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.

Aspirations and Future Planning / November 30th, 2023

Maddy Parkin - Careers Podcast

Maddy Parkin, 32. Photographer running a business specialising in wedding photography. Her main job role is taking photos of my customers' weddings, however, there is a lot of work that goes into this: editing in creative software, creating online galleries, marketing, blog posts, liaising with customers, writing and amending contracts and creating shot lists, arranging client meetings, and more. Her passion is creativity, and feels her job encompasses all of this. Take a listen and find out more about a career in photography.

Celebrating Stanley / December 16th, 2025

"Stanley’s Football Wish" Poem - South Stanley Junior School

This poem was created by Jamie, Carter and Lewis, Year 6 pupils from South Stanley Junior School as part of our 'Celebrating Stanley' project.

Self-Belief and Emotional Wellbeing / May 30th, 2025

Youth Social Action / May 30th, 2025

Aspirations and Future Planning / May 30th, 2025

A Visit from the Centre for Social Justice

On Tuesday 13th May, our Harton Academy boys’ wellbeing and aspirations group had a wonderful visit from Dan Lilley, senior researcher at The Centre for Social Justice.