Self Help Housing Network Forum

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The forum looked at the development and legacy of the recent Empty Homes Community Grants Programme and heard from David Mullins from Birmingham University who presented his research on the impact of the grants programme in the North East,Yorkshire and Humberside. We also welcomed a guest from Japan, Kenichi Matsutomi who presented information on working … Read more

Social Investment business article

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The Futurebuilders Fund is managed by Social Investment Business, the UK’s largest social investor.  It provided loan financing, often combined with grants and professional support to third sector organisations in England that needed investment to help them bid for, win and deliver public service contracts. Community Campus received Futurebuilders investment in 2007, the purpose of … Read more

Northumbrian Water furniture donation

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Community Campus would like to thank Northumbrian Water for their second donation of furniture this year. Staff from Community Campus travelled to Kielder to collect the donation of sofas from the Kielder Water and Forest Park Lodges on Monday 10 August 2015.  When the lodges are revitalised, the furniture is recycled by Community Campus and … Read more

Tools for Self Reliance workshop

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We visited the workshop run by local charity Allied Resource Community, the workshop is based in the Larchfield Community and ran by an old friend of ours, Jim Pearson. The Allied Resource Community uses volunteers to refurbish old hand tools that are donated by local individuals and businesses – the tools are repaired, reused and … Read more

Loss of a dear colleague and friend

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The organisation was deeply saddened and moved by the sudden death of Cherie Smith on 17 May 2015.  Cherie had worked for our organisation for the past eight years and was an integral part of our work with homeless young people across Teesside. Her funeral was held in her hometown of Devizes, Wiltshire where a … Read more

140 mile cycle ride to raise vital funds

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Five members of staff from Northgate Public Services, a software and outsourcing business with offices in Hartlepool, are taking on a 140 mile Coast to Coast cycle ride over three days from 19 to 21 June 2015.  The cycle rise starts in Whitehaven in Cumbria and ends in Tynemouth, with funds raised going towards our … Read more

Campus receives food donations

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Community Campus are now receiving weekly donations of food from Greggs The Bakers which we are redistributing to our service users and clients across the range of projects we deliver for homeless people.  The food is coming from the End of Day Product Collection at the Castlegate branch in Stockton.  Our clients have been extremely … Read more

Big Tees Sleepout

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On 17th April the fifth Big Tees Sleepout was held at Durham University’s Queen’s Campus. Organised by Middlesbrough and Teesside Philanthropic Foundation, the Sleepout aims to raise funds for those suffering poverty or homelessness and raise awareness of the issue. “I decided to take part in the Big Sleepout to help raise vital funds for … Read more

Community Campus hosts visitors from Hull

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Community Campus welcomed a visit from our friends and colleagues at the Giroscope Project in Hull this week.  Giroscope was established in the mid eighties as part of direct action by a group of students and young unemployed people to resolve their own housing problems based around the belief that everyone is entitled to somewhere … Read more

Staff member takes plunge for good cause

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Teesside Hospice is one of our longest serving customers and this year Andy has pledged to aim to raise £500.00 as part of the Super Skydive which is taking place on Saturday 16 May 2015 at Durham Tees Valley Airport. Andy, a regular marathon runner, is one of our site supervisors based in Redcar and … Read more