News and reports

All this week is Diabetes week, encouraging a focus on essential care and shining a light on the regular health checks you will have when living with Diabetes.

Carers Week takes place from 9-15 June 2025 across the UK. Established by Carers UK, Carers Week is an annual awareness raising campaign which recognises the vital contribution made by carers.

Carers Week is fast approaching — running from Monday 9th to Sunday 15th June 2025 — and the incredible team at Darlington Carers Support are excited to share what they have planned, to celebrate and recognise the incredible work of unpaid Carers in our community.

We're delighted to announce the next Darlington Organisations Together meeting is taking place on Thursday 10 July and your community organisation is invited!

If you, or someone you know, is experiencing a mental health crisis, access urgent support 24/7 by calling NHS 111 and selecting the mental health option.

Don’t get hooked: new warning urges the public to continue reporting phishy emails and texts with 41 million already reported.

If you are passionate about supporting bereaved people, Cruse Bereavement Support would love to hear from you.

In recognition of Volunteer Week 2025, Diabetes UK want to let everyone know they have micro volunteering opportunities available in the North of England.

HEAT provides 1-1 mentoring support and advocacy to vulnerable households in England and Wales.

People in the North East and North Cumbria who find themselves in crisis can now access urgent support by text message, thanks to a new partnership between the region's NHS and the national mental health provider Shout.

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.

Moving Minds, a creative health not-for-profit organisation have introduced weekly dance classes in Darlington.