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Newcastle City Council FOI archive on The Recruitment Junction

This page links to the complete set of redacted documents released by Newcastle City Council in response to a Freedom of Information request about The Recruitment Junction. The documents are hosted in a public GitHub repository for stability, verification and ease of access.

What you will find here: CLLD funding claims and guidance, UK Shared Prosperity Fund People and Skills material, Work and Thrive partnership emails, Newcastle Fund small grants correspondence and monitoring forms, plus related progress reports and case studies. All files are exactly as supplied by the council, with redactions preserved.
Open the full FOI archive on GitHub Browse every folder and document released by Newcastle City Council in one place, or download the archive as a ZIP for offline review. Read the article that explains the archive Background on why this disclosure matters, how it links to the £130,000 plus public funding discrepancy and how commissioners and regulators can use it.
Newcastle City Council FOI Public funding records Evidence led Independent of the charity

Browse the Newcastle City Council FOI folders

The archive keeps the original folder names and filenames supplied by Newcastle City Council so that commissioners, auditors and journalists can cross check them against internal systems or other disclosures. Each card below opens the corresponding folder in the public GitHub repository.

  • CCLD - Progress Reports

    Progress reports, outputs and related documentation linked to Community Led Local Development (CLLD) work involving The Recruitment Junction.

    Source: Newcastle City Council FOI disclosure Open CCLD progress reports

  • Folder1 - CLLD and TRJ correspondence

    Q1 CLLD claim material, evaluation documents, outputs guidance, City of Sanctuary Forum correspondence and related TRJ emails.

    FOI folder name: Folder1 Open Folder1 on GitHub

  • Folder2 - Kickstart, NEP and UKSPF early correspondence

    Kickstart placements, Newcastle Employment Partnership launch material, supplier number checks, invoice updates and early UKSPF discussions.

    FOI folder name: Folder2 Open Folder2 on GitHub

  • Folder3 - UKSPF People and Skills and CLLD follow ups

    UKSPF People and Skills engagement with VCSE partners, verified participant records, funding questions and follow up CLLD correspondence.

    FOI folder name: Folder3 Open Folder3 on GitHub

  • Folder4 - CLLD meetings, Work and Thrive and employer engagement

    CLLD meeting notes, Work and Thrive partnership work, output and result trackers, project extension requests and evidence queries linked to TRJ.

    FOI folder name: Folder4 Open Folder4 on GitHub

  • Folder5 - Additional CLLD, UKSPF and Newcastle Fund material

    Additional Work and Thrive material, ESF data sharing, Newcastle Fund small grants documentation, missing information queries and TRJ participant lists.

    FOI folder name: Folder5 Open Folder5 on GitHub

  • Folder6 - Work and Thrive, ESF data and Newcastle Fund small grants

    Work and Thrive outputs and planning, ESF participant information, intervention lists, payment discussions and further Newcastle Fund evidence.

    FOI folder name: Folder6 Open Folder6 on GitHub

  • NF-Correspondence - Newcastle Fund emails

    Small grant programme email trail including application queries, eligibility checks and confirmation of grant awards linked to The Recruitment Junction.

    FOI folder name: NF-Correspondence Open NF-Correspondence

  • NF-Monitoring - Newcastle Fund monitoring forms

    Monitoring forms and case studies submitted by The Recruitment Junction as part of Newcastle Fund grant conditions, including outcomes and narrative reports.

    FOI folder name: NF-Monitoring Open NF-Monitoring

All material is released under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Personal data was redacted by Newcastle City Council prior to disclosure. Publication here is for public interest reporting, scrutiny by funders and regulators and for affected service users who need to see the underlying record.

Related public interest coverage

  • Public funding breakdown

    Verified figures from councils and commissioners, including Newcastle City Council and North of Tyne Combined Authority, compared with The Recruitment Junction's public claims about funding.

    Open funding page

  • Evidence archive

    Complaint responses, safeguarding material, screenshots and other documents that sit alongside the FOI disclosure to show how the charity behaves in practice.

    Open evidence page

  • Trustees and governance

    Overview of the board, their public roles and how those responsibilities intersect with funding, safeguarding and equality duties when problems are raised.

    View trustees page