Durham Community Action

Listen to our latest podcast episode, celebrating 40 years of #VolunteersWeek. Interviews include: NAVCA's CEO, Maddy Desforges & CEO of local community resource TCR The Hub, Rachel Tweddle. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Durham Community Action and Building Self Belief reflect on the impact Good to Grow Week has made in County Durham and chat about the power of volunteering to increase community gardening in the local area of Benfieldside in Consett. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for m...

This year's #VillageHallsWeek is celebrating everything village halls can do to ‘go green’. We spoke to Auckland Youth and Community Centre about their recent Investors in the Environment bronze accreditation and Croxdale Community Association about the impact of their community garden. Interviewees include: Business Development Manager at Auckland Youth and Community Centre John Wiseman & Cro...

This podcast episode focuses on the welcome spaces fund, a fund available to organisations in County Durham to host free weekly community spaces that aims to keep people warm, allow people to socialise and also receive advice and support. We will discuss what welcome spaces are, how you can apply for the £3,000 grant and the impact the fund has made to a local community building in County Durham....

This podcast episode celebrates Trustees’ Week as we celebrate the individual talents, viewpoints and experiences each trustee brings to their board. We will discuss why having a diverse board of Trustees makes such an impact, the importance of demystifying myths surrounding the role of a Trustee and advice if you’re thinking about becoming a Trustee. Interviewees include: Jan Worters (Chair of Du...

Durham Community Action chat to Graham Easterlow at East Durham Trust about the Horden Minewater Project. A former County Durham coal mine could be used to grow food and support local businesses in Horden. The feasibility study will explore various ways to use heat from the mine water and examine the infrastructure already installed. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hos...

This episode of the Durham Community Action podcast focuses on the Cree network, that consists of 40 Cree groups that operate to support and promote the health and wellbeing of County Durham residents. We chatted to service users at RT Projects, Just for Women and Dene Valley Community Partnership about what the Cree means to them and the impact it has had on their health and wellbeing. The specif...

Durham Community Action chat to Chris Connolly, chairman of Whorlton Village Hall about how the Hallmark process, community building energy efficiency grant and help from a local trade company has made an impact to their village hall and local community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See ac...

This episode of the Durham Community Action podcast focuses on the power of volunteering, a reflection on Volunteers' Week and the 'vision for volunteering', a ten-year collaborative project designed to create a better future for volunteering. We chatted to our volunteering specialist Charlotte Linton about the vision for volunteering and Samantha Townsend, volunteer coordinator at Auckland Youth...

This podcast focuses on energy efficiency and climate action within the voluntary and community sector. We chatted to Nathaniel Spain, Going Green Together Project Coordinator at VONNE about their climate action initiative and Heather Liddle, Trustee at Nettlesworth Community Centre about how the community building energy efficiency grant benefitted their centre to help improve their heating syste...

In this audio case study, we spoke to Helen Ward from Jack Drum Arts about their Winter Light Parade. Through the help of crowdfunding, Jack Drum Arts raised over £14,000 to produce their local cultural event. Listen to Helen chat about the benefits of crowdfunding and how you can start. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more in...

This episode celebrates Social Prescribing Day, an annual celebration of social prescribing, recognising link workers, local community groups and regional and national organisations which support people’s health and wellbeing. We chat to DCA's health and wellbeing co-ordinator Susan Garrett about social prescribing in County Durham and social prescribing link worker for Claypath and University Fai...

This week celebrates Village Halls Week (23rd - 27th January); the theme of this year’s campaign will look at how village halls can provide warm, welcoming and inclusive spaces, something which is especially important as the country faces a cost-of-living crisis. We chat to Naomi Stevens from County Durham Community Foundation about their warm spaces fund and Lynne from Fishburn Youth and Communit...

Durham Community Action chat to cree manager Lestryne Tweedy at Just for Women about their organisation and how the co-op local community fund has helped their centre. We also spoke to Just for Women volunteer Wendy about how volunteering has made a powerful impact in her life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....

This podcast focuses on safeguarding within the voluntary and community sector. We have chatted to our volunteering manager Abby Thompson about safeguarding in the voluntary and community sector in County Durham and Danny Mulholland from drug and alcohol recovery service 'Humankind' about what safeguarding means to their organisation and the importance of training and safeguarding policies & p...

Durham Community Action chat to Paula Nelson, manager at Shildon Alive about the work that they do for their local community, the importance of their community food hub and how the advice and support they received from DCA helped them to improve their organisation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Hosted on Ac...

Durham Community Action chat to Liam Weatherill from Wheels 2 Work County Durham about how the advice and support they received from DCA helped them to gain funding for their organisation. We also chat to DCA community development officers Tracy & Susan about community development training workshops and top tips for professional fundraising. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more info...