Staff from Community Campus attended the Virgin Money Foundation North East Fund Celebration event at Virgin Money HQ in Newcastle on the 2nd of February 2017. Community Campus are in receipt of a grant from the foundation for a resettlement programme in 2017. The event enabled new grant recipients to network with other supported organisations … Read more
Helen Cartwright a student at Teesside University approached Community Campus as part of her Journalism course as she wanted to explore Homelessness in Middlesbrough. We arranged for her to speak to young people who have previously been homeless and to talk about their experiences, reason for homelessness, how this made them feel and where they … Read more
Community Campus’ work has been highlighted in a national case study from the British and Social Housing Foundation – Community-led housing and young people: solutions to youth homelessness.
Every day of every year, thousands of young people in the UK face homelessness. Many are forced to sleep in cheap B&Bs, or worse still, on the streets. LandAid, the property industry charity, is trying to change this. It brings together remarkable businesses and individuals from across the property industry to support projects that deliver … Read more
The conference focused on community assets – the people, places and spaces which make neighbourhoods thrive. The programme was packed with expert-led workshops, inspiring visits, top level speakers and outstanding master classes. The event opened with a key note speech from John McDonnell and ended with a question and answer session with Michael Heseltine and Hazel … Read more
Action Homeless Leicester; held many similarities to Community Campus, refurbishing empty properties, though on a lease model rather than purchase due to higher property prices in Leicester, and provide support and a range of engagement activities with their service users. Action Homeless face similar challenges to CC87 – increasing demand for services, the detrimental impact … Read more
Alex, Apprentice Tenant Support Worker in our Stockton project has put this short film together of our annual Christmas lunch for past, present and future service users. We thought the film would be perfect way to thank all those people and organisations who gave so generously to make the event happen with special thanks to Middlesbrough football … Read more
The Princes Trust alongside Stockton Riverside College were tasked with improving a community based project for their ‘team challenge’. They approached CC87 to offer their skills and complete their challenge. The young people from the Princes Trust visited one of our older properties and agreed it needed some TLC. They took some photographs and details … Read more
Community Campus were honoured to be asked by Middlesbrough Football Club and the family of Alastair Brownlee to distribute the memorabilia fans had left at the Ayresome gates at the Riverside stadium to commemorate the commentators tragic and untimely death earlier this year. In accordance with the wishes of the Brownlee family the memorabilia was … Read more
Neil Evans, Melanie Graham, Matthew Cooke and Simon Virth took part in a homeless sleep out and raised £758.00 for the Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation. The Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation homeless sleep out raises awareness locally of homelessness and raises much needed cash for local services. Neil, Mel, Matthew and Simon spent the night … Read more