Anne-Louise Grant - Consett Heritage Podcast

Consett Heritage Project / September 13th, 2023

Anne-Louise Grant - Consett Heritage Podcast

Anne-Louise was born in Consett in 1966, and grew up in a village nearby. Her Grandad on one side was a postman and on the other side a miner. Her Dad was a metallurgist at the Steelworks and she had many family members who lived and worked in the area (and still do). She returned to Consett in 2004 to raise her family, having left to seek employment in London in 1989.

Self-Belief and Emotional Wellbeing / May 22nd, 2025

Youth Social Action / May 22nd, 2025

Kye's Kick Off / May 22nd, 2025

Kye's Kick Off Programme

Here is a link to the Kye's Kick Off match programme for people to download and keep as a memory of this wonderful event.

Self-Belief and Emotional Wellbeing / March 16th, 2022

Youth Social Action / March 16th, 2022

Aspirations and Future Planning / March 16th, 2022

Empowering Consett’s Youth

Building Self-Belief’s mission as a charity it to empower young people and give them the strategies and the self-belief to take ownership of their lives. Our mission is to “Build Stronger Communities through Building Self-Belief’ and we feel that a strong Youth Panel is the perfect way to give young people a voice and ensure that they have a say in their own community.

Consett Heritage Project / February 9th, 2024

My Dream for Consett

Ray Lonsdale’s statue of Tommy, at Seaham had a profound effect on me. Tommy, or using it’s real title of “One Minute Past Eleven” depicts a weary First World War soldier slumped and gazing ahead. Tommy represents how many troops felt when the war ended – we had ‘won’, but at what cost?