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Campus receives food donations
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…
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Big Tees Sleepout
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…
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Community Campus hosts visitors from Hull
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…
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Staff member takes plunge for good cause
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…
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Tenant accepts keys for new property
With funding from the Empty Homes Community Grants Programme we have purchased and refurbished two properties in Middlesbrough and also our first properties in Redcar for general needs tenants at an affordable rent. These are somewhat of a new venture for CC87 but one which we hope we will provide a long term quality home for…
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Apprentice Painter features in the local press
Launa Trotter, one of nine apprentices currently employed by Community Campus was featured in an Evening Gazette Education and Training article. Launa has set her sights on a career in the construction industry and is acquiring a host of new skills as a painter and decorator within CC87’s Care and Repair team. Launa said ‘working…
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Clients visit Westminster
Emma Lewell-Buck (MP for South Shields) and Youth Homeless North East (an organisation that works with young homeless people across our region) hosted an event in Parliament to allow young people the opportunity to discuss with their MP’s the challenges of homelessness. Thanks to our clients who went along – Kieron Fox, Leigh-Ann Howsden and…
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Clients help put together music videos
Our young people have had the opportunity to be involved as performers, dancers, artists and prop makers with support and guidance from professionals. The young people have found these sessions very positive and great fun and it has helped to develop their confidence and self esteem. These films will be shown on the big screen…
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Attendance at HACT Empty Homes event
This half day event in London helped to raise awareness of the Programme’s impact and explore opportunities for future work in this area. The event featured government representatives, policy makers, academics and funders and gave first hand accounts of the process from a variety of project case studies. To view our full presentation please visit www.hact.org.uk/ehcgp-projects-achievements-london-event-february-2015
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Apprenticeships work
Sam came to the organisation as a volunteer in January 2012 and was then offered an apprenticeship in Carpentry & Joinery in April 2012. Sam says ” I enjoy working on the Empty Homes Project because it has helped me gain valuable site experience whilst still being encouraged to go to day release at college…