Businesses Receive Support Through Durham’s Business Recovery Grant Scheme
Thirty-six businesses from across County Durham are the first recipients of the Durham Business Recovery Grant scheme to help them implement recovery plans to overcome the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
The new £5 million...
Local Community Groups Receiving Funding
Money awarded to community groups at work during the lockdown crisis is helping those experiencing crisis.
£1.4 million of taxpayer money was made available by Durham County Council to its 14 Area Action Partnerships (AAPs),...
National Cycle Route 1’s Durham Section to Get One Million Pound Tidy Up
Improvements are to be made to a popular national cycle route thanks to a grant of almost one million pounds.
National Cycle Route 1 runs from Dover to the Shetland Isles in Scotland, with its...
Become a Carer Friendly Employer in County Durham
On average 1 in 7 employees also has a caring role.
Many of us know someone who is in employment who also provides unpaid care, for a friend or family member who, due to illness...
Massive Archive of Age-Old Durham Documents to Be Moved
Durham County Record Office - whose huge archives include five miles of documents dating back to medieval times - is going to have to move. As a result, local people are being invited to...
Early Years Funding for Key Workers’ Children
County Durham’s early years team is working to keep provisions open for key workers and vulnerable children during the government lockdown
Following a shortage of childcare spaces nationally, The Council is providing 30 hours of...
MP Richard Holden Continues His Campaign To Ban Virginity Testing
Richard Holden, Member of Parliament for North West Durham, has today continued his campaign to see virginity testing banned in the UK as he joined BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour to talk about the...
Many Primates at Risk of Extinction, Durham University Academic Says
A Durham University academic has contributed to an article warning that many species of primates are at risk of extinction. Primates are the group of mammal species that includes gorillas, chimps, monkeys, lemurs and...
Local Student Makes Good, Becoming President of the Students Union.
Durham born student Matt Evens has turned disappointment into success. The ‘A’ level student suffered a setback upon opening the notification of his ‘A’ level results, his grades were not quite good enough to...
Durham Foodbank Flooded with Festive Donations from Council Workers
Hundreds of boxes of festive food have been donated to Durham Foodbank, thanks to the generosity of Durham County Council staff.
Over the last few weeks, council employees have been bringing items to work that...
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