Royle Family star Ricky Tomlinson will open an extension to an East Durham foodbank next month.
Charity Foodbank East Durham Trust says the roll-out of Universal Credit scheme across the area has led to it stepping up its efforts in relation to emergency food parcels in former mining communities. The trust will be supported by the former Brookside star as it opens a new storage facility for its Peterlee foodbank next Saturday, March 2. Read the full article here. A job club has 500 reasons to celebrate after reaching a milestone in helping people find the foot on the career ladder.
The Peterlee Job Club is one of nine that operate across East Durham, giving people a place to make job searches and update CVs in venues much closer to home and are less formal than Government-funded centres such as jobcentres and colleges. To mark its achievement of reaching 500 attendees, Police, Crime and Victims’ Commissioner for County Durham and Darlington, Ron Hogg, visited to present a certificate to commemorate the landmark figure. The Job Club is part of the Stop Poverty In East Durham (SPIED) project, which is managed by East Durham Trust. Read the full article here. |
LocationEast Durham Trust
Community House Yoden Road Peterlee SR8 5DP T: 0191 5693511 Charity No: 1117642 Company No: 05934124 |
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