VOLUNTEERS operating a prostate cancer support group have launched its own independent screening service for men in County Durham over the age of 45.
The multi-million-pound rescue of Durham’s Miners’ Hall, to be formally unveiled to the public later this year – will be fronted by a key feature funded by a £3,000 gift from the city’s freemen. The transformation, which has breathed new life into the dilapidated Redhills building in Flass Street, was launched nearly a decade ago […]
A LATE-night weekend refuge in the centre of Durham, offering a helping hand to anyone in distress, has been given a renewed boost by the city’s freemen. Last year they made a £1,000 donation to the Durham County Council-led Hub @ St Nic’s operating from St Nicholas’s Church in the Market Place – and have […]
An urgent public appeal for volunteer car drivers has been launched by the County Durham-based ambulance charity, Supportive, to help people of all ages – including children – reach both vital and routine health-related appointments and social activities. The charity, based in Ferryhill, operates a two dozen-strong fleet of crewed ambulances and ambulance cars, committed […]
A long-established community hub on the outskirts of Durham, facing rising costs and the threat of losing out to advancing technology, has been provided with a low-tech solution to high-tech problem by the city’s Freemen. Part of the core business of the Framwellgate Moor Community Centre, a charity launched in the late 1960s, provides “wellbeing” […]
A LIVELY summer afternoon tea party in the former Durham pit village of Waterhouses has proved yet another hit with local residents. The launch of this latest event complements a range of popular activities which earned the community association a commendation from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth as part of her Golden Jubilee celebrations. The party, […]
DURHAM-based members of the region’s only pro-active prostate cancer support and promotion group are taking their message on tour – thanks to the financial backing of the city’s freemen. The work of four dozen members of the group, who have all undergone prostate treatment, had been restricted to regular meetings at the Brawn’s Den public […]
ORGANISERS of a successful performing arts festival, planning their fifth successive annual event in Durham City, are focusing attention on children and young people in the surrounding communities to help build on dramatic rises in audience numbers. Last summer the five-day Durham Fringe Festival sold 7,500 tickets – an increase of forty per cent – […]
A ONCE thriving mining community on the outskirts of Durham, born in the early 19th century and disappearing 150 years later, is being permanently remembered in a heritage project supported by a local community group, the city’s freemen and the county council. The seeds of the village of Middle Rainton are reported to have been […]
Photographer Geoff Kitson had to be quick on his feet to capture a unique three-generational family picture when his grandson Tom was sworn in as a Durham City Freemen. Getting Tom, wife Sheila, son Leighton, daughter Alison, son-in-law Adam and brother Steve, as well as himself into the frame, posed few problems for a man […]