News and reports

On Tuesday 25th April at around 1300 hours (subject to IT) Durham Constabulary will switching from the DASH Risk Assessment to the Domestic Abuse Risk Assessment (DARA) for all incidents of domestic abuse recorded within the Durham policing area.

In the past week, the Care Quality Commission published 154 reports on services which have been inspected by specialist teams of inspectors.

Funding Information North East (FINE) provides funding and finance opportunities for North East voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises (VCSE).

Do you know a young person age 16-25 who is ready for the next step? The Prince's Trust Darlington Team programme began on Tuesday 9th May at 207-209 Northgate, Darlington!

Durham Community Action is jointly working with the Ballinger Charitable Trust and the National Lottery Community Fund to commission youth activities to be run by small volunteer-led groups.

Bespoke Employer Led Programmes (BELPs) are free, one-week upskilling courses for job seekers in Darlington, delivered by Learning & Skills Darlington in partnership with YEI Darlington, Job Centre Plus and employers across the borough.

Healthwatch Darlington and Darlington Borough Council are working together to give money to organisations to try and stop people getting diabetes, to help people learn about diabetes and to help people who might already have diabetes.

There will be a national test of the Emergency Alerts system from the UK government on Sunday 23rd April.

Nepacs are delighted to be advertising for 3 exciting new job vacancies, delivering their Circles of Support and Accountability programme in the North East, North West, Yorkshire and Humber regions.

A unique opportunity is available for your Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisation to help adults improve their numeracy skills through a new government-funded programme.

A 7 minute briefing document has been developed on the back of a learning lessons review undertaken by Darlington Safeguarding Partnership.

Mentoring for Independence is a new project from Darlington Association on Disability supporting young people to learn independent skills as they transition from a child to becoming an adult.