News and reports

Since they first opened in November 2020, NQA foodbank have provided support to over 1,600 cases. The majority of cases have been families who are struggling. NQA foodbank caters for almost everyone, and they have helped people from all backgrounds.

Darlington South Park Foundation are trying to find out more about who uses the park, what you like about it and what could be improved. Take part in their short survey to share your thoughts.

Our young volunteers healthy food artwork can be seen on display in the Cornmill Shopping Centre, promoting healthier choices.

NHS Digital have recently announced plans to allow an NHS system to extract patient data from doctors’ surgeries in England. The new data-sharing system was due to start in July but has now been pushed back to 1 September.

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.

In collaboration with Royal Society for Blind Children, Youth Focus North East have a programme called Live Life Go Further aimed at building knowledge and confidence around inclusion of children & young people with vision impairments into youth work

The North East and North Cumbria Healthcare Staff Wellbeing Hub is delighted to announce a celebratory day of music to help heroic NHS key workers process the trauma of working on the front lines during the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Due to some of the Covid 19 restrictions being lifted, Darlington Christians Against Poverty Debt Centre is now able to offer their client's face to face appointments - either in their homes or in Covid secure spaces.

Tees Valley Clinical Commissioning Group are carrying out a survey to review the Speech & Language Therapy Service that is offered across Darlington, provided by Co Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

Triage Central offer a wide range of courses to support you on your journey in finding the right job, they currently have a number of online and classroom based courses that are open for referrals.

The Public Health Team at Darlington Borough Council are currently running a consultation on the 0–19 Service that operates across Darlington, this includes both the service Health Visitors and School nursing provide.

This 'Volunteers Week 2021' we are celebrating our volunteers. We spoke to some of our lovely Youthwatch Darlington volunteers , who have kindly shared their volunteer story. We want to thank them for their amazing commitment during this last year.