Charities In Durham

We operate a range of activities, from children's programmes, welcome spaces, the bread and butter thing

To support BAME refugees and asylum seekers (mainly from Sudan, Syria, Kuwait, Iran, etc) and their wives with young children who are mainly economically inactive, unemployed or short-term unemployed.

Spare 10 For Ben is a registered charity committed to promoting mental health and well-being. We achieve our charitable objectives by installing benches known as 'Ben Chairs', promoting mental well-being in public spaces, and by distributing mental well-being boxes, known as 'Ben Boxes' and organising Community Engagement Events.

Educational meetings and support are provided for Parents/Carers and Professionals who care for children with specific learning difficulties (dyslexia) and related conditions. Information and guidance is offered to families and individuals, and Conferences and Workshops are arranged. Dyslexia Screening, Assessment, Tuition and Group Activities are available for adults and children with dyslexia.

To promote the Buddhist faith of the New Kadampa Tradition throughout Co. Durham, North Yorkshire and the Tees Valley.

Church used for public worship

Our community venue is a centre for regeneration; a fully equipped community venue open to all where people can meet, eat, learn, socialise, exercise and be part of community life.

Religous Activities. Corporate gatherings for Worship, Prayer, Ministry.Associated activities covering: Mother and Toddler group, Primary and Secondary schools work, Children's work, Holiday club, Missionary support, Community Activities.

Provide a welcoming Community Centre that will offer engagement with the community to promote the wellbeing agendaOffer leisure and meeting facilities to meet the social needs of groups and individuals in the community and respond quickly to the changing social needs of the community.Organise activities for all ages to increase and encourage social inclusion

Provision of educational scholarships for pupils to attend Durham School and also to provide scholarships to Old Dunelmians to attend college at either Oxford or Cambridge

The running of football teams including coaching covering under eight year olds right through to under eighteen year olds.

The Bulls are an amatuer Wheelchair Rugby Club operating out of Sedgefield in County Durham. Our main aim is the relief of disabled people by the promotion of disability sport and in particular Wheelchair Rugby in County Durham, Teesside & North Yorkshire.

A drop in centre for people with Multiple Sclerosis, their family and carers. We aim to help them cope with the affects of this disability through therapies, exercise and listening

We work with LGBTQ plus people seeking asylum and those who have been granted leave to remain but are unsettled. Based in Newcastle, we cover the North East region. We provide social opportunities where members can meet safely and enjoy each other's company. We work one-to-one with each member helping to provide detailed case information.

The activites of the charity are to advance, for the public benefit, the education (including social, physical, spiritual and mental development) of young people in the North East of England by making grants to other charities, ministries and organisations.

We offer a weekly Outreach to the homeless community and those who are vulnerable and destitute existing in the North East specifically those who have gravitated to Newcastle city centre.We provide food, sleeping bags, clothing, shoes and other essential items. We offer friendship and support, whilst raising awareness of the plight of our homeless community and to help those wanting our help.

We rescue, rehabilitate and rehome stray and unwanted animals in the North East of England.

TO EMPOWER DISABLED PERSONS IN DURHAM CITY, BY PROVIDING THEM WITH ELECTRIC AND MANUAL WHEELCHAIRS OR SCOOTERS, TO ACCESS SHOPPING AREAS, PLACES OF INTEREST, EDUCATIONAL AND LEISURE FACILITIES, PROMOTING INDEPENDENCE, CONFIDENCE, KNOWLEDGE AND SELF ESTEEM.

We continue to provide facilities to assist and encourage everyone who uses the centre to interact with family , friends and other users to undertake social, sports, healthy and educational activities to assist in keeping them fit, active and healthy and also to improve their mental health and their educational knowledge/skills

The charity provides social activities, help and support for people with learning disabilities in friendly and welcoming club premises in Darlington. It operates 3 evenings per week using volunteers to provide all facilities, in addition to one-off events during the year.

A health and wellbeing charity based in and around St Michael's church, Witton Gilbert, for adults and children of all faiths and none, non-discriminatory, and utilizing the '5 Ways to Wellbeing' approach. A wide spectrum of guided activities is provided, including mindfulness, ecotherapy, art, walk and talk, folk singing, creative writing, walk for life, woodland conservation and forest school.

The Charity represents a Christian congregation in Chester le Street, Co Durham providing pastoral ministry, public worship services, children and young people's work, evangelism, and teaching. It accommodates Durham Christian Partnership's rehabilitation, counselling and food bank collection work .It supports missionaries in UK and overseas, but does not respond to unsolicited funding requests .

Dryburn Theatrical Workshop is an enthusiastic amateur theatre group, based in Chester-le-Street, County Durham, which has been performing for over 45 years. We perform a pantomime in January, a musical in June and a play in September. We have over 70 members, aged 11 and upwards. As a group, we bring together an eclectic mix of talented local people, keen to learn and entertain.

The current activities we have are Zumbalates,British Legion, Bingo, Youth Club, Parent And Toddler, Drop In Club For The Elderly, Computer Class, Cinema Club. Hall Hire, Coffee Mornings, Seasonal Events.

The objects of the charity are the repair of the fabric of St Margaret's Church, Durham and to maintain the services therein and subject thereto, to further the religious and other work of the Church of England in the areas of the parishes of St Margaret, Durham and St John, Neville's Cross, Durham.