Councillors gifts and hospitality 2024 / 25
See below for the councillors' record of gifts and hospitality for 2024 to 2025.
The following councillors were offered gifts and hospitality:
- Councillor Tracey Dixon
- Councillor Ruth Berkley
- Councillor Judith Taylor
- Councillor Jane Carter
- Councillor Steven Harrison
- Councillor Paul Dean
- Councillor Shane Smith
- Councillor Liz McHugh
- Councillor Stephen Dean
- Councillor Joyce Welsh
- Councillor Richard Porthouse
Cllr Tracey Dixon
Councillor Dixon accepted the following gifts / hospitality:
Ticket and hospitality to see concert at the Stadium of Light
- Provided by: Sunderland Association Football Club
- Date accepted: 22 May 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
Great North Run hospitality (including food and refreshments)
- Attended as Leader of Council the GNR, Charity Community event
- Provider: The Great North Run Company
- Date accepted: 8 September 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
SAFC match ticket (including food and refreshments)
- Attended as Leader of Council with partner
- Provider: David Bunch, Chief Executive, Sunderland Association Football Club
- Date accepted: 28 October 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
Cllr Ruth Berkley
Councillor Berkley accepted the following gifts / hospitality:
Ticket to attend Jordan Rakei and Royal Northern Sinfonia at the Glasshouse, Gateshead to include pre-concert refreshments
- Attended on behalf of the Leader of the Council
- Provided by: Sam Jackson, Controller of BBC Radio 3 & BBC Proms, Abigail Pogson, Managing Director, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music
- Date accepted: 22 July 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
Great North Run hospitality (including food and refreshments)
- Provided by: A J Bell, Great North Run company
- Date accepted: 13 September 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
CNTW Staff Awards as a Member of Council of Governor
- Provided by: CNTW
- Date accepted: 27 September 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
RICS UK Awards (won award for Viking Energy Network Jarrow (VENJ) South Tyneside).
Invited as Lead Member and as a guest of Collide who hosted table.
- Provided by: Collide
- Date accepted: 9 October 2024
- Value: More than £25
Cllr Judith Taylor
Councillor Taylor accepted the following gifts / hospitality:
Great North Run hospitality (including food and refreshments)
- Provided by: AJ Bell, The Great North Run Company
- Date accepted: 8 Septembr 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
Cllr Jane Carter
Councillor Carter accepted the following gifts / hospitality:
Great North Run hospitality (including food and refreshments)
- Provided by: The Great North Run Company
- Date accepted: 9 September 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
RICS UK Awards (won award for Viking Energy Network Jarrow (VENJ) South Tyneside).
Invited as Lead Member and as a guest of Collide who hosted table.
- Provided by: Collide
- Date accepted: 9 October 2024
- Value: More than £25
Cllr Steven Harrison
Hospitality at Great North Run 2024
Attended as guest of Victoria Harrison who was invited by the Mayor of the Council to the GNR Charity Community event
- Provided by: A J Bell, Great North Run Company
- Date accepted: 9 September 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
Cllr Paul Dean
Great North Run hospitality (including food and refreshments)
- Provided by: A J Bell, Great North Run Company
- Date accepted: 10 September 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
Cllr Shane Smith
Great North Run hospitality (including food and refreshments)
- Provided by: A J Bell, Great North Run company
- Date accepted: 12 September 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
Cllr Liz McHugh
Great North Run hospitality (including food and refreshments)
- Provided by: A J Bell, Great North Run company
- Date accepted: 16 September 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
RICS UK Awards (won award for Viking Energy Network Jarrow (VENJ) South Tyneside).
Invited as Lead Member and as a guest of Collide who hosted table.
- Provided by: Collide
- Date accepted: 9 October 2024
- Value: More than £25
Cllr Stephen Dean
Great North Run hospitality (including food and refreshments)
- Provided by: A J Bell, Great North Run Company
- Date accepted: 17 September 2024
- Value: Not known, more than £25
Cllr Joyce Welsh
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
Cllr Richard Porthouse
RICS UK Awards (won award for Viking Energy Network Jarrow (VENJ) South Tyneside).
Invited as Lead Member and as a guest of Collide who hosted table.
- Provided by: Collide
- Date accepted: 9 October 2024
- Value: More than £25