Sedgefield News

Sedgefield Development Trust

This website is a community enterprise, one of the projects of Sedgefield Development Trust Limited (SDT) and is the online version of the Sedgefield News.

Sedgefield News is distributed at the end of every month by a team of over 80 volunteers. This web site is updated on the 1st of each month inline with each monthly edition.

Produced by volunteers for the people of Sedgefield, Bradbury, Mordon and Fishburn

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FRONT PAGE NEWS

We are fortunate to live in a lovely part of the world, and one of things that makes it so special is the tremendous sense of community spirit. During the pandemic it was heartening to see so many people volunteering to provide help to their neighbours. In more normal times, our community supports an astonishing number of voluntary groups and it’s one of the reasons people love living here. You can take part in a 5km run, join an art group, plant trees to create a new wood or visit a vibrant farmers market – and all this can be done in a single weekend! The Sedgefield News Diary Page was always full.

But many voluntary groups have had to pause during the pandemic, or adapt, developing creative, often online, solutions to keep going. As we head out of lockdown, many of these organisations may need help to start up again. Some older volunteers will want to step down, their work done, so perhaps it’s time for batons to be passed to the next generation. Read the full article