People seeking help and support from an independently-run mental health resource centre near the centre of Durham will now be able to enjoy a welcome breath of fresh air – thanks to a gift from the city’s freemen. Every week the Waddington Street Centre, a respected charity celebrating its 40th anniversary this month (November), has provided […]
A vital donation from Durham City’s Freemen has again helped underwrite the costs of staging one of the North East’s biggest Remembrance Day parades. The spectacle – through the streets of the city on Sunday, November 14 – will feature more than 500 military personnel, among them representatives of the vast majority of the country’s […]
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the Rotary Clubs of Durham received a £250 donation from the Freemen’s Charitable Trust, to support their initiative to make and deliver face masks to local Food Banks and vulnerable individuals within the community. The initiative is coordinated by Tom Sharples Community Chair of Durham Elvet Rotary, who with […]
Durham’s hospital bosses, campaigning to raise more than £2 million to tackle an overwhelming rise in demand for cancer treatment, have offered a thousand thanks to the city’s freemen for responding to their appeal. A total of 2020 businesses, organisations, groups and schools county-wide are being sought to make a £1,000 donation towards the cost […]
Dozens of trees, felled ahead of preparatory work on the county council’s new riverside headquarters in the heart of Durham, have been replaced under a local partnership scheme enthusiastically supported by the city’s freemen. A total of 70 deciduous trees were felled before building work could start on the controversial development which was opposed by […]
Three leading community figures have taken up rarely offered invitations to join the ranks of the Durham City Freemen – providing them the opportunity to initially support the organisation and then offer themselves for election to undertake key leadership roles. Admission into the freemen’s eight surviving guilds is regulated by a strict criteria thought to […]
An award-winning charity leader, expanding a service offering practical support to cancer sufferers and bereaved families, has been given a helping hand by Durham City’s Freemen. Mark Solan, who four years ago launched the Solan, Connor, Fawcett Trust after cancer claimed the lives of his mother and grandmother, operates from a headquarters in Spennymoor, a […]
A specialist Durham centre, which has for more than 27 years played a key role in helping hundreds of people recover from mental illnesses, is hoping new computer technology will “transform” the work it delivers. The number of attendees at St Margaret’s Centre, a former school in the city’s Margery Lane, has more than doubled […]
Durham’s freemen have responded to a charity’s “desperate” plea for help to reinforce the success of a ground breaking project launched to reach people of all ages. Last spring Age UK County Durham, which supports a wide range of clubs, activities and services for older people and carers, launched a “community shed” in the yard […]
A Christmas gift from Durham’s Freemen, to a specialist respite care centre on the city’s northern outskirts, has proved to be particularly “well timed”. The £250 donation from the freemen’s charitable trust will cover the cost of a range of equipment and soft furnishings – and includes a number of large wall clocks which, as […]