The Monster of Consett

Wellbeing and the Arts / Consett Heritage Project / September 10th, 2024

The Monster of Consett

Lucas, Jacob, Jayden, Alan, and Roan collaborated in groups to explore the deep impact of Consett Steelworks on their local community, uncovering both its positive and negative influences. They then transformed their insights into a powerful poem, capturing what it was like to live in Consett at that time.

Consett Heritage Project / August 30th, 2023

Voices of Consett - Mick

Mick is 86, with a long family history in Consett. All of his family bar one lives in Consett, Blackhill and Leadgate and he has lots of grandchildren living in Consett too. His family background in Consett goes back years and years!

Youth Social Action / December 6th, 2024

Aspirations and Future Planning / December 6th, 2024

Know Your Neighbourhood Project / December 6th, 2024

From Consett to Chan Yu

The premise of Know our Neighbourhood is to get people volunteering, not just to provide the activities themselves. We were delighted when Joe Farnsworth signed up a s a volunteer, Joe had recently graduated with a Cyber Security degree from the University of Newcastle and was looking for opportunities to extend his skills.

Self-Belief and Emotional Wellbeing / December 10th, 2024

Youth Social Action / December 10th, 2024

Aspirations and Future Planning / December 10th, 2024

The Importance of Vocational Visits to Aid Employability in Young People

At Building Self-Belief, one of the many programmes is the ‘Bridging the Gap’ Youth Employability Programme. Recently, this programme was conducted with year 10 boys from Boldon School. The first few workshops centred around improving wellbeing, and then the boys prepared for their vocational visit by working on goal setting, CV making and considering what makes a good employee.