Youth Support
In addition to our corporate complaints procedure, we have specific complaints procedures relating to a number of specific areas.
DCC Kids
Why not visit the DCC Kids website; there’s a lot to see and do. Visit our jokes page for all our favourite 'gigglers' or try our games section where there's plenty to play.
Educational Awards and Benefits
The Student Support team assesses whether students, who live in County Durham, are eligible for financial support. Information is available for pupils of compulsory school age and for further education students, covering funds for sixth form, student awards and student loans.
Every Child Matters in County Durham
The Every Child Matters in County Durham project aims to communicate how services for children, young people and their families will be integrated and co-ordinated in the area, with regards to health, social services, education and local authorities.
International Education
Find out about international education projects which are available to the residents of County Durham and how twinned communities across the world work collaboratively to bring the outside world to the classrooms and homes of people in our community.
Investing in Children
Investing in Children is an organisation concerned with the human rights of children and young people.
Investing in Children Travel Card
Find out about half price travel throughout County Durham which is available for young people aged between 14 and 16 year.
Involve and Consult Young People in Improving the Community
Get information on a number of ways in which young people can be consulted and involved in decisions and actions to improve their local community.
Safer Routes to School
Learn about the 'Safer Route to School' project, which aims to help more children and parents to walk, cycle or use public transport on their journey to and from school, by improving the travelling conditions and roads around the school site.
Steps Information for Young People
'Steps' is a team of social workers who work with children, young people, their carers and families to help them sort through their feelings at difficult times in their lives.
Supporting People
Supporting People is an amalgamation of a number of different funding sources that were aimed at providing 'housing related support' to people who needed help to find appropriate accommodation, to settle into stable accommodation, to learn to live independently or simply to maintain their current circumstances in their daily lives.
SureStart County Durham
The 'SureStart' project in County Durham is working towards a better future for children in developing good quality childcare throughout the region.
Teenagers to Work
Teenagers to Work is a work taster programme, offering young people a chance to experience the world of work, develop new skills and increase their self confidence.
Under 14 Bus Card
The County Durham Under 14 Bus Card proves you are entitled to half price bus travel. You don't have to own a card but it will help if you are having problems proving your age to bus drivers.
Young Carers
A young carer is a child or young person under the age of 18 who supports a parent, brother or sister, or other relative who needs care or support.
Youth Service
See how the Education in the Community's 'Youth Service' works with different groups of young people, operating in a variety of settings including; youth centres and clubs, mobile projects, outreach work and school based projects.
