News and reports

Darlington Safeguarding Partnership is looking to appoint an Independent Scrutineer. The role is being advertised through The Association of Safeguarding Partners website (TASP) which has a national reach and details are available on the DSP website.

Tier 1 is an online one hour Microsoft Teams session, designed to give a general awareness of autism and learning disability.

Across the North East and North Cumbria, organisations have come together to establish a Housing, Health, and Care Programme to build on the collaborative work already underway to tackle and mobilise on this important issue. The programme is the region's sector-led improvement initiative focused on delivering better, more integrated housing, care, and support so that people can be healthy, live well, and stay independent in their own home.

In an effort to combat inpatient deconditioning, physiotherapy teams in University Hospital North Durham, Darlington Memorial Hospital, and Bishop Auckland Hospital are distributing patient post cards with great information on ways to stay active during a stay in hospital.

The wonderful team at Dementia Friendly Darlington have released their list of events in Darlington throughout May & June.

Are you a young person passionate about making a difference in your community? Have you been affected by violence? The Peer Action Collective are interested in finding out how young people affected by violence can be supported.

Working with Royal Mail, NHS and patient organisations, Our Healthwatch England collleagues have written an open letter to Ofcom highlighting the introduction of new protections to ensure reliable and efficient postal service for NHS patients.

An opportunity has arisen for Darlington to apply for Sport England’s Place Based funding and your community organisation could be a part of it.

This week is Stalking Awareness Week - designed to highlight this particular area of domestic abuse which has been identified as high-risk, and misunderstood by target audiences.

Recruitment is now open for Darlington King's Trust 12 week TEAM programme! If you're aged between 16-25 and wanting to get back out into the world working positively towards your future why not get in touch with them?

We want to welcome you to our mental health network events in July and August in the Market Square, where you can have a cup of tea or coffee and a chat in a friendly environment.

Darlington Mind have a range of activities available weekly - NEW for 2025 - including wellbeing dog walks and craft and connect sessions.