130 volunteers provide here a vital lifeline of food, friendship and a future to the most disadvantaged, homeless and vulnerable in and around Newcastle. In 2014, the charitable organisation won the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service, the equivalent of an MBE, and the highest honour it could achieve in its field. Link
The building itself is Grade II Listed, formerly The Second Church of Christ Scientist built in 1878.
Tyne and Wear HER (6866): Newcastle, Bath Lane, No. 56, meeting house Link
Newcastle's 'new' co-op was built on Newgate Street in 1932. Although 'art decor' in style, it gave more than a nod to Egypt where Howard Carter's discovery of Tutankhamun's tomb had just taken place. See http://www.timmonet.co.uk/html/newcastle_co-op.htm