# North East Museums Development Trust

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1137867
- **Other names:** TYNE &amp; WEAR ARCHIVES &amp; MUSEUMS DEVELOPMENT TRUST, TWAMDT
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [07334262](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07334262)
- **Registered:** Sept. 7, 2010
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1137867


## Contact

- **Address:** North East Museums, Discovery Museum, Blandford Square, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
- **Postcode:** NE1 4JA
- **Phone:** 07920 295748
- **Email:** jackie.reynolds@northeastmuseums.org.uk
- **Website:** https://www.northeastmuseums.org.uk/governance/arrangements#development-trust



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (PARTICULARLY, BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WITHIN THAT PART OF NORTH EAST ENGLAND IN WHICH NORTH EAST MUSEUMS OPERATE) BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE ACTIVITIES OF AN ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM SERVICE MANAGED BY NORTH EAST MUSEUMS AND TO VALUE IT FOR THE POSITIVE IMPACT THAT IT MAKES UPON THEIR LIVES;TO ADVANCE ART, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND SCIENCE BY SUPPORTING NORTH EAST MUSEUMS TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A WORLD CLASS ARCHIVE AND MUSEUM SERVICE THAT IS ACCESSIBLE AND  ENLIGHTENING;TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP BY SUPPORTING NORTH EAST MUSEUMS TO HELP TO EQUIP PEOPLE WITH THE CAPACITY TO UNDERSTAND AND OPERATE SUCCESSFULLY IN SOCIETY; ANDSUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

**Activities:** The Trust raises funds from individual donors, trust and foundations to support North East Museums achieve it&#x27;s strategic vision of ensuring everyone has access to museum provision, are able to use this access and to value it for the significant and positive impact that it makes upon their lives.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** TYNE &amp; WEAR
- Gateshead
- Newcastle Upon Tyne City
- North Tyneside
- Northumberland
- South Tyneside





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| Anna McCready |  | Sept. 18, 2019 |
| Charlotte Fleur Windebank |  | Oct. 1, 2017 |
| Christine Holland |  | Dec. 1, 2014 |
| Jane Elizabeth Robinson |  | Jan. 27, 2025 |
| John David Holmes |  | March 1, 2021 |
| Philip John Kite |  | March 1, 2021 |




