Wooden Spoon Durham Chairman
Paul Tully
Honorary Presidents
Tamara Taylor & Rob Vickers
We have committed over £125,000 to projects across the local area. These range from a therapy suite and gym at Heel and Toe, to a sensory woodland garden at the North East Autism Society.
Wooden Spoon Durham built a new relationship with Rugbytots, when they helped funded a project in their area. Zoe’s Place Hospice in Middlesbrough received a grant of £13,000 which enabled them to purchase two specialist cots.
Zoe’s Place provides pallative, respite and end of life care to babies and infants aged from birth to five years. All of the infants that are currently attending the hospice have a number of special needs. The cots will help to greatly improve their quality of life whilst at the hospice.
In 2019, we announced that Tamara Taylor and Rob Vickers would be joining us as Honorary Presidents in Durham, and both attended Zoe’s Place to see how money we raise helps local children with disabilities, or facing disadvantage.
As part of Wooden Spoon’s emergency funding, Wooden Spoon Durham donated £10,000 to local charities that were struggling to run essential services due a reduction in funding caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Zoe’s Place, The Auckland Project, King’s Church Foodbank, Teesside Hospice and Heel and Toe all received funding that enabled them to continue providing their support and services to vulnerable children and young people.
Take a look at the projects tab below to see what the funding means from the charities we supported.
See the events tab to find out about upcoming fundraising activities within the region.
If you would like to volunteer or fundraise for Durham, please get in touch, or visit our how can you help page.
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