Durham Community Action

Whorlton Village Hall

Durham Community Action chat to Chris Connolly, chairman of Whorlton Village Hall about how the Hallmark process, community building energy efficiency grant and help from a local trade company has made an impact to their village hall and local community. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vision for Volunteering

This episode of the Durham Community Action podcast focuses on the power of volunteering, a reflection on Volunteers' Week and the 'vision for volunteering', a ten-year collaborative project designed to create a better future for volunteering.We chatted to our volunteering specialist Charlotte Linton about the vision for volunteering and Samantha Townsend, volunteer coordinator at Auckland Youth and Community Centre about the impact volunteers give to their organisation and the power of volunteering. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Energy Efficiency and Climate Action

This podcast focuses on energy efficiency and climate action within the voluntary and community sector. We chatted to Nathaniel Spain, Going Green Together Project Coordinator at VONNE about their climate action initiative and Heather Liddle, Trustee at Nettlesworth Community Centre about how the community building energy efficiency grant benefitted their centre to help improve their heating systems. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jack Drum Arts - Crowdfunding

In this audio case study, we spoke to Helen Ward from Jack Drum Arts about their Winter Light Parade. Through the help of crowdfunding, Jack Drum Arts raised over £14,000 to produce their local cultural event. Listen to Helen chat about the benefits of crowdfunding and how you can start. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Social Prescribing in County Durham

This episode celebrates Social Prescribing Day, an annual celebration of social prescribing, recognising link workers, local community groups and regional and national organisations which support people’s health and wellbeing. We chat to DCA's health and wellbeing co-ordinator Susan Garrett about social prescribing in County Durham and social prescribing link worker for Claypath and University Faith Walkwell about her role and the social prescribing link workers network. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Village Halls Week 2023

This week celebrates Village Halls Week (23rd - 27th January); the theme of this year’s campaign will look at how village halls can provide warm, welcoming and inclusive spaces, something which is especially important as the country faces a cost-of-living crisis. We chat to Naomi Stevens from County Durham Community Foundation about their warm spaces fund and Lynne from Fishburn Youth and Community Centre who has recently benefitted from the fund in order to create a warm space for their local community. More details about the fund and charter can be found here:Warm Spaces Fund - County Durham Community Foundation (cdcf.org.uk)Warm Spaces Charter - Durham County Council Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Just for Women

Durham Community Action chat to cree manager Lestryne Tweedy at Just for Women about their organisation and how the co-op local community fund has helped their centre. We also spoke to Just for Women volunteer Wendy about how volunteering has made a powerful impact in her life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Safeguarding in the voluntary and community sector

This podcast focuses on safeguarding within the voluntary and community sector. We have chatted to our volunteering manager Abby Thompson about safeguarding in the voluntary and community sector in County Durham and Danny Mulholland from drug and alcohol recovery service 'Humankind' about what safeguarding means to their organisation and the importance of training and safeguarding policies & procedures for staff and volunteers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Shildon Alive

Durham Community Action chat to Paula Nelson, manager at Shildon Alive about the work that they do for their local community, the importance of their community food hub and how the advice and support they received from DCA helped them to improve their organisation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Funding in the voluntary and community sector

Durham Community Action chat to Liam Weatherill from Wheels 2 Work County Durham about how the advice and support they received from DCA helped them to gain funding for their organisation.We also chat to DCA community development officers Tracy & Susan about community development training workshops and top tips for professional fundraising. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.