The Know Your Neighbourhood - Volunteering Programme
The aim of this programme, kindly supported by Point North, was to engage and recruit local volunteers to help combat loneliness and social isolation across the Consett and wider County Durham community.As part of this programme we facilitated a ‘Consett Area Community Hub’, that engaged local young people around a range of activities in order to reduce loneliness and to increase regular community engagement and volunteering opportunities. The activities included creative arts, drama, cooking, life skills and environmental activities for local young people of primary and secondary age. They were supported by trained local volunteers and members of Building Self-Belief CIO staff, in a local community settings.We also trained community volunteers to become ‘Community Youth Ambassadors’ to support those in the local community, particularly older people, around the use of email, Apps and social media in order to reduce chronic loneliness by increasing their online skills. We held weekly community teas to support the development of new skills and also to meet on a social basis.Thank you to Point North for their kind support and all of our amazing volunteers across the duration of this work!Watch our volunteer reel here!
Celebrating Stanley / December 16th, 2025
"Queen for a Day" Poem - South Stanley Junior School
This poem was created by Savannah, William, Kyden and Kiera. They were inspired by a photograph from the Stanley Festival of Queens in 1960.
Aspirations and Future Planning / July 1st, 2024
Consett "Bridging the Gap Youth Employability Programme."
The Consett "Bridging the Gap Youth Employability Programme" was kindly supported by Newcastle Building Society via the Tyne and Wear Community Foundation, and The Albert Hunt Trust. As part of this the students consulted the young people of the Consett Area as part of the preparation of the Consett Area Neighbourhood Plan..
Youth Social Action / January 30th, 2025
Aspirations and Future Planning / January 30th, 2025
Careers Event at North Durham Academy, Stanley.
On Thursday 23rd January 2025, we hosted a Careers Event at North Durham Academy, sponsored by Karbon Homes, which was a huge success! We had 30 visitors kindly give up their time to speak to the students about their careers, job roles, companies and their journeys to get to their current positions. The students then had the opportunity to ask questions to the visitors to find out more about their choices at 16, what qualifications are required for their job and any challenges or barriers they have faced in their career.