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Durham County Council’s employee magazinefebruary 2015
Pedal powerBike buying schememakes it even easierto cycle to work.see page 3
Bid for stardomVote for CountyDurham’s owntourism superstar.see page 6
Stop:ItCrimestoppersjoins forces with fly-tipping scheme.see page 7
Welcome to first edition of Buzz for 2015.
As we move into the New Yearwe have already learnt that wehave more challenges ahead of uswith further reductions in localgovernment funding and a longerperiod of austerity.
We now expect to have to makeover £250 million savings in totalby 2019. However, by the end ofthis financial year we will havedelivered £136m since 2011.
A report will be going to Cabinetand full council this month whichwill recommend our final budgetfor 2015/16 and minimise theimpact on frontline serviceswhile making the proposedsavings.
It is with this ongoing financialplanning and by delivering oursaving targets on time that wewill remain in the strongestposition for the future.
We will continue to keep youup-to-date with this andthank you once again for thefantastic jobs you are doingdespite the many challengeswe face.
Employees with ICT access are being asked to complete a short onlinecourse on equality and diversity.
The interactive tutorial incudes 11 modules and should take approximately30 minutes to complete.
The course should be completed by Friday, 29 May and can be found at: https//durham.learningnexus.co.uk
Log onto the system by entering your:l User name – this is your six digit payroll numberl Password – if you haven’t used the system before
this will be Durham123.
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Big namesin county for one day international
Equality and Diversity training
Do you have a story you would like to see included in the next edition of Buzz?
Just let us know by contacting: [email protected], call 03000 268 067 or write toBuzz, Internal Communications, Durham County Council, County Hall, Durham, DH1 5UF.
George Garlick, Chief Executive
Sports fans will have the chance to watch some of the biggest namesin world cricket when England takes on New Zealand this summer.
The Fifth Royal London One Day International fixture, which takes place onSaturday, 20 June at Emirates Durham International Cricket Ground,promises to be a thrilling day of entertainment for the entire family.
Tickets are now on sale priced £40 for adults and from £5 for juniors.To book your seats visit www.durhamccc.co.uk/pages/international-cricket orcall the Box Office on 0844 499 4466.
For your chance to win two tickets to see England v New Zealand email [email protected] Tuesday, 24 February stating ‘International’ in thesubject box. Alternatively, post to InternalCommunications (address below).
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Cover: Launching the Cycle2Work scheme: David Smith, Dawn Watson and Stephen Grundy.
Fuel efficient drivingFree courses to help motorists to be more fuelefficient are available during February and March.
The training courses are for employees who drive eitherthe council’s or their own vehicles for work.
Funded by the Local Motion transport project, the one-daycourse runs from 9am to 4pm using the trainer’s car.
Permission should be gained from your line manager beforebooking a course.
Contact Alison Lonsdale on 03000 268 173 or Tony Flory on 03000 268 172for more information.
If you don’t own a bike or don’tcycle into work, there are fourelectric bicycles available to loan atCounty Hall for business journeys,in addition to three folding bikes.
For more information, visit theintranet or contact the TravelPlanning team at:[email protected]
Keen cyclists can gear up for a great deal on a new bike thanks to a popular staff discount scheme.
Now in partnership with Halfords, the
council’s Cycle2Work initiative allows employees to hire a bike andaccessories to travel to their job.
Big savings can be made as paymentsare taken directly from an employee’ssalary and the hire is free of tax andNational Insurance. For example, if abike costs £500 the scheme could helpsave up to £210 off the retail pricedepending on the rate of income taxpaid.
More information on the scheme willbe available at roadshows taking placenext month from noon to 2pm at thefollowing sites:l Tuesday, 3 March, County Hall,
canteenl Thursday, 5 March, Annand House,
ground floor l Tuesday, 10 March, Green Lane,
Spennymoor, canteenl Thursday 12 March, Crook Civic
Centre, ground floor
Highways adoption engineer David
Smith and senior asset strategy officerStephen Grundy both commute towork on their bikes and helped launchthe scheme ahead of the roadshows.
Stephen cycles 14 miles from Consettmost days. He said “Cycling is a greatway to commute and no more sitting intraffic. And with the scheme it meansthere’s no excuse as it’s now easy toget the bike you need.”
David, who travels five miles fromBrandon, added: “The Cycle2Workscheme is a great way to combinegetting fit with your daily commute, andyou have the added benefit of savingmoney on your fuel costs and on thepurchase of a new bike.”
The Cycle2Work scheme is part of theongoing work by the Travel Planningteam to encourage employees tochoose more environmentally-friendlyways to commute to work.
For more information visit the intranet.
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Save time and money spent ontravelling to meetings by videoconferencing.
Facilities are now available at fivesites:l Comeleon House, Tanfield –
Infrastructure 2l Seaham, Spectrum 8 – G4
l Meadowfield – Cathedral Rooml Durham County Hall – Room for
Improvement 5/109l Northumberland County Hall –
iNorthumberland Project Office.
The units are set up for internal videocalls only but can also be used asexternal audio conference units or acombination of both.
They are located in rooms that are
suitable for group conference calls aswell as individual calls.
Up to a maximum of four video callscan be in the same conference with anadditional audio only participant.Instructions on how to setup a videoconference can be found on theintranet.
Any issues or questions should belogged with the ICT Service Desk.
Video conferencing
On yer bikes
David Smith, accessibility planning officerDawn Watson and Stephen Grundy.
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Work to improve how the council works withcustomers is well underway.
Customer First is the authority’s programme ofimprovements to put the people it serves at the heart ofeverything it does. Projects taking place include:
The overall direction of the programme comes from theCustomer First Strategy which was agreed in the summer,following consultation with customers, employees andcouncil members.
As part of this research people stated that the followingpoints are important to them when dealing with the council:
l easy to contactl get it right first timel be clear on how and when services will be deliveredl give a choice of how to contact the council l the personal touch is importantl being able to make more payments online.
For further information on the Customer First Strategyvisit www.durham.gov.uk
Putting our customers first
Delivercustomerservice thatprovidesvalue formoney,flexibility andchoice whilstplacing ourcustomers atthe heart ofeverythingwe do.
Custom
er First v
ision l Further development to the
council’s new easy to use websiteso that customers can do morebusiness online.
l Streamlining council telephonenumbers and using telephonesystems better to provide anintegrated call centre.
Forthcoming projects include:
l A review of the CustomerRelationship Management (CRM)system.
l A new way of dealing withcustomer feedback and complaints.
l Development of a new set ofservice standards.
l Review of customer access points.l Development of Information
Durham – to provide consistentinformation to customers from allcouncil buildings.
The closing of council buildings over the festiveperiod has been agreed by corporate managementteam for the next three years.
The move will mean that this year offices will close from12.45pm on Christmas Eve to Monday, 4 January 2016.
Employees who will be on holiday during this period canagree with their line manager to take a combination ofannual and flexible leave during the closure.
More detail on the closures, including the affectedbuildings, will be communicated in an Employee Updatein March.
Festive periodclosures agreed
Improvinginternal communicationHundreds of employees have been having their say onhow the council communicates with them.
The recent survey on internal communications saw 1,850people give their views on the support they get to do theirjob, how they receive information and whichcommunications they found best at keeping them up to dateon council issues.
Of those taking part, 98 per cent said they receivedsufficient information to do their job properly and more thanthree quarters of employees indicated that they have atleast one staff meeting each month.
Nearly 80 per cent of employees said they had undertakentraining or development over the last year, which is animprovement of nine per cent over the last two years.
The most useful sources of information were the intranet(95 per cent) and Buzz magazine (87 per cent).
Just over 70 per cent of respondents said they would‘always’ or ‘mostly’ speak highly of the council, which isabove average (Work Employment Relations Study) acrossall sectors in the UK.
The information collected will now be used to furtheridentify how internal communications can be improved tobenefit everyone working at the council.
For further information on the survey [email protected] or call 03000 268 053.
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Did you take part in this year’s Dry January?
Alcohol harmreduction coordinatorKirsty Wilkinson(pictured) was onecouncil worker who didand lived to tell thetale!
“This was my secondDry January,” saidKirsty. “I found lastyear’s challenging aslike many people, Iprobably had too muchto drink overChristmas. So it wouldhave been so easy tocontinue the badhabits I had got into.
“I don’t drink a considerable amount, but it made me re-evaluate my relationship with alcohol. In times of anxiety,such as my grandfather being hospitalised, I found myselfthinking that ‘I would normally have had a drink now’, orafter my child’s birthday party I thought ‘I would have had adrink now to relax’. But I succeeded and it also helped me tocut down on my alcohol intake throughout the year.
“This year’s Dry January was an altogether differentexperience. Although there were times of anxiety and timesto relax, my first thought wasn’t of having an alcoholic drink.I also found alternatives to drinking alcohol, such asraspberry ginger beer which is probably my favourite!”
Congratulations to everyone who took part this year.
The winner of Dinner, bed and breakfast at Derwent ManorHotel was Ted Murphy, senior environmental health officer.
Out to Dry Newnationalcampaignurges:Be alertto thesymptomsof cancer
A campaign to savepreventable deaths fromstomach and oesophagealcancer has been launchedacross County Durham.
Be Clear on Cancer urgespeople to tell their doctor ifthey’ve had heartburn mostdays for three weeks ormore, or if they have difficultyswallowing food.
Around 12,900 people arediagnosed with oesophageal(gullet/foodpipe) or stomachcancer in England each yearand these cancers causearound 10,200 deathsannually.
This needn’t be the case -knowing what to look out forcould save lives.
You’re not wasting yourdoctor’s time by getting yoursymptoms checked. If it’snothing to worry about, yourmind will be put at rest. But ifit is cancer, early detectionmakes it easier to treat.
For further information aboutthe signs and symptoms ofoesophageal and stomachcancers, please visitnhs.uk/ogcancer
Families are being encouraged to swap sugary foods for healthieralternatives as part of a new Change4Life initiative.
The campaign shows parents ways to help their family cut down on their sugarintake by making simple food and drink swaps throughout the day.
“It’s surprising how much sugar there is in some of the things that we eat anddrink throughout the day,” said public health lead Dawn Phillips. “That’s aproblem because too much sugar means extra calories which causes fat tobuild up inside and which in turn could lead to heart disease, cancer or type 2diabetes.”
Search Change4Life online and sign up to receive your FREE Sugar Swapspack!
The winner of Visit CountyDurham’s inaugural TourismSuperstar Award needs your voteto score the top prize in thenational competition.
Matthew Henderson, who works atBeamish – The Living Museum ofthe North, is one of just 10 peopleshortlisted from hundreds of entriesacross the country, forVisitEngland’s Tourism Superstar2015 Award.
To support Matthew’s bid forsuccess, visit vote4matthew.com bySaturday, 28 February.
Matthew, an engagement andparticipation team assistant, beganworking at Beamish nearly threeyears ago, when he undertook a six-week college placement when he was just 17.
Following a two-year apprenticeshiphe gained a permanent position andnow helps with events, in addition toundertaking research for on-siteactivities and ensuring the historicdetails of the site are maintained.
Matthew said: “I love working atBeamish, every day is different andyou can’t help but feel a real passionfor the museum. All the staff andvolunteers have helped me so muchsince I first started, so I’d love to winthe award as a thank you for them.”
The winner will be announced onSaturday, 14 March, the first day ofEnglish Tourism Week.
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Tourism superstarneeds your vote
BRILLIANT ideas sought for Lumiere A successful light festival returning to County Durham this year is lookingfor bright ideas to be part of its four-day spectacular.
Lumiere will take place from Thursday, 12 to Sunday, 15 November andorganiser Artichoke is calling for creative people to submit ideas for artworks.
Previous winners of BRILLIANT competition include Durham teacher BethRoss, whose design of a series of neons was based on the 11th CenturyDurham Proverbs, and Sarah Blood and her neon bird boxes and soundscapecreation-Sanctuary.
Council leader Simon Henig said: “Lumiere is not only a spectacular andbreath-taking experience for residents and visitors; it provides a vital economicboost to the county’s winter economy. We know it also plays a key role inbringing people back to this area so that they can see more of what we haveto offer.
“BRILLIANT is a very special part of the festival, drawing on home-grownNorth East talent.”
The closing date for applications is Monday, 23 February and full details canbe found at www.artichoke.uk.com
Questions about the competition should be sent to [email protected]
Sedgefield and Fishburn areamong the most recentcommunities to be upgradedto fibre-based broadbandthanks to the Digital Durhamprogramme.
The upgrade, which hasbrought fibre to the area forthe first time, included eight of11 planned cabinets going livein the two areas, extendingcoverage to over 2,500 homesand businesses.
The final upgrades, which willbring the high speedtechnology to a further 1,200premises, are expected to befinished by April 2015.
The completion of phasethree in December meansthe programme is a third ofthe way through the fibreroll out, with coverageextended to almost 40,000homes and businesses.
For more information visitwww.digitaldurham.org
Sedgefieldand Fishburn go superfast
Employees and members of the public are beingreminded that if they suspect that an adult is beingabused they should report it.
The council’s Social Care Direct is the single point ofcontact for reporting abuse or seeking advice.
The service receives around 40 safeguarding calls eachday from the public and other professionals such as thepolice, ambulance service, and housing.
The County Durham Safeguarding Adults Inter-AgencyPartnership is a range of public authorities including thecouncil, which share a duty to keep adults in the countysafe from abuse, harm and neglect.
Contact Social Care Direct on 03000 26 79 79.
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Safeguarding adultsin County Durham
A national campaign to inform people of major changes to care and supportlaunched this month.
The initiative aims to ensure people affected by the reforms, such as care andsupport service users, carers, care workers and people approaching the point ofneeding care, are aware of the changes.
The reforms, which are part of the Care Act 2014, are the most significant in morethan 60 years. They are taking place as it is important to have a modern systemthat can keep up with the demands of a growing ageing population.
Care and support is something that many people will experience at some point intheir lives. Even if not for themselves, they will probably know or care for a familymember or a friend who does.
Information is now being sent to 112,000 homes in County Durham, which mayresult in more people contacting the council. To view this information visit theintranet.
More informationFor detailed information on the Care Act, and future developments, visitwww.durham.gov.uk/careact.
The Department of Health has also produced detailed factsheets that providemore information on the Care Act 2014.
Further details about the reforms can also be found at gov.uk/careandsupport
Care and support is changing…
Crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers has pledged itssupport to the council’s multi-agency fly-tippingcampaign ‘Operation: Stop It’.
Dave Hunter, regional north east manager forCrimestoppers, said: “Fly-tipping is a particularly worryingcrime as the individuals show no respect for theenvironment, or indeed the safety of people.
“Most concerning is the fact that a number of these fly-tippers have links to other criminality. We would thereforeencourage people to give us this information in completeanonymity online at www.crimestoppers-uk.org or by calling0800 555 111.”
Fly-tipping incidents can also be reported atwww.durham.gov.uk/flytipping or by calling 03000 261 000.
Householders are reminded to check their waste carrier islicensed with the Environment Agency before handingover their waste. Visit: www.gov.uk/find-registered-waste-carrier or call 03708 506 506.
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James Lee and James McKenzie may both share thesame first name but the work they do for the council is very different.
Whereas waste operationmanager James Lee isresponsible for making surepeople’s rubbish andrecycling is collected, theother James is on the end ofthe line when customers callthe authority to make requestsand complaints.
“My job is about managingrefuse, recycling and wastetransfer station operations in
the east of Durham,” said James. “So I wanted to get abetter understanding of the difficulties Customer Servicesface with the calls they receive from the public.
James spent the day shadowing customer servicesassistant James McKenzie as he took calls in the council’scontact centre, and who in turn will shortly be spendingtime with a refuse collection team.
“I learned a lot from the day and gained an appreciation forthe work of customer services, the types of calls theyreceive and how they handle them,” added James.
“Although the team has a good understanding of refuseservices, I think spending time with a refuse crew willcertainly help James deal with some of the calls he getseach day.”
Trading placesisn’t a wasteof time!
Crimestoppers joinsforces with ‘Operation: Stop It’
James Lee
An appeal for information about County Durham’s FirstWorld War heroes has been launched.
The DLI Museum and Durham Art Gallery is puttingtogether an exhibition about the 10 men who were born inthe county or served with the Durham Light Infantry andreceived the Victoria Cross for their courageous actionsduring the conflict.
Members of the public who have connections to the men orwho own memorabilia relating to them are urged to contactthe museum.
The 10 Victoria Cross recipients and the dates of the actionfor which they received the honour are:
l Pte Thomas Kenny, DLI, 4 November, 1915l Lt Col Roland Bradford, DLI, 1 October, 1916l Pte Michael Heaviside, DLI, 6 May, 1917l 2nd Lt Frederick Youens, DLI, 7 July, 1917
l 2nd Lt (Acting Capt) Arthur Moore Lascelles, DLI, 3 December, 1917
l Lt Cdr George Bradford, Royal Navy, 22–23 April, 1918l Lt George McKean, Canadian Infantry, 27–28 April, 1918l 2nd Lt John Youll, Northumberland Fusiliers,
15 June, 1918l Sgt William McNally, Yorkshire Regiment,
27–29 October, 1918l Pte Thomas Young, DLI, 25–31 March, 1918
Anyone with information can call the museum on 03000 266 590 or email [email protected]
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Victoria Cross information appeal
A total of 39,499 illegal cigaretteshave been seized over the past ninemonths as the council’s Safety andMetrology Team continue theirquest to rid County Durham of illicittobacco.
Raids in 12 suspected illicit tobacco or‘tab’ houses and six retail premises inthe county also brought in over 40kg ofillegal hand-rolled tobacco.
The series of operations carried out bytrading standards officers and thepolice have resulted in securingseveral convictions, resulting inpenalties including fines, a confiscation
order of more than £47,000 and twosix-week tagging orders.
Joanne Waller, head of environment,health and consumer protection, said,“These results show just how much wehave stepped up our action against thetrade of suspected illegal tobacco.
“This type of activity not onlyundermines the work of the stopsmoking services, but has a significantimpact on honest local businesses.
“We know our towns and villages donot want this type of activity takingplace in their neighbourhoods, and
we’ll continue to tackle this problemthroughout 2015.”
For more information on illegal tobaccoand how this can harm our localcommunities, please visitwww.durham.gov.uk/illegaltobacco
Lt Col RolandBradford, DLI
Support to help local communities remain resilient toall forms of intolerance or extremism is nowavailable.
A new community cohesion toolkit has been produced tohelp partners and residents build strong, sustainablerelationships in their towns and villages, irrespective ofbackgrounds or religion.
Visit the intranet or contact the Community Safety Teamon 03000 261 000 or [email protected]
Altogether safer
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Guide to servicesHandy new booklets listing councilservices and who to contact havebeen published.
There are three booklets, covering thenorth, south and west, and central andeast Durham.
The publications also containinformation on local councillors, AreaAction Partnerships and a guide tohelp stop fly-tipping in County Durham.
The guides have been sent to allhouseholds in the county and are nowavailable on the council’s website andin Customer Access Points.
Employees recognised for theirexcellent work this month include:
Teams who dealt with a major gasleak on the A167 at Chester-le-Street,which required emergency roadclosure and repairs to the highway:
l Robbie Aberdeen, clean and greenteam leader
l Kevin Boyle, street lightingelectrician
l Adrian Brown, gardenerl Mark Brown, gardenerl Matthew Brown, highways
operativel Roly Burdon, highways inspectorl Bob Clark, foremanl Tony Colley, maintenance managerl Roger Culpin, network managerl Graham Dixon, network control
officerl Malcolm Fearn, network control
officerl Steven Galloway, licences team
leaderl Jamie Hay, street lighting
electricianl Tony Hunter, highways managerl Jeff Jackson, gardenerl John Kennedy, highways operative
l Ged Wilson, street lightingmaintenance manager
l Keith Wood, area network controlofficer
Members of NeighbourhoodProtection teams:l Kendra Milnel Lyndsey Cartwrightl Colin Masonl Chris Hindmarchl Malcolm Whittakerl Susan Dorling l Scott Lancaster l Debbie Hugilll Stuart Carsel Alan Siddalll Cat Cullen l Eugene Walsh l Mark Hoynesl Katy MacDonaldl Will Hunter
Chilton Neighbourhood Services:l Richard Brownl Tom Dyerl Clare Hubbardl Karen Minterl Andrew Lindridgel Peter Bennett
For further information on Great Staff, Great Stuff, visit the intranet.
You can now see the highlightsof the Great Staff, Great StuffAwards 2014 online.
A video of the ceremony heldat County Hall in Decembercan be found on the intranetand YouTube.
The awards are held each yearto showcase the outstandingachievements of employees.
Chris Hindmarch
Susan Dorling
Innovative
projectsshortlisted for LGC awardsProjects to reduce homelessness and streamline payments to carehome providers are finalists in the Local Government Chronicle Awards.
The council’s electronic payment system for care providers has beenshortlisted in the Driving Efficiency Through Technology category.
The innovative system, which is not available elsewhere in the country,integrates financial assessments for people requiring care and theassociated charging and payment processes.
The Holistic Therapy and Support Service is also a finalist in theCommissioning Pioneer category.
The housing initiative aims to provide good quality and appropriatetemporary accommodation for those who become homeless.
Over the last two years it has saved approximately £150,000 on bed andbreakfast stays across housing and children and young people’s services.
Winners will be announced on Wednesday, 11 March.
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Preserving the past for futuregenerations and inspiring the publicto share their passion is the workof Durham County Record Office.
The team collects and conservehistorical documents that reflect thelife and work of the people of CountyDurham.
“Archives provide a unique access toour past and a continuing memory oftimes gone by,” explained educationarchivist Dawn Layland. “So it’simportant that we continue to collecthistorical documents and images andmake these available to as manypeople as possible.”
Durham County Record Office’sarchives date back almost 900 yearsto 1122 and range from paper andparchment documents tophotographs, films, sound recordingsand electronic records.
The collections have come from thecounty council, individuals,businesses and other organisations,such as schools, councils andchurches.
Part of the team’s job is to appraiseitems they are asked to store, decidewhich are worthy of preservation andlist these in catalogues.
It also generates income for theauthority by holding records fororganisations, such as DarlingtonBorough Council, and selling oldphotographs or charging for copies ofrecords.
“The office opened in 1963 and it nowholds over four miles of records in itsstrong room, protecting them fromtheft, fire and environmental harm,”said Dawn.
Archives of special interest includecollections from the Londonderry andStrathmore estates and other locallanded families, in addition to recordsfrom Consett Iron Company and theNational Coal Board.
There were 273 new collections ofarchives added in 2014 alone,including files from the LordLieutenant of County Durham - theQueen's personal representative inthe area; Durham Constabulary;
Seaham Harbour Dock Company,Durham Light Infantry and formercouncil buildings.
“It’s very satisfying sorting throughthe chaos in which records are oftenkept and creating order that allowspeople to easily find information theyare looking for,” said Dawn.
“And there’s nothing more excitingthan discovering previously hiddenrecords, such as the correspondencewe found at Consett Iron Companywhich revealed the political andeconomic pressure on the industry in1926.”
Information in the Record Office isused for a variety of reasons, fromestablishing legal rights to tracingfamily history. And with more than4,000 people now visiting the officeeach year and almost 15,000 postalenquiries, the is team are certainlykept busy.
“Our website also receives over onemillion visits a year,” said Dawn. “However with such a big collectionit’s not possible to put everything onthe site but it does have an extensivecatalogue listing our archives, as wellas holding 40,000 photographs.”
Encouraging more people to be awareof the archives and how to use themis a priority for the team and itregularly runs family history courses,as well as giving talks on their work.
The team is also helping both youngand old to learn more about CountyDurham during the First World War.
To mark the centenary of the outbreakof the WW1 last year they launchedDurham at War, an interactive websitewhich maps the story of the countyand its people from 1914 to 1918.
And to ensure younger generations ofresearchers delve into the county’sarchives, the team also runseducational workshops and createresources for schools. They will alsobe updating the Learning Zone ontheir website this year to support thiswork.
“As archivists there’s nothing betterthan to share the wealth ofinformation we hold,” concludedDawn. “And it’s such a pleasure whenwe can help people discover theirfamily roots or witness their awe whenthey handle old documents for the firsttime.”
Visit www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk formore information.
Durham County Record OfficeL-R: Gabriel Damaszk, David Butler, Mark Jervis, GillParkes, Jo Vietzke, Dawn Layland and Victoria Oxberry
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An exciting new adaptation of Robert LouisStevenson's much-loved tale of murder, money andmutiny is to be broadcast live from the NationalTheatre (NT) to Gala’s big screen.
The classic pirate tale will be aired in Durham Cityon Wednesday, 18 February at 2pm.
Written by Bryony Lavery, the swashbucklingadventure begins on a dark, stormy night when Jim,recast as a the inn-keeper’s granddaughter, opensthe door to a terrifying stranger.
At the old sailor’s feet sits a huge sea-chest, full ofsecrets. Jim invites him in - and her dangerousvoyage begins.
Broadcast live in stunning HD from the NT's vastOlivier stage, this show is suitable for everyone aged10 or over and allows viewers to experience the bestof British theatre at a cinema near them.
Tickets: £10 - £15, £20 Family Tickets.To book, visit Gala box office, call 03000 266 600 orvisit www.galadurham.co.uk
To win a pair of tickets to see thisincredible production, on Wednesday,18 February send your answer to thequestion below to [email protected] byThursday, 12 February, stating ‘TreasureIsland’ in the subject box. Alternativelypost to Internal Communications(address on page 2).What’s the name of the inn-keeper’sgranddaughter?
Gala spring 2015 Gala Theatre’s exciting springprogramme of live entertainment andscreenings has now been published. Find the full listing at www.galadurham.co.uk
Winter Steam GalaSaturday, 14 and Sunday, 15 February
Themed around Edith Nesbit’s ‘TheRailway Children’, the event willinclude a selection of locomotives,together with some engines thatfeatured in the television and filmadaptations of the story – includingguest locomotives “Joem” and GWR No. 5775.
A large variety of trade stands will be within Locomotion’s Collection building.
Model MotionSaturday, 14 and Sunday, 15 March
A massive celebration of someminiature collections!
A large variety of models andlayouts for everyone to seeincluding famous trains, Meccanoand Tomy, with a variety of railwaymodelling products on sale.
Free admission. For more information visitwww.nrm.org.uk/locomotion or call 01388 777 999.
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Yo-ho-ho and a bottle of rum…
Treasure Island NT Live at Gala
