Wed 05 Feb
|Main Stage - Planetarium
Charlie Charlton - Wrap Up
Ignite Space 2025 host Charlie Charlton concludes day one of the event.
Time & Location
05 Feb 2025, 16:15 – 16:30
Main Stage - Planetarium
About the event
Speaker Information
Charlie Charlton is a prominent advocate for the North East. A journalist who's presented on award-winning local and national radio and TV for almost 20 years.
Charlie stepped down from her role of Senior Journalist with the BBC, to be a freelance interviewer and host of live events, video and podcasts.
Charlie is also now the Community Engagement Manager at Newcastle Helix, where she’s creating content for events, film and podcasts to help tell the ground-breaking stories coming out of this innovation site.
Leaving behind the world of daily news, and of interviewing Prime Ministers and celebrities, Charlie now focuses on uncovering stories that celebrate the North East and its people. Known for holding organisations to account, Charlie is not afraid to ask the difficult questions that can help drive the region forward.
Charlie became the first woman in the UK to host a day-long business conference with her baby in a sling. She was shortlisted for the prestigious Northern Power Women Awards 2023 - Agent of Change.
Charlie's especially interested in business and working mothers. The daughter of two local entrepreneurs, Charlie feels it’s the human stories behind business that can inspire future generations to live, study and work here in the North East.