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Joseph Manley investigates homelessness in Durham, and those trying to tackle stigma and make new connections with people on the street. Palatinate spoke to Durham County Council, student volunteers, local supported accomodation, and street-connected people to find out more.

Students can put unwanted items in purple bags which will be delivered by student volunteers this month. Items wanted include clothes, shoes and non-perishable food.

STUDENTS heading home at the end of term have been urged not to prove nuisance ex-neighbours to permanent city residents.

MANY people are being faced with the heat or eat dilemma as the Cost-of-Living crisis continues to impact the nation – here’s all the places you…

The demonstration will take place at Palace Green on Saturday 14th May, between 12pm-3pm. Protestors are calling for the Derwentside Immigration Centre to close down immediately.

Paul Reddish, CEO of Volunteering Matters, is riding between Edinburgh and London – via Wales – this week. All along the way he will meet and thank people across the UK who gave up their time to make a difference to others during Covid. On Wednesday he travelled from Edinburgh to Durham, and stopped at the International Centre of Life Vaccination Centre in Newcastle on the way. He spoke to some of the volunteers who have stepped forward to support Covid-19 vaccination sites, which i...

Chris Pipe A TEAM of town planners has started a virtual journey from Land’s End to John o’ Groats to support a homelessness charity – and there are just days left for people to join them. In light of the current coronavirus crisis, Chris Pipe, director of Planning House, wanted a challenge to lift the team’s spirits and give colleagues a focus for the year. She said: “My team have all worked from home for a few years now and we know how difficult it can be at the best of times,...

Durham Christian Partnership runs 27 independently operated foodbanks across county. While grocery parcels offered to the needy are donated through public generosity, the organisation also needs cash for operational continuity. A £250 donation from Durham City Freemen will boost funds covering overheads for the city’s three centres, in Waddington Street and at Elvet Methodist and Sunderland Road Baptist churches. The partnership’s chief executive officer, Peter MacLellan, said: “...