The Moorside 'Bridging the Gap' Youth Employability & Aspirations Programme

Youth Social Action / Aspirations and Future Planning / July 17th, 2025

The ‘Moorside Bridging the Gap Youth Employability & Aspirations Programme’ was designed to raise the career-based aspirations of young people from Moorside in Consett. The programme allowed the children to explore a wide range of future careers through workshops, interviews, external trips and experiences.This programme was kindly supported by Point North and completed with the brilliant Year 5 and 6 from Moorside Primary Academy.

Wellbeing and the Arts / September 10th, 2024

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.

Self-Belief and Emotional Wellbeing / December 5th, 2018

Building Self-Belief Launch

A committed team of Trustees have come together to launch a new charity in County Durham to help young people get the best possible start in life through empowerment and increasing personal self-esteem.

Consett Heritage Project / April 12th, 2024

History of Consett Q and A – Local Mysteries now Solved!

As part of Building Self-Belief’s series of events about Consett’s heritage, local Historian Brian Harrison agreed to be in the spotlight for our Consett’s History Q and A session.