21 Dec 2024 | We've now raised £5000 towards our Mini Bus Fund. Thank you to everyone for your support in organising fundraising events, giving donations, attending events, buying raffle tickets and sending in items to sell. A fantastic way to end the year

15 Dec 2024 | We've had a great day supporting Rotary Club of Durham UK at the Santa Sleigh Charity Bucket Collection. 16 of our project members age 11 to 30 and 6 of the staff team

10 Dec 2024 | A fabulous Community Event today using our donated food and funding from Neighbourly We look forward to hosting more regular events in the new year

6 Nov 2024 | Some of our members attended the North East Youth Awards tonight along with Bryce and Linda. Projects we entered were Fun Fit for 'Sports Leisure and Culture of the Year', ASDAN Group for 'Project of the Year', The Fringe Performers for 'Most improved group of the Year' and Linda for our 'Youth Worker of the Year'. Bryce won his nominated category for Community Champion of the Year for all he does to encourage inclusion and cohesion while raising positive disabil

3 Nov 2024 | A great big well done to all of our swimmers who took part in the Durham Rotary Swimathon today

5 October 2024 | A massive congratulations to our charity football team who were last night crowned the national charity winners. Was a great night all in all.

12 August 2024 | We had a visit from Peter from Cooplands Bakers today who presented us with a cheque for £500. A big thank you to everyone who helped raise the funds for us

28 July 2024 | Another 20th Anniversary Celebration with our Fabulous Fashion Show. 18 of our members strutted their stuff on the Cat Walk with different themes of World of Work, Summer Fun, Sports, Mardis Gras, A Big Night Out, Hawaian Time and Individuality

26 July 2024 | That's our two performances of A Durham Tale done at The City Theatre. Thank you to everyone who came to support us, amazing to have 2 sell out shows. Thank you to @Durham Fringe Festival for the amazing opportunity and to @MGL Group for supplying the fabulous programmes

July 2024 | Support The Durham Fringe this Summer 24th to 28th July. Our Making Music Project are performing at Durham City Theatre with their 'Durham Tale' Story & Song. There are so many other fantastic performances happening across the City - check them out & support local talent

22 June 2024 | Another 20th Anniversary Celebration last night with an evening at Belmont Working Mens Club and entertainment from Q Digital Media & Entertainment. A huge thank you to them for supporting this event. We had a fabulous time

13 May 2024 | Having a fantastic afternoon at Buckingham Palace for the Gold Duke of Edinburgh's Award Presentation

12 May 2024 | Last night 7 of our adult members attended a Charity Ball as a reward for the support and fundraising they have given to Cheesy Waffles over the last year giving their time planning, prepping and supporting our events and activities. (There were more names than this so we had to do a draw out of the hat). It was a wonderful evening hosted by HMH Civils for their 10th Anniversary Ball with ourselves and the Great North Air Ambulance Service as their chosen charit

2 April 2024 | Our fabulous adult members standing together for Autism Acceptance

21 March 2024 | We’ve had an amazing night celebrating World Down syndrome day at the Community centre. Our Thursday youth club members have spent the last 3 weeks planning and preparing the night. We’ve also had members across all clubs walking 21 miles to raise funds for the charity. WORLD DOWN SYNDROME DAY 2024 💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💛

3 March 2024 | A big thank you to Joanne Patterson who presented us with a cheque for £1400 from the Prison Service Charity Fund for matching her fundraising from the GNR and close families funerals. We rely greatly on donations and this makes a huge difference to our funds.

2 March 2024 | 15 of our Saturday Social Members gave a fantastic performance today at Dunelm House National Women Against Pit Closures 40th Anniversary It was brilliant to be part of the day

20 Feb 2024 | February Fundraiser 12 noon to 2pm at Belmont Community Centre TODAY Sunderland Road, DH1 2LL Fantastic cheesy waffles ambassadors helping at Saturdays fair

14 Feb 2024 | We've had another fabulous performance from our Making Music Project tonight with 'A Love Story' song, dance & poem. Thank you to everyone who came to support, we certainly felt the love with our audience of 117. A special thank you to Shona at The Flower Shed By Shona. for loaning us the fabulous light up love letters, they really set the scene

1 Feb 2024 | Our NCS The Key group have been working hard on their Community Project. They have chosen to support Durham Alliance for Community Care, StrayAid and The Community Centre Garden. They will hopefully complete their project next week & deliver their gifts to the chosen Charities. Lots of skills learnt and shared between the group. Our NCS Key+ Group have had a busy day finishing off their Community Project with gifts delivered to Stray Aid and Durham Alliance for C