas (Elders Council of Newcastle)
• Georgina Fletcher (Chief Officer, Regional Refugee Forum North East)
• Sarah Longlands (Director, IPPR North)
• Neil Munslow MBE (Service Manager: Active Inclusion, Newcastle City Council)
• Siobhan O’Neil (CEO, Cygnus Support)
• Mark Pierce (Director Of Community Knowledge And Funding, Community Foundation)
• Elaine Slater (CEO, Tyneside Women’s Health)
• Aby Tayeb (Project Manager, Islamic Diversity Centre)
• Sally Young (CEO, Newcastle Council for Voluntary Service)

Professional services staff members

• Bob Allan (Engagement Support Co-ordinator, Corporate Affairs)
• Lucy Backhurst (Director Student Recruitment, Admissions and Progress, Student and Academic Services)
• Trevor Bedford (Head of Engagement and Enterprise, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Katie Blundell (Students Union Volunteering Manager, Newcastle University Students Union)
• Brett Cherry (Science Communications and Marketing Manager, Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering)
• Lynne Corner (Director of Engagement, Faculty of Medical Sciences)
• Eve Forrest (Impact Officer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Jenny Hasenfuss (Engagement Manager (Patient and Public Involvement), Institute for Cellular Medicine)
• Andrea Henderson (Engagement Manager, Corporate Affairs)
• Vijaya Kotur (Race Equality Officer, Human Resources)
• Marc Lintern (Director of Student Experience, Student and Academic Services)
• Lucy Pritchard (Alumni Relations Manager, Corporate Affairs)
• Alex Robson (Institutes Officer, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)
• Mel Whewell (Institutes and Partnerships Manager, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences)

Student representatives

• Daniel Barwick (PhD student)
• Jack Green (Welfare and Equality Officer, NUSU)
• Chris Wilkinson (UG student)

Academic staff members

• Dr Alison Atkinson-Phillips (Research Associate in the School of History, Classics and Archaeology)
• Professor Deborah Chambers (Professor of Media and Cultural Studies in the School of Arts and Culture)
• Professor Simon Forrest (Professor in the Institute of Health and Society)
• Professor Rose Gilroy (Professor of Ageing, Policy and Planning in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape)
• Dr Joanne James (Reader in Leader Development and Organisation Futures in Newcastle University Business School)
• Dr Elena Katselli (Senior Lecturer in the Law School)
• Dr Karen Laing (Senior Research Associate in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences)
• Dr Sharyn Maxwell (Senior Lecturer in the School of Pharmacy)
• Dr Ruth McAreavey (Senior Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology)
• Dr Kellie Morrissey (Research Fellow in the School of Computing)
• Professor Rachel Pain (Professor of Human Geography in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology)
• Professor Tracy Shildrick (Professor of Inequalities in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology)
• Professor Sally Shortall (Duke of Northumberland Chair of Rural Economy in the School of Natural and Environmental Sciences)
• Professor Mark Shucksmith (Professor of Planning in the School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape)
• Professor Liz Todd (Professor of Educational Inclusion in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences)

The Newcastle University Social Justice Fund is now open to applications that support work in the field of social justice as part of the University's Engagement and Place Strategy. 

​​​​​​​Newcastle University is committed to social justice in all that we do and we are dedicated to working together to create a fairer and more just society. Following the launch of the fund in 2018, various collaborative projects have been supported including​​:

• Foodbank Histories, an oral history project with Newcastle West End Foodbank, challenging the current myths about foodbank use
• Shieling: Co-designing a community research hub, a project with arts organisation Holy Biscuit examining forms of community-led development
• 'Women Warriors', a project using issue-based theatre workshops with female military veterans.

The fund will develop a portfolio of successful relationships between the University and the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector. Funded projects will be focused on key social justice issues and will take a long-term view to enhancing the relationship between Newcastle University and the VCSE sector. We are particularly interested in applications that will contribute to meaningful and mutually beneficial relationships between the University and VCSE partners and that are co-produced.

What funding is available?

The minimum amount of funding that can be applied for is £2000. The absolute maximum you can apply for is £10,000; however, we envisage that most projects will be around £5000. We would encourage applicants to consider carefully what they want to use the funds for and apply for the appropriate amount rather than the maximum available.  The detail of how the funds will be spent should be included in your application. 

What are the assessment criteria?

The Newcastle Social Justice Fund invites proposals from Schools, Research Centres, Institutes and individual academics, including early career researchers and PhD students.

Applications will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

• Evidence how key social justice issues have been addressed
• The project must contribute to, pilot and/or deliver innovations that can be shared or can advance good practice
• Applications must be submitted in partnership with a VCSE organisation
• The approach to collaboration will create a meaningful and sustainable partnership
• Potential for the projects to demonstrate new approaches to collaboration and engagement
• Potential for the project to contribute to education and student experience
• Potential for the project to contribute to research impact (that is, research that has societal benefit)
• Potential for the project to generate additional external research income

Please read the Social Justice Fund Guidance Document for full details of the fund.

Download and complete the Newcastle Social Justice 2019 Funding Application and then submit your application via the online form by Friday 30 August 2019.

For any queries please contact socialjustice@ncl.ac.uk