Compiled by County Councillor John Clare
Two important Council meetings this week, along with other Council news and messages, a local charity hero … and loads to do next weekend. Find my vlog and more info on my blog at: bit.ly/CNB72
COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY NEWS
• DCC Cabinet meeting, Wednesday 17 October – school funding, selective licensing, an update on the History Centre, the draft Children & Young People Strategy and the Public Health Annual Report.
• DCC ‘Do It Online’ reaches 100,000 customers.
• DCC launched Green GB Week, 16-19 October.
• Last week was also National Empty Homes Week, and National Adoption Week.
• Wednesday 10 October was World Mental Health Day.
• The Forrest Park Infrastructure is now completed.
• GATC Environmental and Recreation Committees meeting, Wednesday 17 October – including Santa Tours and Aycliffe Festival.
• You can now get your Town Council Fireworks Display wristbands.
• Congratulations Carol Briggs for gaining the Outstanding Individual Contribution and the North East Charity Awards.
HALF TERM
THINGS TO DO
• Hardwick Park Half-term events (phone 03000 262 899):
– Wizard School (6+), 10-11:30am or 1-2:30pm, 22-23 October, £6 per child
– Frightful Family Crafts, drop-in 11am-3pm, Wednesday 24 October, £3 per child
– Pumpkin party, 11:00am, 12:30pm or 2.00pm, Thursday 25 October, £6 per child
– Woodland trick or treat (4+), 10-11:30am or 1-2:30pm, Friday 26 October, £4 per child
– Welly walk, 10am-4pm, Sunday 28 October, 50p per trail sheet
– Gallery of Monsters Trail, 10am-4pm, 20-31 October, £1 per sheet.
• Involve Tour at Junction 7, Silverdale Place, noon-3pm, 22-23 October.
• Hallowe’en Evenings, Beamish Museum, 22-23 October, C: £10, A: £14.
• Half-term crafty session at Greenfield Arts, 10:30am-12:30pm, Tuesday 23 October, FREE.
• Low Barns Nature Reserve:
– Hedgehog Hideaways (5-11s), 1-3pm, Tuesday 23 October, £5
– Ghostly Ghouls and Creepy Critters, Low Barns Nature Reserve, 10am-noon, Sunday 28 October, £2.
• Celebrate Science, Palace Green, 10am-4pm, 23-25 October, FREE.
• Chitty, Chitty Bang Bang, Darlington Hippodrome, 24 October-3 November, C: £16, A: £23.
• Durham Oriental Museum:
– Hippos, (5-11s), drop in 1-3pm, (autism-friendly event, 10:30am-12:30pm) Friday 26 October, FREE
– Ancient Syrian Glass Art (5-11s), drop in 1-3pm, Saturday 27 October, FREE.
• PCVC ‘Superheroes’ family fun day, Locomotion Museum Shildon, 10am-3pm, Saturday 27 October, FREE.
• Armistice Family Activities Day, Durham Cathedral, 10:30am, Saturday 27 October, FREE.
• Military Music (5-11s), Palace Green Library, 1-3pm, 27-28 October, FREE.
• History of Health, Beamish Museum, 20-28 October (entrance charges apply).
