A huge thank you to all of the Boldon School staff, Kye’s friends and family and the local community, who donated a variety of raffle prizes for Kye's Kick Off! Thank you to all of the following businesses and people who have also donated a fabulous prize!
Essential Thyme- 30 minute massage
Bird & Blend Tea Co.- Tea blending workshop for 2
Barbour- Men's Heritage Liddesdale Jacket or Ladies Erin Puffer Jacket
Off Peak Luxury- £50 off a hotel break
Beamish Park Golf Course- Golf for 4
Spar- 4x Easter Eggs
Scentsy by Richard Graham Judd- Gift bag
Bullseye Leisure Sports- £25 gift voucher
Stratstone Jaguar Land Rover- Land Rover pen, teddy bear and flask
Whiteleas Sharks U14s- £100 and £30 One4All Vouchers
Next- Men's and women's beauty and fragrance hampers
Pretty Little Gels- Nail voucher
Gia Beauty Studio- Voucher
Craft and Coffee- Free cheesecake
Moo Free- Selection of chocolates
Balloons on the Tyne- Free balloon
Beaverbrooks- Girl's necklace and boy's bracelet
The Travelling Man Boldon- 4x £20 restaurant vouchers
Avon- Perfume gift bag
Self-Belief and Emotional Wellbeing / December 4th, 2023
Huge Thank You to Sunderland Counselling Service for Building Self Belief’s Award
I was delighted to be a guest at Sunderland Counselling Services AGM on 30th November 2023 and help them celebrate their 40th anniversary. As CEO of Building Self-Belief, it was a great opportunity to see the timeline of how SCS has developed and evolved over the past 40 years.
Consett Heritage Project / March 13th, 2025
Frank Matthews - Consett Heritage Project
Frank Matthews describes his working life at the steelworks and how useful the skills he developed at the Works were, when it came to finding work after the closure in 1980. Frank describes his adventurous working life abroad, but how Consett was always, and still is, in his heart.
Celebrating Stanley / December 16th, 2025
"Watching not Living" Poem - South Stanley Junior School
This poem was created by Mary and Amelia, Year 6 pupils at South Stanley Junior School as part of our 'Celebrating Stanley' project.