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Local charity supporting prisoners’ families holds Spring Fair to help raise funds
16 February 2016
Local charity supporting prisoners’ families holds Spring Fair to help raise funds
A local charity which supports families of prisoners is holding a Spring Fair on Saturday 19 March 2016, from 10am – 12.30pm at the Town Hall, Market Place, Durham City.
The fair will give local people the chance to find out more about Nepacs’ work in the north east and help raise funds to support their work with children and families.
Nepacs is a long standing charity which works across the north east region to help support a positive future for prisoners and their families. Staff and volunteers from Nepacs provide a number of services to support friends and families of prisoners, in seven prison and young offender establishments across the north east and within the community, including prison visitors’ centres, play areas, youth projects, family support work and within the Teesside and Durham courts.
There will be a range of stalls selling:
- Cakes
- Plants
- Books and DVDs.
There will also be a raffle and tombola, giving those that attend a chance to win one of the many prizes that have been donated.
Everyone is welcome. Entrance is £1 and includes tea/coffee, biscuits or a hot cross bun!
All proceeds will go towards Nepacs work in helping families and friends of prisoners in the north east.
For more information about Nepacs please visit our website www.nepacs.co.uk or follow us on Twitter and Facebook (@nepacsinfo).
Appeal to help little Alana – A FUNDRAISING event to buy an adapted car seat
A FUNDRAISING event to buy an adapted car seat and pushchair for a sick youngster will be held this weekend (Sunday, December 13).
Alana Beth Dixon, who celebrates her first birthday tomorrow (Thursday, December 10), has a string of medical problems, which means her development has been delayed and she must be fed through a syringe.
Her mother, Claire Dixon, of Ushaw Moor, near Durham City, had a normal pregnancy but at birth it was noticed Alana Beth had a protruding tongue.
The new-born became severely jaundiced and medics finally diagnosed a hole in her heart.
Source: Appeal to help little Alana
New chapter for village school, as builder supports outdoor reading area (From The Northern Echo)
Lisa Merritt, a Taylor Wimpey sales executive, presents £500 to Silver Tree Primary School, with deputy head teacher Tammy Allen, chair of governors Jimmy Jamieson, vice chair Pauline Gates, parent governor Fay Richardson and pupils
A SCHOOL is to get a new outdoor reading area thanks to a housebuilder.
Silver Tree Primary School, in Ushaw Moor, near Durham will use a £500 donation from Taylor Wimpey to pay for seats and landscaping for the Silver Trees quiet reading space.
Head teacher John Trueman said: “We currently don’t have an area outside for our pupils to relax or read books and we hope our Silver Trees project will offer a different setting during lunch and play times at the school.
“Taylor Wimpey’s donation has helped massively with the project and all of the students and staff at Silver Tree are extremely grateful for the support.”
The area will feature sculptures previously installed in the centre of the village.
Taylor Wimpey has been building a 167-home new estate, Middlewood Moor, in Ushaw Moor, north of Ladysmith Terrace. It has also supported Durham Federation FC.
Karl Morton, sales and marketing director at Taylor Wimpey North East, said: “Our Middlewood Moor development is located in the heart of Ushaw Moor, so we’re aware of the vital role the school plays in the local community.
“We’re absolutely delighted to help Silver Tree install this creative space for their pupils and hope everybody enjoys using it.”
A SCHOOL is to get a new outdoor reading area thanks to a housebuilder.
Source: New chapter for village school, as builder supports outdoor reading area (From The Northern Echo)
Nearly NEW – Bag A Bargain – Bobby Robson Centre 14th Sept.
Nearly NEW – Bag A Bargain – Bobby Robson Centre, Ushaw Moor, 2.15pm – 4pm, 14th September
Lots of baby and children’s clothes, toys, prams, cots and nursery equipment, all at bargain prices.
Refreshments business stands and much more !!
ill girl holds charity ball to help other children – Sunderland Echo
Child of Courage winner Grace Kemp, of Bay Court, Ushaw Moor, Durham, who is hosting a ball for a children’s charity at the Stadium of Light.
COME rain or shine, Grace Kemp shall go to the ball.
Despite battling her own health problems, the 10-year-old has poured her spare time into organising a fund-raising ball for other poorly children.
SAFC fan Grace, from County Durham, has chosen the Stadium of Light as the venue for her event on Saturday to raise money for the The Indee Rose Trust, which helps children diagnosed with a brain or spinal tumour.
Grace herself has been plagued by tumours.
At just 18 months, her family were devastated to learn that she had a condition called neurofibrematosis, and is susceptible to growing tumours on nerve endings on any part of her body.
Grace was dealt a further blow at the age of two when it was discovered a piece of bone was missing from her left arm, which meant she had to undergo a nine-hour operation to transplant bone from her leg to replace it.
As if that wasn’t enough, a routine eye test at the age of four revealed she had a tumour on both optic nerves.
The youngster embarked on an intense course of chemotherapy, but her vision has been left impaired. Her courage in the face of adversity has earned her a Child of Courage Award in the Echo’s Pride of Wearside Awards in 2011.
Now Grace wants to say thank you to the charity that has helped her.
Grace’s mum Judith, 37, said: “Over the years, The Indee Rose Trust has done so much to help Grace. It even paid for One Direction tickets for her at the Stadium of Light, which she absolutely loved ever second of.
“They help so many other children too.
“We’ve done other fund-raising for the charity in the past, such as a psychic night, a charity night and a leg wax, but this is the first time we have done anything this big. The Stadium of Light has been fantastic.”
Speaking about Grace’s health, the mum-of-two said: “Grace has a benign brain tumour, which is stable and doesn’t require treatment. Mainly, it’s her vision and balance which is affected from past treatment, but she doesn’t let it stop her. She still does judo at school.”
via Ill girl holds charity ball to help other children – Sunderland Echo.
Valerie braves the pain for sponsored walk From The Northern Echo
A GRANDMOTHER hopes to defy her osteoporosis to complete a sponsored walk.
Valerie Grimwood, who was diagnosed with the progressive bone disease last month at the age of 55, plans to walk the five miles from her home in Esh Winning, County Durham, to Ushaw Moor and back in aid of the National Osteoporosis Society.
She said her diagnosis was a shock but she had decided to undertake the sponsored walk to help her to come to terms with it.
Mrs Grimwood, who also suffers from a bent spine and is a full-time carer, plans to do the walk on Saturday, July 12.
To make a donation, visit justgiving.com/valerie-grimwood
via Valerie braves the pain for sponsored walk From The Northern Echo.
Charity Fundraiser – Ushaw Moor Catholic Club – Sat.5th april
Charity Fundraiser – Ushaw Moor Catholic Club Sat 5th April
This Saturday at Ushaw moor catholic club!! Please come along and support… running The London marathon in aid of BRAKE charity.. Fabulous raffle prizes and tombola!
Ushaw Moor Community Garden | Life and style | theguardian.com
About three years ago, Ushaw Moor Action Group carried out a survey in the village and everyone felt that a community garden would be a good thing. There was a bit of derelict land owned jointly by Durham county council and the Roman Catholic diocese of Hexham and Newcastle, and they allowed us to have it on a long-term basis. We received money from the Big Lottery Fund’s Community Spaces to clear the land and open the garden, which we did nearly two years ago.
Tell us about the garden
We grow all kinds of fruit and vegetables. This has been one of the best winters for us; we’ve been lucky not to have as much rain as all those poor people in the south, and the weather’s been quite mild. There’s a charity called Handcrafted, which is making a keyhole garden for the site. The concept started in Africa and it uses a minimal amount of soil; you put compost in the middle and it leaches out into the soil. That will be our dedicated organic patch within the garden.
There’s an educational spin-off as well. Two local primary schools – Silver Tree and St Joseph’s – come to the garden and do work in the raised beds. Police from Durham Constabulary also do one session a week in the garden: they run a successful scheme called Hagrid, through which they work with children who are seen as being at high risk of getting involved in crime. They won a Royal Horticultural Award for their work. Last year, the kids on the Hagrid project were digging up potatoes and they were quite surprised – I think they thought they came out of plastic bags!
We’re in the process of starting a Men’s Sheds scheme (which originated in Australia and New Zealand) to give men the opportunity to get together and have a chat, because we’re not very good at talking about our emotions and all that.
via Ushaw Moor Community Garden | Life and style | theguardian.com.
Top award for Ushaw Moor Kids Club (From The Northern Echo)
A KIDS’ club has been honoured for its work encouraging children to follow healthy lifestyles.
Ushaw Moor Kids Club received an Outstanding Energy Club Award from Sports Leaders UK.
The national group praised the club’s work in encouraging children to take part in physical activity, recruiting parent volunteers and running cooking workshops.
The club was established in Ushaw Moor, near Durham, a year ago this week.
Chairman John Booth said: “We are delighted to receive this award.
“The parents have a lot of fun and are as daft as the kids. It’s brilliant to see the kids interacting with the adults in a fun way.”
Emily Burns, from Sports Leaders UK, said: “Ushaw Moor Kids Club have had so much parent support which is great to see in a village.”
via Top award for Ushaw Moor Kids Club (From The Northern Echo).
Volunteer Dog Walkers Needed Urgently for Ushaw Moor – Cinnamon Trust
The Cinnamon Trust Ushaw Moor.
The Cinnamon Trust is the national charity whose wonderful volunteers help people over retirement age and those in the latter stages of a terminal illness by offering all kinds of pet care.
We urgently need dog walking volunteers for a resident of Ushaw Moor who is unable to walk their lovely 5 year old cross breed.
What happens if illness, injury or just the fact that we all get older eventually affects our ability to look after our four legged companions? A large number of elderly or ill pet owners become very worried about their ability to care for their pets, feeling that their only option is to re home them, this is where our national network of dedicated volunteers step in to offer support enabling them to stay together.
We’ll walk the dog for a housebound owner, we’ll foster pets when owners need hospital care, we’ll fetch the cat food, even clean out the bird cage or litter trays.
We are always seeking new volunteers so even if you can only spare an hour a week we would love to hear from you,
If anyone can help please call during office hours 01736 758707 or via email sallycollins@cinnamon.org.uk
Please also check out our website for more details www.cinnamon.org.uk
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