About James Barker

James is a freelance journalist, who’s worked with Sky News, Global, and the BBC. He has a passion for storytelling.

He’s heading up the Stars of Sunderland project for the podcast Speak Up Sunderland, “celebrating the work of people who make a real difference in our city of Sunderland”.

Stars of Sunderland

Kate Townsend is the Coordinator of the Sunderland Foodbank Network.  Kate works tirelessly to organise donations across several foodbanks around Sunderland, and make sure that people don't go without food and other essentials.