Whickham is a town in Gateshead, the North East Combined Authority area. About 15,700 people live there (Census 2021).
As of 1 November 2026, businesses in Whickham can apply to the 367 schemes open across Gateshead; 68 of them are only for Gateshead or the North East Combined Authority area. Updated 1 Nov 2026.
In-person events in the next 30 days in Whickham, then within about five miles of it. 58 online events are open to anyone.
Tue 3 Nov
Feeding Families HQ / Blaydon Packing Centre · about 1 mile outside · North East Chamber of Commerce · Free
Wed 18 Nov
Newcastle · about 2 miles outside · Sunderland Software City
Thu 19 Nov08:30
Beamish Hall Hotel · about 3 miles outside · Business Durham
Schemes for Gateshead or the North East Combined Authority area, not for the whole region, which businesses in Whickham can apply to.
Smarta
Free one-to-one coaching and strategy consulting for established SMEs and some startups in Gateshead wanting to scale up, focusing on growth strategy, innovation, efficiency, investment readiness and leadership.
North East BIC
Support for social entrepreneurs to change the world by doing business for good, delivered by the North East BIC as a not-for-profit social enterprise.
UMi
A £3.5 million UK Shared Prosperity Fund programme supporting business growth in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland and Sunderland.
North East BIC
Support for socially trading organisations and purpose-led businesses to start up or grow their trading income, including training, advice and business development support.
Gateshead Council, North East Enterprise Agency Ltd (NEEAL)
Digital skills support for town centre businesses in Gateshead: a digital audit of the business's website, social media and search, then up to 10 hours of one-to-one help from an adviser to make and work through a Digital Action Plan.
North East Enterprise Agency Ltd (NEEAL)
Support for individuals starting their own business or in early-stage trading, including 1-to-1 advice, workshops and mentoring.
Local services that help businesses in Whickham and the rest of Gateshead. Each number is from the organisation's own website.
Impartial advice, links to support and help finding finance for existing North East businesses.
North East Enterprise Agency (NEEAL)
Fully funded one-to-one advice, workshops and training for people starting a business.
See North East Enterprise Agency Ltd (NEEAL) on Local Landscape
Business Gateshead (Gateshead Council)
Gateshead Council's free one-to-one business advice for start-ups and existing businesses.
Your chamber of commerce: North East England Chamber of Commerce (0300 303 6322)
Open to businesses in Whickham, local and national, soonest first.
What it does, how long it has been going, how many people work there, what it needs help with and what it is looking for: the best matches for Gateshead come first.
No business in Whickham has listed itself yet. Is yours here? List it, free: we read your website to say what you do and pin you on the map at Whickham.
Whickham is a town in Gateshead, the North East Combined Authority area. The darker shape is the built-up area the Office for National Statistics counts as Whickham; the lighter ones are the towns around it, each with its own page.
Council areas next to Gateshead: County Durham, Northumberland, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Tyneside, Sunderland
Boundaries from the Office for National Statistics (built-up areas, 2022).
Local Landscape gathers these details automatically from public web pages, and only some have been checked by a person, so check them with the organisation before you apply. Part of Gateshead. Every area