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.

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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 and Community Centre about the impact volunteers give to their organisation and the power of volunteering.

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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 systems.

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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.

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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 Faith Walkwell about her role and the social prescribing link workers network.

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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 Community Centre who has recently benefitted from the fund in order to create a warm space for their local community.

More details about the fund and charter can be found here:

Warm Spaces Fund - County Durham Community Foundation (cdcf.org.uk)

Warm Spaces Charter - Durham County Council

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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 & procedures for staff and volunteers.

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