Helping Make Durham’s Streets Safer At Night
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A small band of guardians, offering anyone in distress a safe night-time refuge within a central Durham church, have been handed a timely boost by the city’s freemen.
Their £1,000 gift will support the vital work of the five-strong team operating a funding-dependent Safe Hub within St Nicholas’s Church in the Market Place – providing “pastoral care” to those caught up in disorder, as well as hot drinks, snacks, water, blankets and, where needed, flip flops.
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Special Internet Lessons Offer Safer Start To Secondary School Life
More than 800 primary school children within Durham City are set to benefit from a national internet safety scheme aimed at making their switch from primary to secondary education less emotionally stressful.
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The Key To Problem Doors - An Open And Shut Case
Officials of a community hub, who faced being shut out of their own
premises by the pending failure of hydraulic entrance doors, have been handed
the key to the crisis by Durham City’s Freemen.
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Time For Tea And Reflection In A Peaceful Woodland Glade
Ambitious plans by charity workers, to transform overgrown woodland into a haven of peace and tranquility, can now include a public tea room in the trees – thanks to a fresh injection of cash from Durham City’s Freemen...
