 Heritage Lottery grants enabled the development of the ideas and the creation of a new charity and limited company now named The Common Room of the Great North.Neville Hall and the NEIMME Library collections - books, journals, reports, maps, photographs, archives, etc - all legally transferred to The Common Room on 1 March 2019.Most of the material is in store until Neville Hall reopens in Autumn 2020 after refurbishment.