Partners:
- Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA)
- National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Environment Agency
- Caterpillar Foundation
- NE1
- Gateshead Council
- South Tyneside Council
- River Tees Rediscovered
- Tees Valley Combined Authority
- Blyth, Tyne, Wear and Esk Port Authorities
- Newcastle, Northumbria and Hull Universities
- Northumberland County Council
- Blyth Town Council
- Choppington Parish Council
- Ashington Town Council
- Newcastle Council
- North of Tyne Combined Authority
- Urban Green Newcastle
- Sunderland City Council
- Sunmac – Sunderland Marina
- Hartlepool Borough Council
- Middlesbrough Council
- Stockton Council
- Redcar and Cleveland Council
- Whitby Town Council
- Scarborough Borough Council
- Teesworks
- Anglo American