The Watson Family Charitable Trust

Our family charity was set up to help good causes in the NE & beyond. Projects include, providing bereavement services for NE children & educational support to children in deprived areas of the NE. We are also redeveloping a school in Uganda for disabled and orphaned children.

So excited that @NETimesMagazine IMPACT AWARDS are back! Do you know someone who has made their mark this year? We want to celebrate their achievements! Nominations are now OPEN - netimesmagazine.co.uk/impact-awards-… #ImpactAwards2019

A quick round up of the week; Students @percyhedley turned on St George's lights, @INTO_Newcastle students made christmas cards for the elderly, @RGSNewcastle perfomed Joseph and his technicolour dreamcoat and @West_Jes_School have finished the week with their X-mas fair!

St George’s has been the centre of jesmond for 130 years and tonight they lit up the church for the first time. The audience was treated to a special performance from a hearing-impaired choir from Percy Hedley School.

St George’s illuminated. #newcastle #jesmond #stgeorges

@JesmondStella @percyhedley Wasn’t it Stella - even though @StGeorgeJesmond was filled to the rafters, you could have heard a pin drop. Magical @percyhedley #northerncounties #signingchoir

This was the highlight of the event for me - thank you to all the @percyhedley performers, you were wonderful! #LightingUpJesmond twitter.com/LOstridge_news…

Loved the fireworks @StGeorgeJesmond #LightingUpJesmond event! @JesmondWendy @WatsonTrust #LoveJesmond #ChristmasIsComing

@StGeorgeJesmond Superb evening; what a tremendous turnout - thank you to all #LightingUpJesmond

@DavidJWhetstone @WatsonTrust @StGeorgeJesmond @TheJournalNews @jesmondlocal @JesmondStella @KeepJesClean @jesmonddenehous @JesmondDavid @OxfamBMJesmond Such a fantastic night David #lightingupjesmond with St George’s Church, #Jesmond - so sorry #sunderland lost out tonight #cityofculture - they’re still our culture favourite ⭐️ @NorthEastHour @ChronicleLive @MadeinTyneWear @whatsonne

What a dream! So excited for this! 6pm tonight @StGeorgeJesmond - come along! Huge thanks to @WatsonTrust for funding + organising this tremendous gift for Jesmond + the city! #LightingUpJesmond twitter.com/DavidJWhetston…

@DavidJWhetstone @StGeorgeJesmond @TheJournalNews @jesmondlocal @JesmondStella @KeepJesClean @jesmonddenehous @JesmondDavid @OxfamBMJesmond Thank you David - we are really looking forward to tonight #lightingupjesmond

See floodlights illuminate this fine building - @StGeorgeJesmond - on Osborne Road at 6pm tonight at Lighting Up Jesmond . It's been in the dark for 130 years!

#LightingUpJesmond is TONIGHT! If you live in #Jesmond #Gosforth etc come along - it starts at 6pm @northeasthour we are lighting up @StGeorgeJesmond for the 1st time in 130 years .. forever @jesmondlocal @whatsonne @whatsonnorth @ChronicleLive @MadeinTyneWear @neconnected

We are delighted that the children from Percy Hedley School (Northern Counties School) will “sign” Jingle Bells with the choir, Reverend Canon Brian Hurst, the Mayor, Bishop & the community, then the children will press the button to #LightUpJesmond forever 🎆 💫 ⭐️

RT #LightingUpJesmond Thurs 7th Dec at 6pm. St George’s Church, #Jesmond will be lit up for the 1st time in 130 years - all welcome