Playing in the Red Dust - Moorside Primary School

Heritage / February 7th, 2025

Playing in the Red Dust - Moorside Primary School

This poem was created by Corben, Roxi, Lacey, Oscar, Leandra, and Millie from Moorside Primary School. It reflects their take on the red dust that once covered Consett — the cloud of iron oxide emitted during the Steelworks’ production because of this red clouds of dust would hang over the town, settling on cars and clothes hung out to dry, a sight captured in many photos of Consett from that time.

Volunteering / September 20th, 2023

Happy 5th Birthday Building Self-Belief CIO- Building Self-Belief Annual General Meeting 2023

As a celebration of our 5th Birthday, Building Self-Belief invited our young people, staff, trustees, funders and supporters to the Derwent Manor on the 7th September 2023. What a fabulous day we had.

Wellbeing / May 30th, 2025

Employability / 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.

Volunteering / March 17th, 2026

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.