Our MP Phil Wilson learnt how National Lottery awards to Newton Aycliffe-based charity DISC have allowed it to deliver innovatives across the North of England to improve the lives of hundreds of people. He met Angie Hutchinson, Director of Children and Young People’s Services during a visit to the charity’s headquarters.
Phil said: “I am delighted to visit DISC, a beacon of excellence that helps to inspire individuals, their families and communities to overcome incredibly difficult circumstances to achieve improvements in their lives”.
Angie Hutchinson said: “As the MP for our headquarters’ constituency, we’re delighted to meet with Phil to discuss some of our projects.
“It’s appropriate that the visit is during our Diversity Month, and one of our flagship projects is the North East Gender Identity service that is based in Newton Aycliffe and works across the north east. It was recently awarded Investing in Children accreditation and is just one of a number of really important, life changing projects that we’re involved with, not just within Phil’s own constituency but across the North of England”.
Other local DISC projects that were discussed with the MP included the Darlington Young Carers Service that supports young people and their families to reduce the impact of caring for a family member or friend, and the Skills4Success study programme that provides enhanced learning opportunities which was rated as ‘Outstanding’ by Ofsted.
Ms Hutchinson added: “The support of the BIG Lottery has been instrumental in our success and we’re able to learn from projects successes to help develop other initiatives in the parts of the country where we work”.
MP Phil Wilson with Angie Hutchinson of DISC.
