Ageing Better Middlesbrough’s Peer Friendship project has matched its first volunteer and beneficiary as part of the newly launched Good Neighbour scheme.

Dave Holton, a retired IT project manager from Acklam stepped in as a ‘Good Neighbour’ to help Mrs Stalker by tackling a series of odd jobs that required attention around the home including changing lightbulbs, bleeding radiators and adjusting two walking sticks to the correct height which Mrs Stalker had struggled with as a result of arthritic aches and pains in her hands.… Read the rest

Former Actes youth worker Nathan James is a prime example of how young people can improve their lives for the better, with the right support.  Now a project manager for housing group Thirteen, the former Pride of Britain Young Achiever has left a lasting legacy at Actes having positively influenced the lives of over 10000 young people while heading up some of the organisation’s most successful projects.… Read the rest