Durham Community Action are working with the Ballinger Charitable Trust this Summer to distribute a small number of grants across County Durham AS Covid restrictions continue to ease, a charity is helping small community groups come out of ‘hibernation.’ Durham Community Action are working with the Ballinger Charitable Trust this Summer to distribute a small number of grants across Derwent Valley, Teesdale and Weardale to support community groups to re-emerge from ‘Covid hibernation’. The Ballinger Charitable Trust approached Durham Community Action to facilitate the delivery of the small grants programme to community groups with eligible project ideas. Shortlisted groups will be invited to present their projects to trustees of the Ballinger Charitable Trust during an online event.