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Introducing The Willow Burn Bouquet

Happy Birthday, Congratulations, I’m sorry.  Flowers can be given for a whole range of reasons and everyone loves getting a bunch of beautiful fresh flowers; now the flowers you buy can help make a difference to your local community. Cindy’s Balloons and Flowers, Events Decoration has designed an exclusive bouquet for the Hospice, the Willow Burn Bouquet; a stunning hand tied bouquet of cream and white flowers, perfect for all occasions.  For every bouquet sold 5% will be...

Nathalie and Noriko bring puppets and socks to Literary Festival

Last month, the Derwent Valley Literary Festival saw Nathalie Paris telling stories and using her puppets to provide a fun session of French speaking while Noriko Matsubara was reading her picture books and helping children make their own sock puppets to take home.The free event, which took place at venues across the Derwent Valley, was a celebration of books featuring local authors, poets and playwrights reading, performing and talking about their wo...

Robson Print makes a perfect partner

Robson Print are delighted to be working with fellow DBN member Willow Burn Hospice supporting their Win Your Happily Ever After Fund Raising event, where one lucky couple can win an amazing dream wedding.As we only produce bespoke Wedding Stationery when asked this is not a usual part of our business but we wanted to support Willow Burn so have created a flexible package that will allow the winning couple to work with us and create their perfect printed Wedding Statione...

We need your feedback please...

DBN is always looking to improve it’s services to members and we need to know what we’re doing right and what we could do better. Please can you help us by completing this short survey by 13th July if you haven’t already done so? There’s only 9 easy questions to complete and all answers are anonymous.Complete your survey here....

If you go down to the woods at Beamish Hall

There is a lot of scurrying in the woods down at Beamish Hall in Stanley with the opening of the new woodland wonderland – an interactive and free walk that brings childhood dreams to reality. Wooden cars, chairs and tables, giant caterpillar tunnels and Alice’s tree, all encourage children to get away from behind computer screens and back to the basics of playing outdoors. The beauty of this woodland adventure is that families can enjoy the activities together whether it be m...

CDC Enterprise Agency – Assessors wanted

We’re looking for exceptional people who can work part-time assessing enterprise and digital qualifications.  CDC Enterprise Agency is an organisation based in County Durham, that specialises in helping businesses to start-up and grow. We do this by offering a range of business support and training solutions aimed at people who either have a great business idea or who already have a business and need extra support and training.  We already have a team of great trainers who are passio...