Thanks to the many donations we received from individuals and organisations throughout the region in the last month, we have been able to provide food parcels to a large number of struggling families and individuals in East Durham through our FEED project. In June alone, we sent out 339 food parcels which fed 235 adults and 156 children from all walks of life during a time of personal financial crisis.

Here is an example of one of the individuals your generosity and kindness has helped recently:

D is struggling financially. She is pregnant and living with her partner’s parents. All of her finances are being used for baby items.

Further information on our FEED project is available HERE.

Sadly, our FEED stocks are desperately low again, as we continue to experience increasing demand on a daily basis. In particular, as today's photos of our bare shelves can testify, we are almost completely out of such staple items as tinned meat, tinned fish, tinned vegetables, tinned potatoes, tinned fruit, etc.; as well as packets of dried pasta, noodles and rice. Basically, we urgently need donations of all staple non-perishable food items, as well as general toiletries, baby items, etc.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you!

Further information on our FEED project is available HERE.

East Durham Creates is at the Baltic Mill, Newcastle today for the launch of Arts Council England's Digital Culture Network and seeing how these skills can support us to engage more people in arts and culture

Horden Hub House's very first walking group in partnership with County Durham Wellbeing For Life Service took place today, an amazing turn out with more people to come next week! Well done everyone!

NHS DURHAM DALES, EASINGTON AND SEDGEFIELD
CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP
and
NHS NORTH DURHAM CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP
 
Meeting to be held in Public
 
Durham Dales, Easington and Sedgefield (DDES) CCG and North Durham CCG are working increasingly closely together.  The two CCGs work in partnership with the same main providers of health services and together cover the same geographical area as Durham County Council.   A meeting of the Primary Care Commissioning Committees has been convened and members of the public can observe their work on:
 
Tuesday 16 July 2019 at:
 
The Durham Indoor Bowling Club, off Rylands Way, Pity Me,
Durham, DH1 5GE
 
From 1.00pm to 2.30pm
 
 
In order to ensure that appropriate seating is provided, please register your attendance (informing of any special requirements) with Susan Parr on 0191 389 8621 or email: [email protected].
 
Questions for the Primary Care Commissioning Committees in Common should be submitted to Susan Parr no later than 12 noon on Friday 12 July 2019.  The meeting agenda and papers will be available prior to the meeting online at both: www.durhamdaleseasingtonsedgefieldccg.nhs.uk  and www.northdurhamccg.nhs.uk

Here is a selection of photos from our 'Art of the Matter' after-school family arts & crafts activity at East Durham Trust today.

A huge "Thank you" to Catherine Brown and staff at Spectrum 5, Seaham for their generous donation to our FEED foodbank this afternoon.

Further information on our FEED project is available HERE.

We are looking for volunteer catering assistants and volunteer drivers for our People's Takeaway project (Monday-Friday).

We are coming up to the school summer holiday period and will be running a number of free Family Activities with free food at various venues throughout East Durham. The free food will be provided through the People's Takeaway project, so we are particularly needing extra volunteers throughout this period.

Even if you can only spare a few hours it would help us enormously and you would be supporting many vulnerable people in need throughout your local community.

Could you spare a few hours throughout the week over the summer? If so, please contact Colin at East Durham Trust on 0191 5693511 or inbox your contact details and we will call you.

Further information about the opportunities can be found HERE.

Here are some photos of the JCCT Knit & Natter Friendship Group at Roseby Road Wellbeing Centre, Horden, a recently-completed 'Let's Create' project for East Durham Creates. The group is now hoping to start up again in the wintertime.

A huge "Thank you" to Janine Green (pictured here with our CEO Malcolm Fallow) and staff at HMRC, Waterview Park, Washington for their large and generous donation to our FEED Project today, which couldn't have arrived at a better a time as our foodbank shelves had been almost bare yet again, as demand for food parcels continues to soar.

​Further information on FEED is available HERE.

"Thank you" to the East Durham Active Men's Group at Horden Hub House for donating their crop of potatoes to our FEED Project today.

​Further information on FEED is available HERE.
​Further information on Horden Hub House is available HERE.

Over the past few weeks we have been working with our resettled families from Iraq and Syria holding workshops to introduce them to different types of art.

They have experienced playing steel drums - much to the East Durham Trust's office's enjoyment, made headpieces, origami and did willow weaving today.

​We hope to continue working with our Resettled Families and in the process make them feel welcome and a part of our local community.

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