Durham City Freemen Charitable Trust

The Charitable Trust was established in January 2015, initially to reinstate and formalise elements of Freemen’s traditional values, including training and education and by providing support for the wider community of the City of Durham, particularly those more vulnerable in our society and thereby reconnecting with our heritage and historical values.

Festival Targets Children And Young People To Build On Success

Organisers of a successful performing arts festival, planning their fifth successive annual event in Durham City, are focusing attention on children and young people in the surrounding communities to help build on dramatic rises in audience numbers...

Birth And Death Of A Pit Village Remembered

A once thriving mining community on the outskirts of Durham, born in the early 19th century and disappearing 150 years later, is being permanently remembered in a heritage project supported by a local community group, the city’s freemen and the county council...

Time For Tea And Reflection In A Peaceful Woodland Glade

Ambitious volunteer workers have transformed an overgrown woodland into a haven of peace and tranquility - which includes a public tea room in the trees – thanks to a second injection of cash from Durham City’s Freemen. ..

Freemen Gift Blood Bikers An Infusion Of Cash

A dedicated band of motor bikers, operating a vital night-time service delivering vital blood and medical supplies to the region’s hospitals, healthcare sites and the Great North Air Ambulance, have themselves been on the receiving end of an important gift – a donation of £1,000...