Look out for the latest Team Challenge volunteering opportunities...

Alington House Grounds

In the garden at the back of Alington House in the centre of Durham, they are hoping to create a food garden which will eventually provide food for their café. However they need a bit of a helping hand! At the end of February we are looking for volunteers to help put up a fence at the bottom of the garden and clear some of the land to create vegetable beds. If you would like to help out please sign up. Visit the Team Challenge volunteering vacancies page on our website to register. 

When: Thursday 28^th February, 10am-3pm

Where: Alington House, N Bailey, Durham

County Durham Community Foundation

County Durham Community Foundation is a charitable grant-making organisation established to benefit County Durham and Darlington. Annually they award £2m in grants and part of the process is ensuring that the grants awarded are used appropriately.

To ensure this the Foundation carry out monitoring visits to grant recipients. As this is a large task they are looking volunteers to help them undertake these visits. Staff are split into groups of 2 or 3 and go off to carry out the visits (1 car per group will be required and drivers need to ensure that they have business insurance on their motor policy). Once visits are complete the groups then reassemble back at Langley Moor for a debrief and a chance to finish writing up the notes of the day. The paperwork is minimal – it’s more about feeding back as a group and allowing the Foundation to know that the grant recipients are not having any problems. If you would like to participate please sign up. Visit the Team Challenge volunteering vacancies page on our website to register.

When: Wednesday 13^th March, From 9.30am