A NEW takeaway scheme providing support to east Durham residents is looking for volunteers to help with the making and delivering of hot meals to those in financial crisis.
East Durham Trust is establishing the innovative People’s Takeaway, a unique concept aimed at further enhance the poverty intervention and support provided by the charity. To read the full story click here. A new initiative is looking for volunteers to help making and delivering of hot meals to people living in financial crisis.
East Durham Trust is establishing the innovative ‘People’s Takeaway’ project, a uniqueconcept which will further enhance the hybrid of poverty intervention and support provided by the charity. To read the full article click here. A CHARITY is set to launch a new project aimed at engaging local young people in staging arts events in their own communities.
East Durham Trust (EDT), supported by County Durham Community Foundation, say they are looking to put an end young people suggesting that there was a lack of local events and that the only way to engage in arts activity was to travel outside of the area. Known as No More Nowt Happens, the project will involve young people planning and staging events in local venues such as community centres over the next year. To read the full story click here. With breakfast costing just 50p and tea just £1, the volunteer run Hub Grub Community Café has been created to offer advice and support as well as food.
The project is the brainchild of East Durham Trust and has been made possible thanks to more than £4,500 from County Durham Housing Group. Based in Horden Youth and Community Centre on Eden Street, the café is an informal and friendly space. It has been designed to look like any normal café, to avoid any stigma. People with specific needs can be referred for free meals. The café serves breakfast every Monday from 9am to 10am, and tea every Thursday from 4pm to 5pm. For the full story click here. Family finances in East Durham are at breaking point as post-Christmas blues take effect, according to a leading money advice charity.
East Durham Trust says its caseworkers are managing 23 cases of personal debt, while about 50 families and individuals are currently being supported by the charity... To read the full story click here. Our CEO Malcolm Fallow and two beneficiaries talked about the support available from East Durham Trust to those in debt on the Breakfast Show on BBC Radio Newcastle. The interviews took place on 15th January 2018 - a day that has become known as 'Blue Monday'.
Family finances are at breaking point as debt fears take hold on Blue Monday, a community charity has warned.
As the post-Christmas blues hit and credit card bills land on the doormat, many families face financial crisis, say East Durham Trust bosses... To read the full story click here. A campaign to raise £10,000 to help people struggling to make ends meet has been backed by the star of the hit film ‘I, Daniel Blake’.
East Durham Trust chiefs say they have been overwhelmed by the generosity of people who have donated to their Crowdfunding Appeal launched in early October. For full story click here. A charity is celebrating after raising over £10,000 to help feed residents struggling to make ends meet.
The People’s Takeaway will be set up at East Durham Trust’s Peterlee premises with money raised from the Crowdfunding appeal and matched by Comic Relief. The volunteer-led project will support families in crisis by providing them with hot meals for free. A working kitchen is being established with local people preparing and delivering food to people. Malcolm Fallow, the trust’s chief executive, said: “The response in such a short space of time has been astonishing. We have had a large and small donations from near and far. Clearly there are people out there who care about people less well off than themselves.” For full story click here. A charity says the local rollout of the Government's controversial Universal Credit is already having a devastating effect on some claimants.
The East Durham Trust says it has helped scores of people who have moved on to the new system since it was introduced in the area last week. It adds some claimants have been told they can expect no payment for at least one month. Read the full article here. hereA CHARITY has seen a spike in demand in the ten days following the introduction of universal credit and is predicting a 40 per cent rise in the number of food parcels it hands out by the end of the year.
East Durham Trust, which provides emergency food parcels, debt advice and benefit checks to the communities of the former district of Easington, has reported a surge since last week, when the benefit was introduced for new claimants in the area. Last week, the charity fed more than 400 children during half-term “holiday hunger” events and helped 14 new claimants who went to the charity for help directly in response to universal credit, which combines a number of benefits into a single payment. Full story here. A FOODBANK’S new takeaway project aimed at meeting the extra demand created by the roll out of Universal Credit has raised over £1,000 since its launch just over a week ago. Full Story here. MP tells 'shameful' story of how young boy stole burger from barbecue for his starving sister22/10/2017
North East MP Grahame Morris told the Houses of Parliament that children are 'going hungry because of a flawed benefit system'. The Easington MP said the film 'I, Daniel Blake' is a reality in his constituency as families struggle to make ends meet. During the commons debate on Universal Credit, Easington MP Grahame Morris told a shocking story of a young boy who sneaked a burger into his pocket at a community barbecue to take home to his hungry sister. Mr Morris related the story that he was told by Malcolm Fallow, chief executive of the East Durham Trust, at the organisation’s recent 10th anniversary event. Read the full story here. The People’s Takeaway project, which will add to the current provision of emergency food parcels in East Durham, has been mentioned in the House of Commons this week and has already raised over £1,000. Full story here. Labour MPs will today call a House of Commons vote to demand the controversial roll out of Universal Credit is paused - as North-East foodbanks prepare to meet an expected increase in demand.
The move comes as the Government's flagship benefit reform, first piloted in Newcastle and Hartlepool, is rolled out this week in east Durham, one of the country's most deprived areas. Labour is calling on ministers to “pause and fix” the benefit amid reports up to 25 Tories may be willing to support them following reports claimants are waiting six weeks for any money and getting into debt. Read the full story online here. A former miner who has become the public face of a major new healthinitiative has been given an Olympian seal of approval. Albert Ellis, 62, of Horden, near Peterlee, is the veteran of over 20 Great North Runs and countless other events and is supporting the Run East Durham project hosted by the East Durham Trust. Olympic marathon star Aly Dixon presented Mr. Ellis with a medal at a special launch of the project. It is aimed at engaging 500 people in an attempt to increase levels of physical activity, with fun runs in former east Durham pit villages. Trust chief executive Malcolm Fallow: "Albert is an absolute inspiration to us all. Only weeks after this year's Great North Run, he is happy to pull on his trainers in support of the project. "The project is not about creating the next Mo Farah or Paula Radcliffe - it's just about getting people up and about and Albert is the perfect role model." With his criticism of ‘dysfunctional’ unmarried men, Iain Duncan Smith added to the clamour of concern over the male psyche. From football fans to ‘feminised’ workplaces, Ross Raisin asks if men really do have a problem with modern life.
Read the full article here. Hundreds of people will attend a high profile event to celebrate the tenth anniversary of an East Durham charity.
The East Durham Trust, in Peterlee, has attracted over £5million in funding for important projects and services since it became a registered charity in 2007. It has delivered services to tens of thousands of disadvantaged residents with a range of projects addressing issues including poverty, welfare and mental health. Over 200 guests are due to mark the trust’s achievements at its Annual Conference on Thursday, October 5. Full Article here. Businesses across East Durham are being asked to support a local emergency food parcel project by donating non-perishable food items to support individuals and families in the run up to Christmas.
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Community House Yoden Road Peterlee SR8 5DP T: 0191 5693511 Charity No: 1117642 Company No: 05934124 |
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