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MATCH AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS

MATCH AVAILABLE FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS

6:55pm Thursday 7th March 2013

Grow Your Tenner Spring for a Year Launched Spring for a Year has launched today, with monthly donations, made to local charities and community groups through localgiving.com, being matched up to £10/month for a year. A pot of £40,000 donated anonymously and exclusively for groups in County Durham and Darlington is being used to match donations. The campaign will end at midday on 3rd May 2013 or when the pot runs out – whichever is sooner. As a supporter, you can use localgiving.com to search for and make donations to, local charities that make a difference in your community. If your charity or community group has not yet set up its page there is still time, visit www.localgiving.com/charitysignup to get started. For further information please do not hesitate to contact Clare Duggan, Localgiving.com Programme Co-ordinator on 0191 378 6356 or localgiving@cdcf.org.uk  

Merry Christmas - let's spare a thought for our neighbours!

Merry Christmas - let's spare a thought for our neighbours!

11:02am Thursday 6th December 2012

We have already started to experience bad weather with recent flurries of snow so I hope that the next few weeks leading up to Christmas don't mean that vulnerable people will be suffering.  Can I encourage all those who are in a position to do so, to look in on their elderly neighbours to make sure they are warm and well.

Merry Christmas - let's spare a thought for our neighbours!

Merry Christmas - let's spare a thought for our neighbours!

10:59am Thursday 6th December 2012

We have already started to experience bad weather with recent flurries of snow so I hope that the next few weeks leading up to Christmas don't mean that vulnerable people will be suffering.

Positive Young People Achieving

3:37pm Friday 19th October 2012

This week I attended the AGM of the Durham Association of Clubs for Young People at Ramside Hall to witness some very inspiring people receiving awards.

Localgiving.com

Localgiving.com

7:59pm Wednesday 15th August 2012

County Durham Community Foundation has been running workshops for those groups that are registered on Localgiving.com, the online fundraising resource that we are now recruiting charities onto.

Jubilee Good Wishes

Ferryhill’s Got Talent

5:39pm Friday 1st June 2012

With all the doom and gloom that's about this year, it is so heart-warming to have the Jubilee Bank holiday to cheer us all up.

Localgiving.com

Localgiving.com

2:43pm Friday 18th May 2012

County Durham Community Foundation has signed up to roll out Localgiving.com in County Durham & Darlington and is looking for groups to register.

BEST OF DARLINGTON

3:55pm Saturday 24th March 2012

How wonderful it was to witness another selection of individuals and organisations featured in the 'Best of Darlington' awards at Darlington College. There are so many fantastic things being achieved locally despite the difficult times we are in.

A true philanthropist and a gent

5:39pm Friday 20th January 2012

This week we have lost one of the UK's leading philanthropists. Sir Tom Cowie spent most of his life giving back to the area where he started his business and the community in which he lived.

Merry Christmas

Merry Christmas

12:06pm Friday 23rd December 2011

I would like to wish all readers of the Northern Echo and the wider community a very merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year from all at County Durham Community Foundation.

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