COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY
• My report on the DCC Cabinet meeting of Wednesday 16 May.
• Great Aycliffe Town Council AGM, Wednesday 16 May.
• GAMP Board meeting, Tuesday 22 May.
• DCC is consulting on the physical, mental and social wellbeing of County Durham’s LGBT+ communities.
• The Durham County News is out.
• This year’s DCC Big Spring Clean was the biggest ever.
• DCC has employed extra staff to hand out fines for littering and dog fouling.
• County Durham Volunteering is helping volunteers find organisations – Market Place Durham, drop in 9am-3pm, Friday 1 June.
• The Stockton & Darlington Railway is to benefit from Heritage Action Zone status.
• Middridge and Woodham Village had the least crime per capita of any area in the County last year.
• Newton Aycliffe Police have responded to our PACT priorities.
• The Healthwatch County Durham AGM will be held at Spennymoor Leisure Centre, 9am, Wednesday 27 June, book on 0800 3047039.
• Still all go on the Business Park.
• Latest roadworks.
THINGS TO DO NEXT WEEKEND
• At Durham Oriental Museum (5-11s), FREE.
– Happy Hedgehogs, drop-in 1-3pm, Wednesday 30 May;
– Powerful Pots, drop-in 1-3pm, Friday 1 June (autism-friendly session, 10am-noon);
– Death Masks, drop-in 1-3pm, Saturday 2 June.
• Family Crafts: Dragon Magic, at Hardwick Park, drop in 11am-3pm, Friday 1 June, £3.
• Artist-led workshops at Low Barns Nature Reserve, £5 per family:
– Flower Pounding, 10:30am-12:30pm, Wednesday 30 May;
– Printing, 1:30-3:30pm, Thursday 31 May:
– Art Foraging, 10:30am-12:30pm, Saturday 2 June.
• Shildon Model Railway Club Open Exhibition, Locomotion Museum Shildon, 10am-4pm, 2-3 June, FREE.
• Georgian Country Fair at Beamish Museum, 31 May-3 June (entrance fee).
