Katie Baggott - Volunteer Podcast

Aspirations and Future Planning / Know Your Neighbourhood Project / Benfieldside Community Garden / May 20th, 2024

Katie Baggott - Volunteer Podcast

Durham Community Action and Building Self Belief reflect on the impact Good to Grow Week has made in County Durham and chat about the power of volunteering to increase community gardening in the local area of Benfieldside in Consett.

Self-Belief and Emotional Wellbeing / January 8th, 2025

Aspirations and Future Planning / January 8th, 2025

The Teenage Girls Mental Wellbeing and Aspirations Programme with Wellfield School

Recently, we completed this programme with a group of year 9 girls from Wellfield School. Some topics that we covered across the sessions included unhelpful thinking, friendships, self-esteem and body image. To culminate the end of the programme, we took the students on a trip to visit Newcastle University, an escape room and a restaurant.

Celebrating Stanley / December 16th, 2025

Digital Inclusion / December 16th, 2025

Carol's Celebration of Stanley

Carol grew up in and around Stanley and has fond memories of the town. Listen to her Celebrating Stanley Podcast as she shares her hopes for the future.

Self-Belief and Emotional Wellbeing / March 21st, 2023

Youth Social Action / March 21st, 2023

Exciting Times for Our Youth Panel!

It has been a busy time for our Youth Panel and some of our Volunteers. We were extremely lucky that the Landmark Trust once again selected us to stay for free for a weekend at Morpeth Castle