Our Impact
Our beneficiaries live in County Durham, which consists of many former mining villages and pockets of disadvantage dispersed across a large geographical area. Our beneficiaries have numerous and myriad challenges including:
- poor mental and physical health (often as a result of unresolved trauma)
- learning disabilities
- drug/alcohol dependency
- lack of positive networks or social support
- lack of qualifications
- criminal record
- unemployment and lack of ambition.
Many have been temporarily accommodated in inappropriate accommodation, where they may have acquired additional habits and developed harmful friendships that make their needs even greater. As a result, these young people are very difficult to engage in society. Our experience, developed over 3 decades, has allowed us to develop successful approaches that make a difference.
Theory of Change
The vision of Moving On Durham is that young people are able to live independently and sustainably in the community.
We aim to achieve the vision through the delivery of all our charitable programmes and in particular, through the achievement of our core outcomes:
Young people develop good tenancy management skills
Young people develop an understanding of their place/role in society
Young people improve their physical and mental health
We achieve these outcomes through support planning, advice and guidance. Young people are always in the lead of their own development. They decide how to focus their support and in what areas they feel is most important. They may feel that addressing their mental health is their main priority and support workers will facilitate this, helping them to register with GPs, mental health services etc.
Progress made by young people is observed by support workers or the young person themselves. As the young person achieves outcomes against our theory of change, they increasingly become ready to ‘move on’ away from supported accommodation and into independent accommodation of their own. Young people stay with us until they are ready to move on, which is usually around a year.
We know our approaches are successful, as it is so rare to see the same young person again. They leave our support and in the vast majority of cases they go on to live sustainably and independently in Durham. We are frequently contacted by former beneficiaries who want to give something back. It is great to be able to see the difference we make and how young people have gone on to become happy and successful adults.
Our impact in stats
In our latest financial year we achieved the following outcomes:
88% of clients ended the year in secure accommodation
84% of clients reported improved mental health
46% achieved employment or training outcomes, with 54% working towards
Case Studies
A Fresh Start
A common reason why young people become homeless and seek a property with us...
Wayne’s Story
Wayne is a care leaver who came to us as high risk, due to previous...
Case Study: Sarah’s Story
Sarah gave birth to a healthy baby boy in May. Sarah has been living with us...
Case Study: Paul’s Story
Paul was homeless and had been living in his car for six months, over 100...
Case Study: Laura’s Story
Laura originally came to Moving on following a family fall out, she wanted to...
Case Study: Faraj’s Story
Faraj is a 21 year old Sudanese national with refugee status in UK and...
News
Early Christmas Gift from Durham Freemasons
Moving on Durham were delighted to receive an early Christmas gift in the form...
Christmas is a time of giving at Moving on Durham
Moving on Durham have been busy receiving and packaging food donations, ready...
Not really news any more
Yep, we’re back in lockdown. We are all continuing to work in line with social...
July 2020 Donations Roundup
The COVID-19 pandemic is causing unanticipated financial pressures for our...
May 2020 Donations Roundup
A roundup of the donations we have received in May 2020. COVID-19 is causing...
Natwest SE100 Social Business Awards 2020
We are thrilled to announce we have been shortlisted as a finalist in the...