Durham Community Action Writers

Connecting with the community

This week, I had the opportunity to get out and engage with a diverse range of community groups. Each visit provided valuable insights and inspiration on the difference community groups make. Each group was looking to incorporate so plenty of discussion around different…

Birthday week and catching up

What a lovely week, despite everything going on in the world — certainly a birthday not to be missed! We…

Stepping Out Of the Usual

Had a really great visit to The Story at Mount Oswald this morning with Abby, Charlotte and Lyndsey. Steph West…

Finding life’s silver linings

You know when you get those weeks where life hits you a curveball! — it’s been one of those 😂

Really Positive Week!!

On returning from a week’s annual leave it was brilliant to see that my lovely colleagues, Helen and Katie, had been keeping the info@ and volunteering@ inboxes under control — thank you so much guys.

Maximising productivity but learning not to overdo it

Roadworks, delays and moving forward

This week has been really positive, with many discussions, lots of planning and moving things forward. Albeit not without a few difficulties.

Even my journey to work has been a little challenging, with two sets of long-term roadworks to…

A more confident full circle moment

Life has been a bit crazy at the moment and this week has been a time to step back and look at…

It will be alright on the night!

The Build up- This past week marked the culmination of weeks of planning as we hosted our first…