A SMALL band of guardians, offering anyone in distress a safe night-time refuge within a central Durham church, have been handed a timely boost by the city’s freemen. Their £1,000 gift will support the vital work of the five-strong team operating a funding-dependent Safe Hub within St Nicholas’s Church in the Market Place – providing […]
A PRIMARY schoolteacher, whose great-great-grandfather crafted the coffin in which St Cuthbert’s remains were re-buried in Durham Cathedral in 1899, has followed her forebears into the ranks of the city’s freemen. Mother-of-two Charlotte Middleton was sworn-in during an ancient Town Hall ceremony alongside Patrick Conway OBE, a retired local government director whose own career included […]
More than 800 primary school children within Durham City are set to benefit from a national internet safety scheme aimed at making their switch from primary to secondary education less emotionally stressfull Backed by a £1,000 gift from the city’s freemen, Amber Bee CIC, a national community interest company will, from this September, begin delivering […]
Officials of a community hub, who faced being shut out of their own premises by the pending failure of hydraulic entrance doors, have been handed the key to the crisis by Durham City’s Freemen. The Key To Problem Doors – An Open And Shut Case Coxhoe Village Hall, built in two stages in the 1930s […]
TROUBLED youngsters, stepping out on an award winning and unorthodox “pathway” to a brighter future, have been given a £1,000 “purse” to help them on their journey. Operating outside a traditional school environment, Go The Distance (GTD), a community interest company based on the Belmont Business Park, uses a carefully structured “four pillar” mix of […]
A retiree, whose family links with the Durham Markets Company reaches back over a century, has been given a special honour by the city’s freemen. A retiree, whose family links with the Durham Markets Company reaches back over a century, has been given a special honour by the city’s freemen. And, at the same swearing-in […]
A grassroots arts festival, preparing to stage its fourth annual event in Durham City this summer (July 24th-28th), has been handed a cash boost to help extend marketing and promotional activities ahead of the event. Helping Performing Arts Festival To Grow Will Be “Just The Ticket” A £500 gift from the city’s freemen will in particular […]
A striking granite and limestone memorial, designed to offer a focal point of remembrance for parents of dozens of babies who died before, during or immediately after birth in a Durham Hospital, will be unveiled in a city churchyard in mid April. The ambitious £100,000 project – incorporating the unique memorial, flanked by limestone benches […]
An award-winning cancer charity, struggling to match funding against soaring demand for its free day-to-day help, has been given a “fantastic” boost by Durham City’s Freemen Against Rising Costs And Soaring Demand, Cancer Charity Forced To Re-Think The freemen’s £2,000 gift will be used to streamline bespoke services delivered to hundreds of patients and bereaved families […]
Computer specialist and life-long ice hockey fan John Proud is the latest newcomer to the freemen’s ranks – joining dad Bryan, currently Warden of the Barbers’ Company. Ice Hockey Fans Stick Together To Hit Family Double The 45-year-old started watching Durham Wasps when he was six years old and went on to play the game, first […]