Durham Community Action

By Katie Baggott

This is the Durham Community Action podcast, celebrating all things to do with the voluntary and community sector in County Durham.

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The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.

Durham Community Action episodes:

June 24, 2026 Community Research Projects in County Durham
In this podcast, we speak to Jack Drum Arts and young researchers around their community research project focused on the role of heritage and the arts in strengthening rural communities.
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11min
June 15, 2026 Volunteers' Week 2026
To reflect on Volunteers' Week 2026, we spoke to New College Durham and local VCSE organisations (Wheels2Work County Durham, Calm in East Durham CIC, The Wise Group and Durham County Carers Support) about how volunteering impacts them, the barriers to volunteering and what support they provide.

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10min
May 15, 2026 Dementia Action Week x Beamish Museum
To recognise Dementia Action Week (18th - 24th May 2026), we spoke to Beamish Museum's health and wellbeing support worker Catherine about their various dementia friendly activities.
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4min
April 30, 2026 Mental Health Awareness Week x Beamish Museum
To recognise Mental Health Awareness Week (11th - 17th May), we spoke to Catherine Appleby, Beamish Museum’s Health and Wellbeing support worker about their heritage and health activities and events.
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8min
April 27, 2026 REACH Community Involvement Steering Group
In this podcast, we spoke to various members of the REACH Community Involvement Steering Group (CISG) about their experience of the workshops so far and expectations going forward. Through networking, learning opportunities and sharing knowledge and insight from sector colleagues, the CISG is being actively supported to be that critical friend to the REACH delivery team around all aspects of community involvement.
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8min
March 16, 2026 Village Halls Week 2026
Village Halls Week 2026 focuses on the theme "Connecting communities to health and wellbeing". In this podcast, we spoke to Julie Gorman-Cliff, Wellbeing Coordinator at Burnhope Community Centre about how activities at their community building impacts the local community's health and wellbeing.
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7min
February 09, 2026 Importance of local funding opportunities - Breathe Easy Darlington
In this audio case study, we spoke to Breathe Easy Darlington about how local funding opportunities made an impact on their charity.
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7min
January 12, 2026 Celebrating 90 years of Durham Community Action
This podcast celebrates 90 years of Durham Community Action and reflects on the history of County Durham and how our support has impacted community organisations.
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9min
January 05, 2026 REACH County Durham
Julie Englund, Durham Public Health Research and Evaluation Practitioner and Rio Floreza, Durham Community Action's Community Involvement Lead sit down together as operational team members for REACH (Research and Engagement across Communities for Health) County Durham to reflect on the project to date.
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9min
November 17, 2025 Safeguarding Adults Week 2025
As part of Safeguarding Adults Week 2025 we spoke to Lesley Jeavons, independent chair of the Durham Safeguarding Adults Partnership about safeguarding in County Durham, and also highlight the training and support we offer at Durham Community Action.
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12min

FAQs about Durham Community Action:

How many episodes does Durham Community Action have?

The podcast currently has 42 episodes available.