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This year's #VillageHallsWeek theme is celebrating, encouraging and supporting the efforts of volunteers who keep rural community buildings open.

We spoke to community halls consultant Louise Beaton about her new book "Halls for All: A History of Village Halls" which highlights the crucial role village halls play in rural communities.

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This podcast episode focuses on the County Durham Poverty Truth Commission. We chat to project coordinator Cathryn Gathercole and project worker Julie Gourley about the projects aims, what it has achieved so far and plans for the future.

You can read Julie's blogs here: https://www.durhamcommunityaction.org.uk/poverty-truth-commission-journey-journal

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We spoke to trustees at West Auckland Memorial Hall, Sharon and George, about how the community buildings energy efficiency grant helped to improve their building and the impact it has had for their local community.

Through our ongoing support we have helped them identify sustainable energy efficiency measures and to secure necessary funding to make the memorial hall more energy efficient.

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This podcast episode celebrates Trustees' Week as we unite in celebrating, supporting and inspiring trustees' talents, viewpoints and experiences in County Durham.

We chat to trustees at Howden-le-Wear Village Friends and Croxdale Community Association and discuss a typical trustee 'day in the life', what they have learned in their role and their advice for others looking to become a Trustee.

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For Keeping Your Child Safe in Sport Week 2024 (7th - 13th October), we spoke to Rowena Carr, Sport Welfare Coordinator at County Durham Sport about why creating awareness for child safety in sport is so important.

For more information visit: 

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/away-from-home/sports-clubs/

https://countydurhamsport.com/safeguarding/

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This month’s podcast will discuss the development of a community research network in County Durham; which is a way of supporting local people to have an active role in research.

Interviews include: DCA's Community Partnerships Manager, Fiona Christian, co-founder of the Centre for Social Justice and Community Action & Professor of Sociology at Durham University, Sarah Banks and artist and Derwent Valley AAP Chair, Lea McConnell.

If you would like to find out more about the Community Research Network, email [email protected]

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Durham Community Action was pleased to work alongside Social Prescribing Link Workers and local voluntary and community organisations to support the development of new social prescription activity in response to identified need.

This was made possible by funding from the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

Thirteen new activities were developed. We talked to Julie from Burnhope Community Centre about the impact the funding for new social prescription activity in the Derwent Valley has had in their local community.

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Durham Community Action was pleased to work alongside Social Prescribing Link Workers and local voluntary and community organisations to support the development of new social prescription activity in response to identified need.

This was made possible by funding from the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

Thirteen new activities were developed. We talked to Natalie from Nuvowellbeing about the impact the funding for new social prescription activity in Stockton-on-Tees has had in their local community.

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Durham Community Action was pleased to work alongside Social Prescribing Link Workers and local voluntary and community organisations to support the development of new social prescription activity in response to identified need.

This was made possible by funding from the North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board.

Thirteen new activities were developed. We talked to Gemma and Louise from Brightwoods Forest School about the impact the funding for new social prescription activity in Teesdale has had in their local community.

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