Senior staff members gifts and hospitality 2024 / 25

See below for a record of gifts and hospitality offered to Council staff for 2024/25.

The following staff members were offered gifts and hospitality:

Jonathan Tew 

Bruce Springsteen Concert - declined

  • Provided by: SAFC
  • Value: N/A

Cultural Event: Best of South Tyneside Awards

  • Provided by: Invitation from Leader of the Council
  • Date accepted: 20 June 2024
  • Value: Not known, more than £25

Sport event - NUFC v Southampton x 2 tickets

  • Provided by: Newcastle Airport 
  • Date accepted: 17 August 2024
  • Value: Not known, more than £25

Sport event - SAFC v Oxford x 2 tickets

  • Provided by: SAFC 
  • Date accepted: 31 October 2024
  • Value: Not known, more than £25

Evening meal

  • Provided by: PwC's Annual Local Government Dinner
  • Date accepted: 31 October 2024
  • Value: Not known, more than £25

Paul McCann

Paul McCann (Head of Pensions) accepted the following gifts / hospitality:

Evening meal

A fund manager with a long-standing relationship with the Fund hosted a networking event for a number of LGPS funds.

Ninety One are a manager appointed by Border to Coast and therefore manage some of the Fund's money.

  • Provided by: Ninety One, 55 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7EL
  • Date accepted: 11 June 2024
  • Value: Approximately £40

Meal at a restaurant

Evening meal before attending a pensions conference. The hospitality was provided by M&G who manage a residential property portfolio and two infrastructure mandates for Tyne and Wear Pension Fund.

  • Provided by: M&G Investments, 10 Fenchurch Avenue, London, EC3M 5AG
  • Date accepted: 8 October 2024
  • Value: Approximately £40

Neil Sellstrom

Meal at a restaurant

Evening meal and drinks whilst in London attending a conference. The hospitality was accepted and provided by Pantheon, who regularly attend training events to Pensions Committee and the Local Pension Board.

  • Provided by: Rob Barr, Pantheon Ventures LLP, 10 Finsbury Square, 4th Floor, London, EC2A 1AF 
  • Date accepted: 30 March 2024
  • Value: Approximately £70

Meal at a restaurant

Evening meal before attending a pensions conference. The hospitality was provided by M&G who manage a residential property portfolio and two infrastructure mandates for Tyne and Wear Pension Fund.

  • Provided by: M&G Investments, 10 Fenchurch Avenue, London EC3M 5AG
  • Date accepted: 8 October 2024
  • Value: Approximately £40

Helen Wilson

Box of biscuits

A gift after the successful completion of the training event for members of Pensions Committee and the Local Pension Board.

  • Provided by: The Events Team at Doubletree by Hilton Hotel, Granary Wharf, 2 Wharf Approach, Leeds, LS1 4BR 
  • Date accepted: 18 October 2024
  • Value: £22.50