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Issue No 882 At the heart of our wonderful community Friday 1st June 2018
Published at: 3-4 First Floor Offices, Shildon Town Council, Civic Hall Square, Shildon DL4 1AH • Editorial: 01388 775896 • Advertising: 07909 992731 • Email: [email protected] • Online: www.swd.news/chapter •
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Some of the New Dance Generation dancers with their trophy at the National Street Dance Championships in Blackpool.
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FERRYHILL DANCERS TAKE GOLD IN NATIONAL COMPETITIONNEW DANCE Generation, based in Ferryhill Sports and Education Centre, have had a very success-ful few months compet-ing across the North East, as well as in the famous Blackpool Tower Ballroom.
Dancers aged from 6 to 16 years took to the ball-room floor to compete in the National Street Dance Championships against children from all over the UK.
Brodie Bell, Lexie Mason
and Alice Poulter man-aged to grab first place for their trio routine, mak-ing them UK champions.
The group has most recently competed in North East competitions with another amazing set
of results. All teams from NDG
received 2nd place and some North East cham-pions were made with lots of first places for
AFTER CAREFUL con-sideration, the Mayor of Ferryhill for 2018-19, Councillor Richard Smith has chosen to support three charities during his forthcoming year in office. These are the Great North Air Ambulance, Blind Vet-erans UK and Rainbow Tots Parent & Toddler Group.
A Coffee Morning will be held on Satur-day 30th June at Dean Bank & Ferryhill Literary Institute, from 10.30am until 12.30pm to raise funds for the charities.
“All residents are wel-come to come along to the Mayor’s first fund-raising event,” said a spokesperson.
Other fundraising events will be held throughout the year to raise funds for the three charities.
These will be adver-tised in the Chapter, on noticeboards around town and on Ferryhill Town Council’s website and Facebook page.
If anyone would like to donate raffle and/or tombola prizes for any of the events, these can be left at Ferryhill Town Hall during normal office hours.
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Nearly two years on they now have 18 support groups in nine different areas of County Durham, and have 16 volunteers helping to support over 500 families who have children with autism.
The group offers stay and play sessions for chil-dren aged 2-16, sessions for youngsters aged 9-16, for parents and for sib-lings of children aged 5+.
Michelle said: “It’s amaz-ing how far we’ve come in such a short space of time.
“I’m so grateful to Mark for that first donation and I’m over the moon that we’ve managed to become a charity.
“It gives me peace of mind to know that there will be support for both of my sons in years to come.
“Once we find our feet with our new status, we are hoping to support indi-viduals of all ages across County Durham, helping them find work and offer support.
“We will offer more sessions and support to mainstream schools and will offer tailored services to them and our families.
“People don’t realise how hard it is having chil-dren with autism. It’s a lifelong condition and
there’s no support. You receive a diagnosis and are just left to get on with it. Hopefully Little Treas-ures will change that.”
Laura added: “Charitable status will open so many doors for us as a group and for our families.
“We can apply for more funding so more families can access support, such as home educated fami-lies. The dream is to have our own building with our own sensory room accessible to families an schools.
“We’ve been massively supported by local people and councillors in Ferry-hill and the surrounding areas.”
If anybody would like to donate to the charity they can get in touch on Face-book by searching for Little Treasures Autism Group or can email them at l i t t le t [email protected].
LITTLE TREASURES, a support group for chil-dren with autism, has announced that, after two years in operation, it has secured charity status.
Little Treasures was founded in 2016 by Michelle Abbs from Fer-ryhill after her son Charlie was diagnosed with the condition and she quickly realised there was no sup-port or peer group that accepted him. Charlie was also diagnosed with Tourettes syndrome and sensory processing dis-order.
Michelle and a fellow parent, Laura Younger, whose child was await-ing an assessment for autism, decided to set up the support group in Ferryhill for children who have a diagnosis of autism and children who are on the autism pathway awaiting assessment.
They received their first donation of £85 from local truck driver, Mark Williams, and this bought specialist sensory equip-ment for their first group.
The first session was held at Dean Bank Insti-tute in Ferryhill and was attended by 17 families, with people coming from as far as Darlington and Consett.
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THE FERRYHILL Six fund-raising group will be hold-ing a stall on Ferryhill mar-ket on Friday 8th June.
A spokesperson said, “We are currently fund-raising for Chance Drama based in Mainsforth Insti-tute.
“Our stall will have all the usual goodies - cakes, biscuits, scones and pies. We have a good selection of jams and chutneys, also lots of books and jig-saws.
“We look forward to see-ing you all.”
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THE FRIENDS of Dean Bank Primary and Nurs-ery School are holding fundraising events next week, in aid of Denehurst Nursing Home in Ferryhill.
The school has been associated with the home for the past nine months, with pupils paying regu-lar visits to residents to entertain or to simply sit and talk with them.
A spokesperson for the school said, “The children love spending time at the home and the residents look forward to their vis-its”.
The fundraising kicks off with a Coffee Morn-ing with cakes for sale on Monday 4th June, from 10am to 12 noon in the Community Room at school.
On Thursday 7th June
Denehurst will host a bingo night from 6pm to 7.30pm. Entry is free and bingo books are 50p each. Refreshments will be on sale and all are wel-come.
Meanwhile, the Friends will run stalls each evening of the week at the bottom of the school yard, while the Fuel for School stall and the Friday ice cream and lollies stall will both donate their takings to the fundraising pot.
A spokesperson for the Friends of the School said, “Although primarily we raise money for the school, we wanted to help the home with the cost of minibus hire for residents to go on trips out. We will announce the total amount raised the follow-ing week”.
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improve their wellbeing and fitness as well as making new friendships.
“I’ve been a leader for about four and a half years and it’s a real privilege to be involved in an activity which helps people with their physical and general health,” she said.
“It’s great to see people of all abilities spending time together and enjoy-ing each other’s company, all while making the most of the stunning country-side we are lucky enough to have on our doorstep.”
Walk Durham offers free, short group walks
throughout the year as part of Ramblers Walk-ing for Health, England’s largest network of health walk schemes, which is funded by players of Peo-ple’s Post Code Lottery and Macmillan Cancer Support.
Walks take place in Fer-ryhill every Monday morn-ing, from 10am to 11am, from the Ferryhill LADDER Centre.
The full timetable of walks is available at www.durham.gov.uk/walkdur-ham. All of the walks are free and take place each week.
WITH THE weather finally warming up, there’s never been a better time to get outside and enjoy a walk in our wonderful county.
Throughout National Walking Month this May, Walk Durham has been encouraging people to join them in their weekly walks, which are suitable for beginners and take place across the county.
All are led by trained walk leaders and are between 30 and 90 minutes long.
Ann Dixon, a volunteer walk leader at Esh Win-ning, said she has seen many participants greatly
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Ann Dixon (in pink) and others taking part in their weekly walk.
CHILTON TOWN Coun-cil are informing tenants at the Prospect Terrace allotment site that the boundary fencing is to be replaced at a cost of £16,000, which has been made possible thanks to funding from Durham County Council’s Section 106 fund.
Work will be completed in three phases (weather permitting) as detailed below:
Phase 1: allotments 87 – 98. Work will begin week commencing 18th June.
Phase 2: allotments 74 – 86. Work will begin week commencing 2nd July.
Phase 3: allotments 40 – 73: Work will commence week commencing 16th July.
Tenants are advised to remove any items of value from allotments. Any ten-ants wishing to keep the old boundary fencing are more than welcome to do so.
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THE 4 Together Partner-ship has a pot of £100,000 of its Area Budget pro-vided by Durham County Council to allocate over the coming months.
Grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 are available to groups to be used to fund projects within the Ferryhill, Chil-ton, West Cornforth and Bishop Middleham areas.
The 4 Together Partner-ship are seeking projects from eligible groups that will improve the health & wellbeing of Children, Young People & Families and/or Older People in the area.
By way of project call-out, the 4 Together Part-nership are seeking eligible projects that demonstrate good value for money with at least 5% match funding, that meet and address the identified needs of our communities.
Expression of Interest Forms need to be submit-ted by Monday 9th July
and the funding can cover capital and revenue costs – anyone who is unsure whether they meet the criteria can contact the team for more informa-tion.
Projects should have a start date no earlier than November 2018 to allow time for applications to go through our technical appraisal process.
Lee Copeland, Principal AAP Coordinator, Durham County Council, said: “We would love to receive applications from groups who have project ideas which could meet our pri-orities for this year.”
“We’re always keen to get more people involved in the work of the part-nership and would urge anyone interested to get in touch for further infor-mation.”
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MEMBERS AND officers of Chilton Town Council have stated that they are ‘disappointed’ that Chil-ton Town Council are ‘once again’ receiving concerns about grass cutting and associated works for which hous-ing association livin are responsible.
Concerns include poor standard of grass cutting, grass cut unevenly and some patches and edges not cut at all.
Please see below for who is responsible for grassed areas:
OPEN SPACES - predom-inantly the responsibility of Durham County Coun-cil. Anyone with concerns should telephone 0300 0260 000 or log onto www.durham.gov.uk.
DURHAM ROAD, PLAY AREAS AND THE CEME-TERY ALONG WITH THE PLANTERS & FLOWER TUBS – Responsibility of Chilton Town Council. Any concerns call into the Council offices, tele-phone 01388 721788 or log onto www.chiltondur-ham-tc.gov.uk.
LIVIN PROPERTIES - as per agreements with livin, they are responsible for grass as identified.
Paul Gray, Town Clerk stated, “The grass cutting is a recurring problem year on year and despite the Town Council’s best efforts to try and raise concerns further with livin the past two years, it seems 2018 is going to be no different.
“The Town Council
have written to livin in both 2016 and 2017 and to date have received no response.
“Last year we copied both Councillor Chris-tine Potts and Councillor Brian Stephens, Durham CC Portfolio Holder for Neighbourhood and Local Partnerships, into a letter of concern. Subse-quently, following advice, the concerns were also forwarded to local MP Mr Phil Wilson, however he tried but unfortunately couldn’t resolve the issues with livin.”
Anyone with issues relating to grass cutting as organised by livin need to email: [email protected] or alterna-tively telephone 0800 587 4538.
COUNCIL CONCERNED WITH NUMBER OF GRASS CUTTING COMPLAINTS
Grass cutting in open spaces in Chilton is the responsibility of Durham County Council.
This week in History
The Holocaust: Josef Mengele becomes chief medical officer of the Romani family camp at Auschwitz concentration camp.
30 May 1943
The National Negro Com-mittee, forerunner to the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), convenes for the first time.
31 May 1909
The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is released.
1 June 1967
Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.
2 June 1979
In Los Angeles, Califor-nia, white U.S. Navy sailors and Marines clash with Latino youths in the Zoot Suit Riots.
3 June 1943
Emily Davison, a suf-fragette, runs out in front of King George V’s horse at The Derby. She is trampled and never regains consciousness.
4 June 1913
THE NEXT meeting of Ferryhill Village WI will take place on Wednesday 6th June, from 6.30pm at Dean Bank Commu-nity Centre (not August as was reported in last week’s Chapter).
The ladies will enjoy a demonstration from the Bath Bomb Lady, as well as a Faith Supper.
“Members, please remember to bring food for the table,” said Presi-dent Sylvia Bell.
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THERE WILL be a Whist and Domino Drive in the Community Centre at Kirk Merrington on Saturday
2nd June at 2pm.Entrance is £2 which
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WHIST & DOMINOES
“The First race starts at 8pm, please come along for a light-hearted fun evening and have a lit-tle flutter. All proceeds go towards activities around the Durham Min-ers Gala weekend of 13th/14th July where the Banner Group provide
subsidised transport to the Gala at Durham and provide refreshments on our return to the Surtees Arms.
“In addition monies go towards the upkeep of our Miners Banners of Dean and Chapter and Mains-forth Collieries.”
THE FERRYHILL Ban-ner Group would like to invite the readers of the Ferryhill Chapter along to their annual fundraising Race Night, taking place on Saturday 16th June at the Surtees Arms public house in Ferryhill Station.
A spokesperson said,
BANNER GROUP RACE NIGHTThe Ferryhill Banner Group are raising funds for subsidised transport to the Miners’ Gala.
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FERRYHILL’S ENTER CIC have been invited to per-form during the Last Post Ceremony at the Menin Gate in Ypres, Belgium on 15th August.
The group will also be performing at St George’s Chapel, Talbot House and Ypres Market Square as part of their tour.
A spokesperson said: “As you can imagine, we are honoured to have been invited to perform at these memorial sites and we are very much looking forward to visiting them and commemorating the fallen service personnel.
“In honour of this very
special tour, Paul Flynn has once again penned a new composition for this occasion.
“Over the past couple of days he has been working in the studio with singers and musicians to bring his creation to life and we are all impressed with his composition.
“It is called Carved in Stone and all who have heard it think it is a beau-tiful commemoration to those personnel who lost their lives during the First WorlD War, and for whom there is no grave because their bodies were not recovered.
“The song will be pre-miered at the Menin Gate. We are sure those in attendance will feel truly uplifted when they hear the beautiful lyrics and melodies, as well as Enter’s passionate perfor-mance.”
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CHANCE DRAMA will be hosting a Bingo and Quiz Night at Mainsforth Com-munity Centre on Friday 22nd June.
Doors open at 6.30pm with games getting underway at 7pm.
“Enjoy bingo, a pub quiz,
and assorted pub classic tunes whilst enjoying pie and peas,” said an organ-iser.
Entry is £5 per person (bingo cards not included) with all proceeds going towards Chance Drama’s next project.
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dancers Lexie Burnett, Jackson Mclean, Emma Waugh, Freya Norman, Lexi Mason and Mia Row-lands.
A New Dance Genera-tion first also happened when Lexie Burnett, aged 11 years old, competed in her first ever street dance competition, taking home first place in under 12 solo and first place in under 12 duo.
It would have been a fantastic achievement for any dancer but even more special being her first ever competition.
The dance school is continuing to grow and have spaces in street
dance classes for ages two years plus.
A new class will also commence every Thurs-day for ages 3-7 years called Tumble Tots.
This class will focus on stretching, tricks, lifts and gymnastic dance and is open for anybody to join without needing to book.
Come September, the dance school will also be offering classes in new dance styles including lyr-ical, contemporary, com-mercial, streetdance and much more.
For more information you can find the group on Facebook at newdance-generation or email them at [email protected].
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A SUCCESSFUL scheme aimed at helping newly qualified drivers become safer on the roads is now looking for driving instructors to help deliver its training.
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Co-ordinated by Durham County Council’s road
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Paul Watson, road safety manager at the coun-cil, said: “As part of the re-launch of the scheme we are looking for instruc-tors to help us target the most common causes of accidents among young drivers and we know there are many great teachers out there who can make a real difference.
“We want our roads to
be safe for all users and focusing on those who have recently passed their test is known to help reduce accidents among that group of drivers.”
Anyone who wants to find out more should email [email protected], using EXCEL-erate Plus in the subject line.
The project is funded by the Police, Crime and Vic-tims Commissioner Ron Hogg, with instructors being paid via the scheme and pupils receiving train-ing for free.
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Amalia Fenwick is one of the happy pupils to have recently taken part in the scheme.
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“As you learn on the job, you often don’t need pre-vious experience to be considered or accepted and I would encourage any other young peo-ple thinking about their futures to look at the opportunities on offer.”
There are currently 36 apprenticeship posts in areas including business admin, civil engineering, accounting and catering to name just a few, with the roles starting in Sep-tember 2018.
John Hewitt, the coun-cil’s corporate director of resources, joined Sedgefield Borough Council through the Youth Training Scheme in 1988 and said the role had helped kickstart his career.
“That first role – which is very similar to today’s apprenticeship schemes – helped me learn all about the world of work and working with people for many different back-grounds. I picked up lots of skills which have been extremely useful as my career has developed,” he said.
“We are a big council providing many different services and there are a broad range of roles and opportunities we
can offer people who are interested in getting into work whilst continuing with vocational quali-fications. Durham is a fantastic place to work and to develop a career.
“When I started my career I never thought for one minute I would end up where I am now – but the opportunities are there – apprentice-ships provide hands on work experience and the opportunity to work your way into senior positions if you have the desire to do well.”
Apprentices will receive formal training towards a recognized qualification as well as gaining technical knowl-edge, practical experi-ence and the wider skill needed for employment.
Successful applicants will also be part of an Apprenticeship Network where they can receive updates of what is hap-pening across the coun-cil including any train-ing or job opportunities available.
Applicants need to register with the North East Recruitment Portal online at www.north-eastjobs.org.uk to see the opportunities avail-able. The deadline for applications is Monday, 4th June.
AN AWARD-WINNING former apprentice is encouraging others to follow in his footsteps by applying for one of 36 new roles being offered at Durham County Coun-cil.
Daniel Mudd started his career as a business administration appren-tice in 2015 before secur-ing his current role as a licensing assistant, and was named the council’s Young Employee of the Year in 2017.
“Applying for an apprenticeship was one of the best decisions I’ve made and has really helped me get a foot on the career ladder while gaining lots of invalu-able hands-on experi-ence,” he said.
“The opportunities to move into other roles within the council and work in a variety of teams has helped show me a lot about different ways of working and
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Daniel Mudd receiving his Young Employee of the Year award from DCC Chairman Cllr Bill Kellett.
RESIDENTS WITHOUT a central heating system in their home could be eligi-ble to receive it for free if they apply before the end of the month.
The Warm Homes Fund, which is designed to help households who find it difficult to heat their homes to the temperature needed to stay warm and healthy, is offering free central heating for homes across seven council areas, including County Durham.
To qualify, the following criteria must be met:
1 You must be the owner occupier or have a private landlord if you rent
2 Your home does not have, and never has had, a central heating system OR the main method of heating your home is the use of solid fuels
AND one of the follow-ing:
-You live in a qualifying postcode area
-You are in receipt of a qualifying income-related benefit
-If, based on low income, high cost calculation, you
are currently classed as in fuel poverty.
Homes with storage heaters, electric room heaters, solid fuel fires and single gas fires may qualify as these do not count as central heating systems.
Cllr Kevin Shaw, Cabi-net member for strategic housing and assets, said: “We know some people find it difficult to heat their homes and those using outdated and inef-ficient systems often find themselves facing even bigger bills.
“We would encourage anyone who thinks they may be eligible for this funding to apply online as getting a new cen-tral heating system can really make a difference to bills.”
The offer, which is open for new applicants until Thursday, 31 May, is being administered by Northumberland County Council.
Find out if you qualify by calling 01670 624140 or visiting www.northum-berland.gov.uk/whf.
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FERRYHILL CELTIC, who play in the Durham and District Sunday League Premier Divi-sion are looking for a new secretary to assist them with club duties.
Anyone interested in the voluntary role should contact Les Heaviside for more information on 01740 654649 in the evening after 7pm.
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