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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 includes people from RVS GoodSam, St John Ambulance, fire and rescue service staff and Northumbria Wa...

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, so I wanted to set us a challenge that would keep us all physically and mentally well in the coming...

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: “Four dozen volunteers receive and sort the foodstuffs handed in by the public which are prepared int...