Award Winning
The achievements of the Northern
Kites Project was recognised
through a number of awards. In
July 2008, the volunteers won the
regional Heritage Heroes Award in
the Nationwide Building Society’s
Heritage and Community Awards.
2008; the Northumberland Wildlife
Volunteers were also short-listed
Trust’s Conservation Award in the
in February 2009, in both the
business category, and the CBS
community group and individual
Outdoor Marketing
volunteer categories of the Evening
Chronicle’s 2008 Environmental
Award at the UK Bus Awards
Awards, the Project was short-listed
Bus Award in recognition of the
in the best environmental projects
distinctive branding of its Red
category. For its innovative socio-
Kite bus fl eet. In June 2009,
economic work, the Project, in
Northumbrian Water received a
July 2009, received one of three
‘Big Tick’ award in the prestigious
national commendations from the
Business in the Communities’
Centre for Local Economic Studies.
Power in Partnership Scheme for
Businesses associated with the
its work with Northern Kites.
Project were also rewarded. Go
North East won two awards in
Cultural Kites at
the BALTIC
To celebrate the work of the Project,
and to thank everyone that made
the Northern Kites such a success,
on 20 June 2009, in a spectacular
event, the world’s biggest red kite,
with a 23m wingspan, was ‘fl own’
in Baltic Square, Gateshead. Over
150 people that helped the Project,
over its fi ve years of work, held up
mosaic tiles to create the bird that
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has made such a huge impact on
the North East. Captured on fi lm,
and given wide media exposure,
this was a fi tting end to the Northern
Kites Project.
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