Work has begun on St Luke’s Parish and Community Centre. Late last year, St Luke’s Hall were awarded £140,000 from one of the UK’s largest charitable funders in order to completely refurbish the 30 year old building.
Jack Harrop
Jack Harrop joined us on Saturday Breakfast today. Jack will be spending 48 hours living amongst the homeless of a north east city to help raise awareness of their plight.
Jack has set up a fund raising sight which can be found here: https://tinyurl.c…
Sarah Gent
The Witham in Barnard Castle is fast becoming a popular venue for a wide variety of events including comedy, music, theatre and the arts.
Marketing manager, Sarah Gent tells us about the new 2019 brochure.
Cllr David Fleming
The Mayor of Bishop Auckland, Cllr David Fleming joined us for a chat this morning.
Karen Bonell – Lymphoma Action
Karen from the charity, Lymphoma Action, tells us about a new support group coming to the Darlington area from 9th January.
Little Treasures
Laura Younger and Michelle Abbs joined us today and talked candidly about their experiences as parents of children with autism.
They have formed the charity, Little Treasures, to support those in a similar situation.
Local News – Saturday 8th December 2018
Local News – Saturday 8th December 2018 by 105.9 Bishop FM
Joanna Hashagen
Catwalking Live takes place this Saturday 8th December at The Bowes Museum. We spoke to Joanna Hasshagen, curator of fashion and textiles and of the event/exhibition.
Watson Harrop
Watson Harrop talks to Bishop FM about his #FoodbankNomination campaign.
Andrew Coxon Trades4Care
John Atkinson talks to co-founder of the local project, Trades4Care, Andrew Coxon.