In 1998 the Mayor of Shinshiro in Japan took the initiative to invite representatives of seven other “Newcastles“ to his city. They have continued to meet every two years – in Neuchâtel, Switzerland in 2000, USA (Indiana/Pennsylvania) in 2002, South Africa 2004 & 2010, Newcastle-under-Lyme (UK) in 2006, Neuburg an der Donau, Germany in 2008, Newcastle upon Tyne (UK) in 2012, Nové Hrady in the Czech Republic in 2014, Newcastle Ontario, Canada in 2016 and Shinshiro City Japan again for our 20th anniversary in 2018. We then met again in Nové Hrady in October 2023 for the conference that was postponed from 2020 because of Covid-19. The next conference was in Jaunpils, Latvia from 8th to 15th August 2025, and the next will be in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany in the summer of 2027.

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2025 – JAUNPILS, LATVIA

YOU CAN VIEW THE PROGRAMME FOR OUR 2025 CONFERENCE HERE:

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A big thank you to Sharon Race for a wonderful film about the 2023 #newcastleoftheworld conference in Nové Hrady in the Czech Republic – the sights and sounds, the debates and the interviews – and more! It’s on this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZZLe3Hf0GA

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Here is the report from our 20th anniversary conference in Shinshiro, Japan

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Our 2016 conference was in Newcastle, Ontario, Canada – from 19th to 23rd September.

Here’s the report of the conference and its outcomes

newcastles-of-the-world-2016-conference-report

 

Our main conference themes:

How to create and support “age-friendly” Newcastles

Age-Friendly Newcastles – Discussion Paper

More information – https://newcastlesoftheworld.com/best-practice-information/ageing-population-needs-and-opportunities/

Promoting our “Newcastles” together – the “Newcastles Passport”

Tourists will be able access special offers from Newcastles of the World by signing up to our free Passport scheme. Each Newcastle taking part will carefully select a series of special offers just for visitors. These could be a customised visit programme, special discounts from local businesses, a meal with a host family, a guided tour, meet the Mayor or an exclusive visit to a historic building. The latest promotions will be shown on each Newcastle page taking part in the Passport scheme. The scheme as finalised at our Conference. and will be launched soon.

At the conference we also shared information about some of our other main areas of interest:

Promoting cohesion and strengthening civic identity, harnessing volunteering, philanthropy and citizen engagement

Information about earlier conferences is also held on the website of Shinshiro City:

http://www.city.shinshiro.lg.jp.e.ji.hp.transer.com/index.cfm/7,0,162,684,html

The 2014 Conference was held in Nové Hrady in the Czech Republic (above)

                     

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom 2012 (above)

Newcastle, South Africa 2010

Our first conference (above) – Shinshiro, Japan 1998