Congratulations to Julie for completing her skydive on Saturday 12th September in aid of Action for Children - as you can see from the photographs she had a great time.

We are now looking ahead to Byte Night, which is taking place on October 2 at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, where all of the team will sleep rough to experience what it is like to be homeless.

As we continue to work towards our £3,000 fundraising target we would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who has supported us so far.

The Bond team is working hard to recruit members to Byte Night and raise as much money for Action for Children as possible. So far numbers for Byte Night are up 100 per cent on last year which is a fantastic achievement.

We are continuing to urge businesses across the region to sign up and help change the lives of young people across North East in just one night. For further information or to register for Byte Night, please visit www.bytenight.org.uk.

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