Current Projects
DurhamWorks
DurhamWorks is a dedicated programme for young people aged 16-24 living in County Durham who are not in education, employment or training.
Grow Your Own
Grow Your Own is a fantastic outdoor programme which offers gardening & cooking opportunities across Stockton. The programme has been funded through Stockton Borough Council and aims to show communities how we can grow and cook at a low cost, whilst bringing residents and communities together.
Youth Work- Co Durham
Our Youth Workers and partner organisations provide workshops and activities to increase self-awareness, develop knowledge and conflict-resolution skills. Exploring topics such as mental health, drugs and alcohol, masculinity, healthy relationships and enabling YP to make informed choices.
Eden Hill Peoples Centre
The current project is a three-year programme, where we work with local partners to build long-term resilience and sustainability of the centre. The centre offers safe space for the community to access a variety of support.
Move Forward
Move Forward is a flexible holistic careers support programme providing participants with an introductory pathway, to develop the right skills to thrive into the expansion of a greener economy – it will focus on engagement, progression and sustainment.
Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre
The Land of Oak & Iron Heritage Centre is part of our trading arm. It covers 177 sq kilometres of the beautiful and historic Derwent Valley and its surrounding areas. We have our cafe, shop and regularly host events!
Northern Directions
Northern Directions offers an end-to-end voluntary employability and personal development package tailored to the unique and complex needs of each participant; moving them closer to employment or education.
Blue Influencers
Blue mentors role is to recruit young people aged 10-14 to become ‘Blue Influencers’, help young people impact the environment through youth social action projects that benefit their communities, while helping them to create lasting and meaningful connections with nature.
Revitalising our Estuaries
Revitalising our Estuaries (RoE) is an exciting programme of river estuary restoration that responds to the dual climate and biodiversity crisis. We work in partnership to improve river estuaries across the northeast for local people and businesses as well as the rare and iconic wildlife that our rivers are home to.
The Greenhouse
The Greenhouse is part of our trading arm. The Greenhouse, is a social enterprise. Our offices provide high-quality meeting and conference facilities.
Tyne Estuary Partnership
Invested in the long-term environmental and economic enhancement of the estuary; this strong, strategic, influential partnership is making a meaningful and sustainable impact on the River Tyne and the region as a whole.
Wild Oysters Project
Healthy oyster beds are hugely productive, with a rich biodiversity of associated species, and have a positive effect on the health of the entire ecosystem. This project will create rehabilitation hubs across the UK to secure national ecosystem recovery of native oysters and the services they provide.