Compiled by County Councillor John Clare
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• Where should the DCC cuts fall – tell them: bit.ly/DCCCutsConsult
• GAMP’s Employment Pit Stop initiative has earned national recognition: bit.ly/GAMPPitstop
• DCC have launched an ‘Independent Living House’ in Spennymoor: bit.ly/DCCILHouse
• DCC to target more than 23,000 households who may qualify for the Home Heating Cost Reduction Obligation gas boiler scheme: bit.ly/HHCRO
• GAMP meeting, Tuesday 22 September, 6pm, Middridge Village Hall
• Forthcoming roadworks of which I am aware: bit.ly/Roadworks11Sep
• Lumière Programme announced: bit.ly/Lumiere15Prog
• Durham’s Countryside Service Guided Walks Programme September 2015: bit.ly/DCCWalksSep15
• County Durham’s Environment Partnership Newsletter Autumn 2015: bit.ly/DCCEPNews
• Latest ‘Ambulance Matters’ from the North-East Ambulance Service: bit.ly/AmbulanceMattersSep15
• The Department for Transport/DCC ‘Local Motion’s sustainable transport initiative is offering a free ‘taster’ day of bus travel. Apply here: bit.ly/BusTaster
• HealthWatch County Durham: ‘Mental Capacity and the Deprivation of liberty’ public consultation (ends 2 Nov): bit.ly/HWCDMConsult
• If you were born on or before 5 January 1953 you are now due a free bus pass. Apply here: bit.ly/DCCBusPass
• Great Aycliffe Cancer Support Group and Newton Aycliffe Youth FC have been shortlisted for Skipton Building Society ‘Grassroots Giving’ funding: bit.ly/SBSGivingSep15
• Application for entry in September 2016 into Years 10 and 12 of the new University Technical College is now open: www.utcsouthdurham.org
• Durham Wildcats ‘Satellite Club’ basketball training programme, Newton Aycliffe Leisure Centre, Thurs 5-6pm, £2 for young people 8+ bit.ly/WildcatsClub
• Friday, 25th September, 10am-1pm: PCP’s Macmillan Coffee and Crafts Morning.
• Sat 26 September, 10:30am-noon, Hardwick Park: £12, Scarecrow Saturday: 01740 621505, www.durham.gov.uk/hardwickpark
• Sunday, 27 September, 10am-4pm, Witton Park Village Hall, FREE: 190th S&DR Anniversary
• Sat-Sun, 26-27 September, 10am-5pm, Locomotion Railway Museum, Shildon: FREE, 190th S&DR Anniversary/Steampunk Spectacular: bit.ly/NRMLocomotion190
• Sat-Sun, 26-27 September, 10am-4pm, Head of Steam, Darlington Railway Museum: FREE, 190th S&DR Anniversary: bit.ly/DRMHOS
• Sat-Sun, 26-27 September, 10am-5pm, Beamish Museum: normal museum admission, Hands-on Heritage Skills: 0191 3704000, www.beamish.org.uk
