Lord Mayor Message

Nuatali Nelmes

It’s fair to say that we believe Newcastle is the best place to live, work and play anywhere in the world.

But while there’s plenty to love about our incredible city today, we always need to keep our focus on tomorrow, and on how we can continue to enjoy this place we love – long into the future.

That’s why we’ve created Newcastle 2040: our shared vision for achieving a liveable, sustainable, inclusive global city.

Newcastle 2040 has been developed in consultation with you, the community, over a period of 12 months. It represents the collaboration of thousands of interactions, including face-to-face conversations, workshops, surveys, online feedback, advisory committees and stakeholder engagement.

Through this community consultation, we have developed four key themes that reflect the aspirations and values of the Newcastle community: Liveable Newcastle

Sustainable Newcastle

Creative Newcastle

Achieving Together

These themes are integral to the future of Newcastle and are underpinned by our commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The next decade is set to be an exciting and rewarding time for all of us as Newcastle grows from a great regional city to an emerging global city.

I invite you to dream big and join us to make our city a better place for everyone.

Councillor Nuatali Nelmes Lord Mayor of Newcastle