Insights

Our Latest Insights

Here you can read the latest on news, events, stories, and blog posts.

Wellbeing / November 20th, 2025

Durham Lumiere 2025

We had a fabulous evening at Durham Lumiere, thank you for the generous donation of the tickets. It was great to see Durham city looking so fabulous. Thank you to Point North.

Heritage / November 12th, 2025

Olywn's Celebration of Stanley

Olywn has always lived in Stanley and was born in South Moor. Read as she shares her insights on Stanley's past and her hopes for the future of the town.

Heritage / November 10th, 2025

June's Celebration of Stanley

June shares her story of growing up and living in Stanley for more than 50 years, her fondest memories of the town and her hopes for the town's future.

Volunteering / Environmental / October 30th, 2025

Our community garden has come such a long way, and we are absolutely delighted that we are now in a position to hold bigger and better events for our community. Our first Gardening Club has been a great success,

Wellbeing / Volunteering / October 16th, 2025

Consett celebrates opening of new community centre

A local Consett charity has opened the doors to its new premises on Steel Street in the town centre.Building Self Belief, which provides support to vulnerable young people, hopes the centre will be a vibrant home for its range of support services, from group wellbeing workshops to team-building activities.

Environmental / October 16th, 2025

North Shields, Coastal Research and Sustainability Project

Take a look at the fabulous work of Year 5 and Year 6 of Christchurch Primary school, North Shields. They loved learning about the sea, the environment and they devised some fabulous ideas about how we can all work together to 'Save our Seas' in their very own Marine Manifest.

Heritage / September 30th, 2025

Thomas's Celebration of Stanley

Thomas was born in Shotley Bridge Hospital, but grew up in Shield Row, one of the villages surrounding Stanley. He is 28 years old and was once a Stanley Town Councillor. Read his thoughts on Stanley's present and future here...

Environmental / Our Awards / September 27th, 2025

Oxhill Nursery School Green Leaders Project

The ‘Oxhill Green Leaders’ project involved twenty five children from Oxhill Nursery School, in Stanley on a across the spring and summer of 2025.The sessions enabled the young people to become ‘Green Leaders’ and actively engage in ecology and sustainability based activities. We were also delighted that the success of the programme was recognised by the award of a Silver Medal from 'Northumbria in Bloom'.

Fundraising / Our Awards / September 30th, 2025

North East Charity Awards Reel

Our ‘Kye’s Kick Off Group’ won the Young Charity Champion of the Year award. We couldn’t be more proud of what this fantastic group of young people have achieved in memory of their beloved friend Kye. See the event reel below!

Environmental / September 8th, 2025

Benfieldside Garden's August Update

Here is our August update about the work at Benfieldside Community Garden. There is also another layer of compressed gravel to go into the paths! With thanks to the The National Lottery Community Fund RC North East & Cumbria Region for their kind support.