Main Guestbook Disclaimer.     Will this website persist beyond the March cut-off for SRB? If so, with what sort of content? (I need this information to decide whether to link to it from the new One Voice Network knowledge management web cluster for County Durham's VCS.) Name Withheld, 21/02/2006 14:54:36 Web Administrator: Hi Claire, the SRB 5&6 Programme for County Durham will continue to receive funding until March 2007. I am pleased to say that this website will therefore continue to exist until this time. You may also like to link into our site www.mobilisingknowledge.co.uk as this will continue on after SRB funding has ended and fits nicely into the area of knowledge management. Research on Easington/Ellington I am a student at the University of Newcastle and I am doing a study of the closing of Easington and Ellington colliery and the impact this have had on the communities. I am trying to collect as much data as possible on how Easington have changed from the 1980s through the closing of the colliery in 1992/93 and all the way until present time. I would be interested in any help/information you could provide me regarding statistics, tables or name of people/institutions that can provide me with this information. Arve Gravningen, 01/05/2005 11:43:31 Web Administrator: Hi Arve, thank you for your enquiry. A lot of the work we are doing is based around regenerating former colliery villages such as Easington. Why not try looking at two further websites, www.durham-miner.org.uk which is a database of mines within County Durham or the mining museum website at www.dmm.org.uk. Easington Colliery library will have local information on the pit, telephone 0191 527 0239 together with Easington District Council www.easington.gov.uk. Ellington Colliery was based in Northumberland and the County Council website is www.northumberland.gov.uk. You can also obtain details on population and migration from www.durham.gov.uk if you search for the words "IMD 2000". Lastly, our records office at County Hall Durham would prove a useful source for information and have their own website at www.durham.gov.uk/recordoffice. Good luck with your studies. I am in the process of compiling a website for our village, to try and generate some more pride amongst our residents. Your site has provided some good contacts to approach for further information regarding regeneration and increasing community awareness. www.cornforth.org.uk Name Withheld, West Cornforth, Durham, UK, 17/02/2005 06:54:45 Web Administrator: Thanks , we are on with updating the site with more information so keep logging on for the latest funding information. I work for a national food re-distribution charity and I have been conducting research on some of the most deprived areas in the UK in order to ascertain the potential for expanding our service. It was wonderful to be able to visit such an easily accessible website that gave me all of the information I needed in a clear and uncluttered manner. Many thanks for your hard work on this. Abigail Charters, [email protected], London, 06/07/2004 10:57:21 Usefull site easy to navigate around and full of usefull information Keep expanding and encourage Community groups to make more use of this site COUNCILLOR LESLIE VAUX, [email protected], STANLEY, DURHAM, 10/04/2004 23:44:05 Web Administrator: Pleased to read that you found the site easy to get around. we are always looking at new ways to improve the site and would love it if more community groups got involved with the Growing Communities section. A clear and unclutterd site,easy to navigate and a useful resource - if you happen to live in the wards covered and certainly its interesting seeing what communities are getting up to! Just one niggle red on yellow - I find this not as clear as black on yellow Brian Wilson, [email protected], Wodham Village, Durham, UK, 28/01/2004 10:36:00 Web Administrator: Thanks Brian, we'll take on board your comments about the tool bar colours next time we do any redesign work on our site. The web site is fab! It is up-to-date, informative and a great way of finding out what is going on in regeneration in County Durham. Keep up the great work! John, Chester-le-Street, Durham, 02/10/2003 10:38:59 What a great website! I'm sure this site is going to be of enormous help to Crook Community Partnership and other groups we are in contact with. Thanks ever so much. Peggy Manuel - Chair of Crook Community Partnership and member of the S.R.B management board. Peggy Manuel, Crok, Durham, 02/06/2003 18:53:45 Web Administrator: We are very pleased you like the site Peggy. Hopefully the Growing Communities page and the Funding Section will prove a useful source of information for you. Why don't you let us have some background information to publish on your Community Partnership? well done. I am using the site quite a bit and find it very useful for myself and for community members I am working with. Mandy English, durham, 02/06/2003 13:35:25 Web Administrator: Thank you. We have tried to make it a user friendly site with information that is relevant to our audience. It's a really great site. It's easy to get around, and it's interesting to see whats going on in all the areas. Keep it going. Julie Morgan, Durham, 29/05/2003 09:34:19 Web Administrator: Its great to hear that you like the site Julie. Thanks for your interest from all the team. I really like the site. It's easy to get around, and it's interesting to see what projects are going on around the County and where. Keep up the good work! Peter, Durham, England, 10/04/2003 16:02:27