DAMHA News
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Highest possible rating
The organisation which regulates social housing providers in England has awarded Durham Aged Mineworkers’ Homes Association (DAMHA) its highest possible rating. The Regulator of Social Housing has given the Association a G1 rating for Governance and a V1 rating for financial Viability. This follows an annual ‘stability check’ in which the regulator looks at financial […]
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Young at heart
They may not be the young ones anymore but after 60 years of marriage a couple that Cliff Richard brought together remain young at heart. Jean and Jim Appleby met as teenagers at the cinema when they’d both gone with friends to see Summer Holiday starring Cliff. Two years later they were married and in […]
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Blackhall Community Centre
After Easington Social Welfare Centre, the only other surviving former miners’ welfare hall in our area is the Blackhall Community Centre and in this feature Centre Manager Alison Paterson explains how it is thriving thanks to her dedicated team of staff and volunteers. The Miners Welfare at Blackhall opened in 1959 and served the Pit […]
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The talk of the town
A woman whose baking exploits are the talk of the town has won our good neighbour of the year competition. Marjorie Perry, 95, was nominated by her neighbours at Londonderry Court in Seaham for the 2024 competition. She was one of several people short-listed before a panel of judges choose her for this year’s award, […]
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End of year vouchers
We were pleased to be able to continue the tradition of presenting end of year vouchers to 143 of our residents aged 90 and over. Each year, we present £25 gift vouchers to all the nonagenarians who live in our homes. We contribute £10 to the vouchers and the rest is provided by The Almshouse […]
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Joseph Hopper Homes
2024 marked the centenary of the opening of our Joseph Hopper Homes in Birtley. The ten homes were completed in December 1923, but the first residents moved in the following year when they were officially opened on 16th February 1924 by George Lansbury MP. An excerpt from a letter from John Callan, the building contractor […]
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Site visit
Each year, in September, staff and Trustees from DAMHA undertake a site visit to some of our properties/schemes. This time, we visited Pelton Lane Ends, and our largest (and arguably highest-profile scheme following the replica homes now in the 1950s town at Beamish Museum) at Marsden Road. We also popped in to speak to residents […]
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Media Contact
Journalists wanting more information on Durham Aged Mineworkers’ Homes Association can contact Neil Shaefer on 07732 210262 or email neil@shaeferpr.com
