East Durham Community Development Trust

East Durham Trust is a VCSE organisation. Delivering poverty reduction and community development we promote community-led support for the most marginalised. We are the ‘go to’ organisation within East Durham for our often-disenfranchised ‘seldom reached’ communities. We balance delivery and development of a range of community-based and led services. East Durham Trust operates on a ‘hub and spoke’ approach through well-established partnerships with our communities. Volunteer With Us. As the cost-of-living skyrockets, with a drastic rise in the cost of everyday essentials such as food and fuel and the failure for wages to rise in accordance with these price hikes, we are preparing for an increase in individuals using our services, such as our food banks, debt advice services and befriender phone line. This is where you come in, we are desperately in need of more volunteers to join our ranks and support the local community, ensuring we have the capacity to deliver the same level of services to an increased user base. If you have a few hours to spare a week, there will be a role for you at East Durham Trust. WHAT WE DO We are the 'go to' organisation in our community delivering a range of projects and services from crisis support to art engagement. East Durham Trust’s operates on a ‘hub and spoke’ approach through well-established partnerships with our communities. We work directly with community members and partners to facilitate prevention, intervention and crisis support services delivered in our communities, for our communities and by our communities. We empower people to take ownership of their own needs and work to lift up those most in need in East Durham. We help build and maintain meaningful relationships within our community ensuring those on the margins are helped to be in reach of a spectrum vital services.