Two North East schemes make it into SE100 list

TWO organisations in the North East have been included in a list of the UK's top social enterprises.

- GRAEME WHITFIELD

Newcastle's Big River Bakery and Gateshead-based The Skill Mill have both made the SE100 list published each year by Pioneers Post and Social & Community Capital, the independent social investment charity set up by NatWest bank.

The Skill Mill, which was set up in 2013, provides employment opportunities in water and land based management for ex-offenders. The organisation runs a number of schemes in the North East and further afield and has seen significant success in reducing re-offending rates for those on its programmes.