Community Campus worked with a group of young volunteers last weekend to decorate our base in Middlesbrough. This project was developed as part of the Volunteer It Yourself Scheme which sees volunteering and DIY combined and young people challenged to learn building and construction skills, on the job, by committing to fix local youth club … Read more
We were having some difficulties with our IT infrastructure caused by the multiple locations of our IT equipment placing a strain on our servers. Downloading our files was extremely slow and sharing information across departments was very difficult as our connections kept dropping off. With a limited budget to resolve the problems, we turned to … Read more
Each year, our very generous staff send each other Christmas cards. As there are now 50+ of us, we offered staff an alternative to sitting and writing out of all those cards – donate your money instead. Staff were asked to choose 3 worthy causes and then made voluntary donations to which one they wished … Read more
Clinks www.clinks.org supports, represents and campaigns for the VCSE sector working with offenders. They have produced some case studies which form part of a series which showcase the work of the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise Sector in the North East in reducing crime, promoting community safety and reducing reoffending. Community Campus’ Get Moving Project were proud … Read more
North East Procurement hosted a special awards ceremony on 14 Novermber 2013 at the Discovery Museum in Newcastle. These awards recognised local people and businesses who have made a real difference to the communities in which they live. Over 28 individuals and organisations were recognised – these people have worked to improve communities and provide … Read more
Some of our clients took part in a Middlesbrough Homeless Football Club Event – and won! Middlesbrough Homeless Football Club is a new movement designed to improve the health, confidence and life choices of homeless people across Teesside. Every month agencies field teams to compete in a local homeless league, the very best players being … Read more
Professor Graham Henderson is the Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive of Teesside University. The organisation is thrilled that he has agreed to be our first patron eariler in the year. Graham is pictured hosting a visit from Professor David Mullins (Birmingham University) and Professor Yoshinobu Kikuchi (University of Fukui, Japan), who were visiting our project to … Read more
Daniel Langlands is a young men’s support worker for Anglicare, Western Australia who gained a scholarship to travel and link with agencies in a similar field of work. Daniel said “it was priviledge to visit Community Campus and see some of the great work that you and your partners in the Tees Valley do. Campus … Read more
Gordon Farrel is a core volunteer of Community Campus, working with the Senior Management Team to help to develop the organisation. He was awarded his MBE for public service to the community. Gordon has historic links with the organisation through his role in the Middlesbrough Task Force in the early days of our project (1991) … Read more