Newport Live

Newport Live a registered charity, Inspiring People to be Happier and Healthier
Newport Live
REGISTERED NAME
NEWPORT LIVE
REGISTERED NUMBER
1162220
ORGANISATION TYPE
Charity Commission England and Wales
YEAR OF REGISTRATION
2015
LOCATION
Wales: Newport
Last Updated:
12.06.2025
£11M

Turnover

290

Employees

50

Volunteers

Our Projects

Grant Offer ticket
Money
Date Matched
04/08/2025
Newport City Council
Matched with
Newport Live
RECIPIENT
Newport Live
Supporter
Newport City Council
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SUPPORTED PROJECT

The Riverfront Theatre seeks funding to launch a new, inclusive cultural programme co-created with local communities. Building on annual events like Black History 365, International Women’s Day and Lunar New Year, we’ll collaborate with Sudanese, Polish, Chinese, Hindu, and LGBTQ+ communities in Newport to develop year-round participatory arts and launch new celebration events, fostering shared ownership and create a vibrant cultural hub in Newport.

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Religious communities
  • Community
  • Marginalised or vulnerable groups
  • Children / Young People
  • The focus of this is on reaching and supporting new groups.
  • Community
  • We will set a minima engagement criteria of 500
  • Marginalised or vulnerable groups
  • We'll look to support at least 5 underrepresented groups
Timeline

August 2025

Project size

£30k p.a.

Value of Grant offer

£1k - £30k

Grant Offer ticket
Money
Date Matched
04/08/2025
Newport City Council
Matched with
Newport Live
RECIPIENT
Newport Live
Supporter
Newport City Council
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SUPPORTED PROJECT

The Community Outreach Programme combines two complementary initiatives designed to increase tennis participation across Newport. It includes a Primary Schools Outreach Programme, and a Community Tennis Programme based in local parks. Together, these projects aim to introduce tennis to children aged 5–11 and engage wider community members by delivering accessible, inclusive tennis coaching in schools and public spaces.

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES
  • Children / Young People
  • Children / Young People
  • 120 school class visits across 12 weeks.
  • Children / Young People
  • 24 hours of community based sessions across 12 weeks
  • Children / Young People
  • Engagements across schools/ nursaries and community sessions
Timeline

Ongoing

Project size

£19k p.a.

Value of Grant offer

£1k - £30k

Grant Offer ticket
Money
Date Matched
04/08/2025
Newport City Council
Matched with
Newport Live
RECIPIENT
Newport Live
Supporter
Newport City Council
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SUPPORTED PROJECT

Newport Live is seeking funding to widen access to community focused health and fitness provision, targetted at econmincally challenged residents. The provision would aim to expand one of our current programmes to increase the opportuntiy and places available to access high quaity, strucutured provision on a weekly basis. This would be acheived through the relocation of provision to a larger venue but also improve access to equipment through self powered options.

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES
  • The General Public / Mankind
  • Children / Young People
  • 20 people across 6-8 sessions per week - 30 weeks.
  • The General Public / Mankind
  • We would be aiming to engage and retain participants.
Timeline

Ongoing

Project size

£29k p.a.

Value of Grant offer

£1k - £30k

Grant Offer ticket
Money
Date Matched
04/08/2025
Newport City Council
Matched with
Newport Live
RECIPIENT
Newport Live
Supporter
Newport City Council
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SUPPORTED PROJECT

Newport Live is committed to reducing the barriers to physical activity. Easy access pool steps would allow individuals with disabilities and older people with mobility issues easy access into the Regional Pool at NISV. The Easy access steps would allow individuals to access the pool with dignity and importantly independently.

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES
  • Elderly / Old People
  • People with Disabilities
  • Children / Young People
  • Figure to include individuals, groups and members.
  • Elderly / Old People
  • Local 50+ Forum to promote to network, figure may increase .
  • People with Disabilities
  • May increase – Newport Access Group
Timeline

Ongoing

Project size

£6k p.a.

Value of Grant offer

£1k - £30k

Grant Offer ticket
Money
Date Matched
04/08/2025
Newport City Council
Matched with
Newport Live
RECIPIENT
Newport Live
Supporter
Newport City Council
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SUPPORTED PROJECT

The Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre is thrilled to announce the return of Wales’ largest free outdoor arts festival, Big Splash, taking place on Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th July 2025. Once again, Newport city centre will be transformed into a vibrant hub of creativity and celebration, following a turnout of over 25,000 visitors last year. The two-day festival features live music, street theatre, dance, workshops, crafts, and activities for all ages and is free to attend.

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES
  • Children / Young People
  • Children / Young People
  • 25,000 people attend, almost 1,000 people perform
  • The General Public / Mankind
  • 26k Festival attend & performers, 4k community engagement
Timeline

February 2025

Project size

£10k p.a.

Value of Grant offer

£1k - £30k

Grant Offer ticket
Money
Date Matched
09/09/2024
Newport City Council
Matched with
Newport Live
RECIPIENT
Newport Live
Supporter
Newport City Council
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SUPPORTED PROJECT

Newport Live have been working closely with KidCare4U one of Newport's key local community organisations to increase the opportunities for females of Muslim faith to access sport, leisure and cultural facilities. This has focussed primarily on the introduction of a highly popular female social swimming group and this has prompted the requirements to further expand the services and increase the opportunity and ability of Newport's ethnically diverse communities to access regular physical activity

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Children / Young People
  • The focus is on the health impact within the community.
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • We are currently engaged with over 100 on one programme
Timeline

Ongoing

Project size

£50k p.a.

Value of Grant offer

£1k

Grant Offer ticket
Money
Date Matched
21/06/2024
Newport City Council
Matched with
Newport Live
RECIPIENT
Newport Live
Supporter
Newport City Council
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SUPPORTED PROJECT

We will provide free arts and craft activities at The Riverfront Theatre and Arts Centre. This will be a day-long session of free arts and crafts for people to drop-in in a convenient accessible location. This breaks down barriers to engagement with the arts and supports the wellbeing of the diverse community across the city of Newport. This would take place monthly with increased sessions throughout school holidays.

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES
  • Children / Young People
  • Children / Young People
  • Typically 60+ young people and their families per session
  • Children / Young People
  • Typically 60+ young people and their families per session
Timeline

April 2024

Project size

£8k p.a.

Value of Grant offer

£1k

Grant Offer ticket
Money
Date Matched
21/06/2024
Newport City Council
Matched with
Newport Live
RECIPIENT
Newport Live
Supporter
Newport City Council
UN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS
SUPPORTED PROJECT

The Big Splash festival, an amazing Outdoor Arts Festival in Wales, provides access & opportunities to interact & enjoy the arts in the heart of the city. We want to further expand the festival welcoming over 20,000 people providing the communities of Newport, and Wales with the free festival to kick start the Summer Holiday. Offering increased variety of arts zones throughout the city centre with eclectic activity curated for all to experience how they choose, importantly for free and for all.

PROJECT BENEFICIARIES
  • Children / Young People
  • People with Disabilities
  • The General Public / Mankind
  • Children / Young People
  • Measured through interactions at each performance/act/craft
  • Children / Young People
  • Estimated totals, for many this is the first arts engagement
  • The General Public / Mankind
  • Estimated Totals, that see diverse communities come together
  • People with Disabilities
  • Paramount for us is to ensure accessibility for all.
Timeline

March 2024

Project size

£88k p.a.

Value of Grant offer

£1k

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