East Durham Creates Dawdon Cultural Hub brings Unfolding Theatre's Multiverse Arcade to East Durham25/7/2019
 Our East Durham Creates Dawdon Cultural Hub is bringing Unfolding Theatre's Multiverse Arcade to East Durham this month.
Dawdon Community Centre worked with Unfolding Theatre during Everything There Ever Was and have further established their relationship due to Cultural Hubs. Creative People and Places Arts Council England
Here is a selection of photos from Popple's Tales latest showing of 'Flicker', a 'Let's Create' project for East Durham Creates, at Roseby Road Wellbeing Centre, Horden today. The next showing of 'Flicker' is at Eastlea Community Centre, Seaham on Thursday 1st August at 4pm. A town made of light has begun to darken. Join the adventure to find it once more. In a town with no lights no one is ever scared of the dark. Who could be scared of darkness when you make your own light? Everybody has their own unique light and with so many beautiful lights the town is a vibrant glow of colour! But what would happen to a town so bright the lights began to flicker? Join the tale with the whole family as a group of brave explorers go in search of the missing lights, will they be able to return the glow?  A town made of light has begun to darken. Join the adventure to find it once more.
In a town with no lights no one is ever scared of the dark. Who could be scared of darkness when you make your own light? Everybody has their own unique light and with so many beautiful lights the town is a vibrant glow of colour! But what would happen to a town so bright the lights began to flicker? Join the tale with the whole family as a group of brave explorers go in search of the missing lights, will they be able to return the glow? This afternoon marked the final session of our current Budgeting & Financial Wellbeing Course. For details of the next Course (5 sessions in September/October) and how to book a place, contact Kylie on 0191 5693511 or [email protected] 
  Summer family fun at the Greenhills Centre, Wheatley Hill got off to a great start with over 150 adults and children attending their family fun day. This event saw the launch of their Three Villages project supported by East Durham Trust and funded by the Believe Housing Group.
This project will see hundreds of families access free activities right up until December 2019. At this afternoon's Free School Holiday Family Activity Session at Healthworks, Easington, families enjoyed a buffet lunch and a varied fun activity which involved making and decorating musical instruments from recycled materials.
Details of our 6-week School Holiday Sessions Programme (with buffet lunch included), including Timetable of Activities are available HERE. The Timetable can also be downloaded HERE.  A huge and very special "Thank you" to Ruby, who came in today with her own personal donation to our FEED project, which she had put together herself.
Her wonderful and selfless generosity is a massive help in enabling us to support families and individuals in financial crisis as the summer holiday period begins and we see increasing demand for food parcels. Further information on our FEED project is available HERE.  "Thank you" to Peterlee Beavers, Cubs & Scouts 3rd Division for a generous donation towards our FEED project this afternoon.
During the summer holiday period we expect to see increased levels of demand for food parcels, so this contribution will go a long way towards enabling us to support many struggling families and individuals at this time. Further information on our FEED project is available HERE. Check out this short video clip (Filmed by Huckleberry Films) of the Creative People and Places 'Art of Wellbeing' event at the University of Central Lancashire in Burnley last month, at which our CEO Malcolm spoke and chaired a panel.
The event was hosted by Super Slow Way and supported by the Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance. Our Free School Holiday Sessions got off to a great start today at East Durham Trust with families enjoying an Arts & Crafts session full of activities at which they took part in making lots of different things including solar systems and miners'-style banners. Afterwards, they all enjoyed a buffet tea. We have a packed programme of free family events with buffet included coming up at a number of venues throughout the whole of East Durham over the next 6 weeks including Arts & Crafts, Music, Furniture Upcycling, Digital Skills, Sports & Fitness and more. The full programme of events is available to download HERE. And for further details, see below:   
"Thank you" to the group of volunteers from NCS (National Citizen Service) for calling in to East Durham Trust this afternoon and helping to sort FEED donations.
They also brought with them their own FEED donation, and are regular donators to our foodbank service. Further information on our FEED project is available HERE.  A huge "Thank you" on this first day of the summer holiday period to Easington Constituency Labour Party for an incredible donation of items towards our FEED project this morning.
Our already over-stretched foodbank service (which has seen referrals for food parcels more than double in the last year) is set to see increasing demand throughout the holiday period, so this, and all the other generous donations we are currently receiving, will each go a long way in enabling us to support many struggling families and individuals at this time. Further information on our FEED project is available HERE. East Durham Creates transformation of Seaham Skate Park has begun with local local young people who use it. They have helped to design graffiti that will be sprayed over the next few days.
We would love to see more young people who use the park come down and help graffiti artists Creative Ginger and Michelle Harland - Community Artist. They will be at the park between 11am-4pm Tuesday and Wednesday.
 "Thank you" to Shotton Colts Juniors, their families and friends for a generous donation towards our FEED project today.
This donation will help East Durham Trust meet increasing demand for food parcels from struggling families and individuals during the summer holiday period. Further information on FEED is available HERE. 
"Welcome" James (one of our regular East Durham Trust and East Durham Creates volunteers) to our People's Takeaway Team on his first day making pizzas for our People's Takeaway project.
The People's Takeaway provides pizzas to struggling families and individuals throughout East Durham every Friday. We have recently been recruiting extra volunteers to the project in order to provide additional pizzas at our various family activity sessions throughout the school holiday period. The People's Takeaway project is supported by: Comic Relief Believe Housing Limited Further information on the People's Takeaway is available HERE.
"Welcome" James (one of our regular East Durham Trust and East Durham Creates volunteers) to our People's Takeaway Team on his first day making pizzas for our People's Takeaway project.
The People's Takeaway provides pizzas to struggling families and individuals throughout East Durham every Friday. We have recently been recruiting extra volunteers to the project in order to provide additional pizzas at our various family activity sessions throughout the school holiday period. The People's Takeaway project is supported by: Comic Relief Believe Housing Limited Further information on the People's Takeaway is available HERE.  A huge "Thank you" to everyone at Spectrum 5 in Seaham for their generous donation towards our FEED project this afternoon.
Our foodbank is seeing increasing demand on a daily basis and is particularly stretched during the summer holiday period as more and more families, as well as struggling individuals, urgently require food parcels. So, each and every donation is vital to enabling us to support all of those people in need throughout East Durham at this time. Further information on our FEED project is available HERE.  At this afternoon's 'Art of the Matter' Free After-School Family Arts & Crafts Session at East Durham Trust, the Group enjoyed making (and eating!) pizzas, toffee boxes, peg puppets and spoon lizards.
'Art of the Matter' is supported by the National Lottery Community Fund
 A huge "Thank you" to Emma Metcalf (HR Officer) and the staff at the ZF Group, Peterlee for a generous donation towards our FEED project this afternoon.
The staff ran a 2-week Food Bank drive after seeing our post on social media. It is the second campaign they have run for us after a successful drive at Christmas. Emma advertised the drive and received donations from all sections of the business, which they are really thankful for. We are also extremely grateful for the all-round support that was shown. Throughout the summer holiday period we will see a huge increase in demand for food parcels, so each donation we receive goes a long way to helping support our foodbank service. Every little helps! Further information on our FEED project is available HERE. Friday 22nd November 2019, 8.30 am till 4.00 pm
South Tees LRI, The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough Event overview: This awareness day will provide various presentations from key note speakers on topics around head and neck cancer. Presentations include:
Target Audience: GP’s, District Nurses, Community Macmillan, Hospice Staff, Hospital Staff and Dental Practices Event Venue: South Tees LRI, The James Cook University Hospital, Marton Road, Middlesbrough, TS4 3BW This event is free of charge to attend Please book early to avoid disappointment as places are limited REGISTER NOW ONLINE @ www.conferencessouthtees.co.uk  If you are eligible for an annual, free NHS flu vaccination then your views are important to us.
Healthwatch County Durham has been asked by Durham County Council’s Public Health team to gather feedback on what people think about the flu vaccination. We want to find out what discourages eligible people from getting their free flu vaccination and find out what would encourage people to get vaccinated. We would be grateful if you could complete the questionnaire below. All responses are anonymous. Please find the link to the questionnaire here: NHS Flu Vaccination Questionnaire   "Thank you" to Liz Peart (pictured above with our CEO Malcolm) and all the staff at Beamish Museum for a generous donation of items towards our FEED project this afternoon.
Every donation is a huge help at this time of year as demand inevitably rises throughout the summer holiday period. Further information on our FEED project is available HERE.   "Thank you" to Pat Barker from the CAFE Together Project, Easington for bringing in a generous donation to our FEED project from the Church of St. Mary the Virgin, Easington Village this afternoon.
"Thank you" to everyone from St. Mary's who donated, your contribution will go a long way to support struggling families and individuals throughout the summer holiday period. Further information on our FEED project is available HERE.    "Thank you" to staff and customers at Sainsbury's, Grampian Road, Peterlee for their generous donation towards our FEED project this afternoon.
As we experience increasing levels of demand for food parcels during the holiday period, every donation goes a long towards helping us support families and individuals in need. Further information on our FEED project is available HERE.   We will be providing a range of activities in former mining communities throughout July and August and are well aware that many local people will not be in a position to pay to take part. With issues such as high unemployment, rising childcare costs and Universal Credit impacting on household income the Trust will be providing free activities for families and in many cases are also providing free food as part of the package.
We are also bracing for an increase in demand for it’s services such as the East Durham Foodbank, The “People’s Takeaway” food delivery service and advice sessions in areas such as benefits and debt. The holiday activities have been made possible thanks to funding from Durham County Council and the National Lottery Community Fund. Anyone wishing to find out about the full programme of activity should contact East Durham Trust on 0191 5693511, check out the link HERE, or download a pdf version of the Programme HERE.  Did you know that it has been 50 years since Apollo Pavilion was built this year and that it coincided with the first man walking on the moon - hence why it is named the APOLLO Pavilion?
East Durham Creates is working with Peterlee Pavilion to bring you a FREE Apollo Cinema tomorrow evening to celebrate all the moon landing and The Apollo Pavilion's 50th Birthday. There will be FREE art activities happening from 2:30pm to make your own rocket inspired popcorn holder to fill up with free popcorn and enjoy one of the movies below: 3.45pm - A Grand Day Out 4.15pm - Moon Man 6.25pm - First Man This event is part of Durham County Council's Apollo 50 Birthday Party event happening throughout the day. For further information follow the link: HERE. |
