Integrating supports children, young people and adults with disabilities, all of whom needed to take a holiday! All service users live in or are able to access the districts of Durham City and Chester-le-Street.
The charity annually work with around 90 children & young people and deliver over 10,000 activity hours during both term time and school holidays. They have just recently been on their first residential since Covid to Butlins thanks to the support of Thorne & Derrick International,
A group holiday of this nature offers the members a break from their regular routine and environment, but with the security of familiar adults in support to provide a range of experiences to meet individual needs.
For many members, this is a welcome break with friends; for some, it is their first time away from their families! For the families of the young people, this holiday provides welcome respite from their caring responsibilities. Whatever benefits this holiday brings, Integrating guarantee a happy, fun and engaging experience in a safe and supported environment, fostering friendships and positive relationships all week long!
Below are some photos of everyone having a great time on the latest residential!
The charity is overseen by a passionate Board of Trustees who meet monthly to discuss topics such as the general running and management of the charity, funding requirements, growth, contracts, safeguarding etc. whilst ensuring all of our policies and procedures are being followed correctly allowing the charity to be run safely and successfully. The Trustees are managed by our Chair Richard Taylor.
All of our general day to day operational responsibilities are shared amongst 2 full time staff members, 1 administrator, sessional staff and volunteers, all of whom go above and beyond their role requirements to achieve a high standard of care.
Looking to Volunteer with us or perhaps you are interested in becoming a Trustee? Please email [email protected]
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All staff at Thorne & Derrick would like to say a huge congratulations to one of our Customer Service Apprentices, Dylan, who has passed his Level 2 Customer Service Apprenticeship.
Dylan chose to study an apprenticeship to enable him to ‘learn on the job’ while embarking on his new adventure as a Sales Engineer with Thorne & Derrick. He felt an apprenticeship was the most suitable option for him and was more beneficial than traditional study as it would enable him to earn a wage and start his career at an earlier age.
Dylan started his role with us just over a year ago and is now an integral member of the sales team – performing well and settled into his job.
After completing the apprenticeship Dylan said:
“The Level 2 Customer Service apprenticeship has provided me with a basic yet insightful look into customer service and how it plays a big part within my sales role. I am keen to continue my professional development; with help from my manager and director, I am now embarking onto a Level 4 Sales Executive course which I feel is more closely linked to my job role and will cover all areas of my day to day tasks. With the constant support from above, I am able to continue my development within Thorne & Derrick and I am keen to continue on my path in sales.”
Terry McDonald, Sales & Business Development Manager at T&D said “Congratulations Dylan for passing your apprenticeship after your first successful year at the company. Dylan has worked hard throughout his apprenticeship and has gained in depth industry and product knowledge to enable him to become a crutial member of the sales team. His attention to detail along with his high standard of customer care shines throughout everything that he does. We look forward to having you for many more years to come and I’m sure you will smash the Level 4 Course!”
Thorne & Derrick have also welcomed a new sales apprentice this month! We are excited to have Chloe onboard with us to develop her skills and start her career in sales.
Following her highly predicted A-level grades, Chloe decided that an advanced apprenticeship was the best route of further education for her to combine study while working.
See what she said below:
“From past experiences I have realised that there is only so much that can be learned through books. Further progression of knowledge and experience comes by implementing everything that I have learned into real life scenarios. I believe that being taught something which can then be used in a sales environment, is the most beneficial way of being able to learn and grow as an individual and most importantly a successful salesperson. For me personally, being able to combine these both by doing the Sales Executive Apprenticeship will be more beneficial and rewarding. It brings excitement to be able to work for Thorne and Derrick and gives a great amount of hope to becoming successful in the future.”
Dylan and Chloe are both going to be starting the brand new Level 4 Sales Executive Apprenticeship. As the first employees to undertake this apprenticeship in the company, they are looking forward to seeing what the course will offer and eager to develop further in their careers.
The course overviews a number of areas including Sales Planning & Preparation, Customer Engagement, Customer Analysis, Collaboration & Teamwork and Digital Skills. Apprentices will learn how to set effective sales targets, how to communicate and interpret customer information as well as delivering a positive customer experience and a high standard of service. The apprenticeship also involves learning how to complete accurate records and process sales using digital CRM systems, which are a vital part of the job at Thorne & Derrick.
Thorne & Derrick International, based in the North East of England, are enthusiastic supporters of Apprenticeships to recruit new and next generation staff into the business for integration into our future growth strategy.
The structured training programmes delivered by a variety of training providers give the Apprentice a chance to enter the workplace while working towards a recognised qualification – to gain, then develop the skills and knowledge needed to succeed in their chosen career in a competitive jobs market.
It’s a fact getting into employment earlier means there is increased potential for quick career progression.
Gaining work experience increases employability and strengthens their CV.
This powerful combination of classroom learning and workplace experience nurtures a broader skill-set: developing people skills, problem solving skills and technical skills.
Stephanie Coleman, Director of Business Developments and Partnerships at Northern Skills Group is thrilled by the company’s commitment to apprenticeships, she said:
“Thorne and Derrick are a great example of how apprenticeships can really benefit businesses and help train the workforce of tomorrow, we’re passionate about aligning our offering to the skills needed out in industry and it’s great to see apprentices succeed and make a real difference.”
Thorne & Derrick support Changing Relations with their Rabbits In Headlights Project. This will be a further development of the book, Sometimes it Hurts, but focused this time on developing a bank of creative tools around the stories to give professionals who work with children and young people a “way in” to a potentially tricky conversation.
A little more about the project in the words of Changing Relations Managing Director Lisa Davies.
In piloting our book in July 2021, young people told us they enjoyed the content and felt that it “100% should be delivered to schools and to training teachers.”
Our writer, Bridget Hamilton worked together with children and young people from Creative Youth Opportunities who shared a range of experiences, from neglect and poverty to conflictual parental divorce and domestic abuse. The young people shared ways in which different adults responded to them, and, whilst some are responding with empathy and engagement, creating space to hold the difficulty of some young people’s home lives, unfortunately this was not the experience of all of our young people.
And the image of Alfie really stuck with us: a young lad holding a set of challenging experiences, realising that the adult he was faced with at school could see a hint of that challenge, but was not able to hold a space to bring it into the open. What message would Alfie take from this encounter? That his circumstances were too much for a grown up to handle? How would this make him feel?
We know from our work with tricky themes over the last 10 years that a feeling of shame emerges when young people sense that their experience can’t be discussed. But this isn’t Alfie’s shame. And what we’d love is for him to know it’s not his fault, it’s not just him, and he doesn’t have to bear the weight of his experiences alone.
Those whose experiences shaped the stories of our book told us: “It makes you feel like you’re not the only one when you go through it.” and “It could make people understand and be more kind.”
We know – and are grateful – that specialist services exist to support children and young people. We’re also very conscious that these services are only for young people referred into them. There can be a waiting list and educational professionals may face young people presenting with difficulty in the here and now, before the young people they are supporting are able to access specialist support. We also know that without domestic abuse necessarily being talked about openly, young people might not immediately identify themselves as experiencing this, or in need of support. For example, in writing the foreword to our book, award-winning campaigners Luke and Ryan Hart, who themselves experienced domestic abuse as children, shared that:
“We believed our emotional pain meant we were weak kids, rather than that something was wrong in our home…we felt we should have been able to cope…that it wasn’t dramatic enough to bother others with. We needed to hear others’ stories of domestic abuse before we could begin to make sense of our own. This awareness will spark conversations that help young people connect the dots…and get the help they need. We’re always asked when’s the right time to talk to children about domestic abuse and the answer is as soon as possible.”
In a review of our book, Lancet Child and Adolescent Health cites that “In the UK, 1 in 7 young people have been affected by domestic abuse at some point during their childhood, but they rarely have opportunities to discuss their experiences.”
This is where our new project development comes in. We’re absolutely delighted to have developed a partnership with Durham University social work lecturer, Dr Nikki Rutter, to support us in shaping tools, training and resources to empower teachers to open much-needed conversations with children & young people. We’re also hugely grateful to have received funding to support this work from:
It’s hugely important that we continue the principle of foregrounding children and young people’s voices in shaping resources aimed at supporting them. We’ll be working with schools and community partners across Bishop Auckland, Newton Aycliffe and Shildon to recruit a group of young people to be our YOUTH CREATIVE ACTION GROUP to support the new phase of development. They would create the brief for our illustrator Tamsin Rees and plan the creative activities they think would help their peers navigate the stories.
We will:
This is a really timely project as the domestic abuse bill that passed through parliament during the pandemic made children and young people “victims of domestic abuse within their own right.” Now is the time to acknowledge this; to overcome our discomfort in bringing this difficult topic into the open; and to widen the pool of those ready to reach out, signpost young people to specialist support and offer supportive conversations whilst they await referrals for that support.
The new TS-65 is a high performance, multi-functional ATEX Compact Safety LED torch
Building on the tremendous success of the TR-65 and TR-60, Wolf Safety delighted to announce additions to the compact safety torch range the launch of 2 new straight bodied ATEX compact safety LED torches – the TS-65 and TS-60 – which are ideal for use in the most demanding hazardous areas and are now available from stock.
Building on the tremendous success and popularity of the market-leading right angle TR-65 and TR-60 ATEX Compact Safety LED torches, Wolf’s Sheffield (UK) based technical team has developed two straight bodied versions of the torches which retain all their best features and perform even better!
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The TR/TS-60 and 65 are compact, lightweight, ATEX LED torches for safe use in the most demanding Hazardous Area workspaces. The torches are available in both right angle and straight versions.
The new torch range is ATEX, IECEX and UKEX certified for safe use in potentially explosive atmospheres, with the TS-65 approved for use in gas Zone 0 and dust Zone 21, and the TS-60 for gas Zone 1 and dust Zone 21.
Like the right-angle TR-65, the straight bodied TS-65 has three power options and combines supreme performance with high safety. Its maximum light output is a market leading 330 lumens and battery duration can be as long as 159 hours – that’s almost a week! The more economical, single power mode TS-60 has a maximum light output of 220 lumens with a duration of 14 hours.
The new TS-65 and TS-60 torches use high powered LEDs to emit a tight beam and fringe which can be easily directed to create intense light for inspections or distant illumination
Powered by four AA alkaline primary cells, both torches have deep discharge protection and the beam will dip when battery level drops to 15% or lower. The TS-65 offers the additional safety feature of a battery level indicator, which flashes continuously when this level is reached.
Both torch models are IP66 and IP67 rated, compact and light weight, with a well-balanced, ergonomic design that is easy to use and operate with gloved hands.
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| Product Reference | TR-60 | TS-60 | TR-65 | TS-65 | |
| Product Description | ATEX Right Angle Zone 1 Compact Safety LED Torch | ATEX Straight Zone 1 Compact Safety LED Torch | ATEX Right Angle Zone 0 Compact Safety LED Torch | ATEX Straight Zone 0 Compact Safety LED Torch | |
| Code | I M2/II 2G Ex ib I Mb/IIC T3/T4 Gb II 2 D Ex ib IIIB T200°C Db |
I M1/II 1G Ex ia I Ma/IIC T3/T4 Ga II 2D Ex ib IIIB T200°C Db |
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| Type of Protection | ‘ib’ intrinsic safety | ‘ia’ intrinsic safety | |||
| Area Of Classfication (GAS) | Zones 1 & 2 Gas Groups IIA, IIB IIC |
Zones 0, 1 & 2 Gas Groups IIA, IIB IIC |
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| Temperature Class (GAS) | T4 + T3 (depending on cells) | ||||
| Area Of Classification (DUST) | Zones 21 & 22 Dust Groups IIIA and IIIB |
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| Max Surface Temp (DUST) | T200°C | ||||
| Ambient Temperature | -30°C to +40°C | ||||
| Certificate | ATEX Baseefa11ATEX0236 IECEx BAS 11.0116 |
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| Enclosure | Impact Resistant Thermoplastic, Chemical Resistant | ||||
| Base + Lens Ring | Shock Absorbing Elastomer | ||||
| Lens | Polycarbonate | Toughened Glass | Polycarbonate | ||
| Beam Type | Spot with Fringe | ||||
| Light Source | Type | High Power LED | |||
| Output | 200lm | 220lm | High Power 300lm / Medium Power 150lm / Low Power 30lm | High Power 330lm / Medium Power 165lm / Low Power 33lm | |
| Life | 10,000+ hrs | ||||
| Power Source | Part No. | 4 x AA cells (LR6) | |||
| Type | 4 x LR6 Primary Cells to IEC 60086 | ||||
| Volts | 4 x 1.5v | ||||
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Red LED | No | Yes | ||
| Low Battery Beam Dip | Yes | ||||
| Low Volt Cut Off | Yes | ||||
| Light Duration | Up to 12 hours | Up to 7.0 hrs / 14 hrs / 159 hours | |||
| Ingress Protection | IP66 + IP67 | ||||
| Weight (inc.cells) | 330g | 250g | 330g | 250g | |
*All information has been gathered under laboratory conditions, the user must regard the values given as approximate.
*Changes may be made to the above specification without notification, details are available on request.
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TR-65: 300 lumens Spot Beam (approx 8°) with extra wide angle flood of fringe light (approx 102°).
Peak luminous intensity, high power at 1m 17,303 lux, at 5m 692 lux
Peak luminous intensity, low power at 1m 1,148 lux, at 5m 46 lux
TR-60: 200 lumens spot beam (approx 8°) with extra wide angle flood of fringe light (approx 102°).
Peak luminous intensity at 1m 11,525 lux, at 5m 461 lux
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TS-65: 330 lumens Spot Beam (approx 9°) with extra wide angle flood of fringe light (approx 60°).
Peak luminous intensity, high power at 1m 8,460 lux, at 5m 338 lux
Peak luminous intensity, low power at 1m 338 lux, at 5m 32 lux
TS-60: 220 lumens spot beam (approx 9°) with extra wide angle flood of fringe light (approx 60°).
Peak luminous intensity at 1m 6,503 lux, at 5m 261 lux
When clear vision and brilliant LED light is required in hazardous area locations or confined spaces with potentially explosive atmospheres, Wolf Safety lights provide bold, bright and unfailing portable and temporary lighting. Since 1912, Wolf has been trusted to light the world’s most hazardous and hostile environments – with ATEX & IECEX certified portable lights to provide safe lighting in explosive atmospheres.
Thorne & Derrick are hazardous area lighting specialists stocking a complete range of portable and permanent fixed lighting including both fluorescent and LED technology in standard linear light fittings, wellglass, high bay and floodlight design certified by ATEX for both Zone 1 and Zone 2 hazardous areas.
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