Real Stories

When I was young, I used to do martial arts (taekwondo), I used to be fit and healthy, happy all the time, boisterous. Then I lost contact with my son in 2001 and I started feeling depressed…

I worked for years in the army but I had to stop. I was feeling kind of lost when I was referred to ROAD. When I started ROAD I had nothing, I was still living with my ex and then we split up…

Here is some amazing feedback from Adrian, a participant who came to us in June this year. Adrian worked with ROAD’s Navigator Alison initially to identify what his needs were…

Navigators and trainers from across the programme worked with her to improve her confidence and self-esteem through one-to-one support, as well as specialist courses…

Thomas was a ‘video game addict’ and very rarely left the house. It left him feeling lonely and isolated, despite the fact he had many only friends. So much so, that he reached a point where…

Barry, who has a level of learning difficulty, joined ROAD as he wanted to make more meaningful use of his time. After meeting with ROAD Health Trainer FAYE, she discovered he had a…

Daniel came to ROAD (Reaching Out Across Durham) after hearing about the support they could offer to people that were currently experiencing times of hardship…

Andy found out about Reaching Out Across Durham after researching self-employment. He had been out of work four years due to health reasons that became a barrier to him…

ROAD Participant Laura, who has been working with her Health Trainer, Angie from PCP, on lots of aspects of her health and wellbeing for almost a year now: confidence, weight loss, anxiety…

Patrick started, very reluctantly, with ROAD on 14th February 2017. Initially, he didn’t want to engage with us, but soon realised that ROAD was there to help him…

Angie, Health Trainer at the Pioneering Care Partnership, has been working with ROAD Participant, Kat, since August. When she came to ROAD, Kat was suffering from a low mood…

ROAD Health and Wellbeing Trainer, Angie Cooke of Pioneering Care Partnership has been working with Scovan for some time now, and of this Participant’s amazing journey…

ROAD Participant, Steven, has been helped by the ROAD Programme for some time now, and is currently volunteering with one of our Partners, Jack Drum Arts…

One of our Employability and Digital Inclusion Coaches has been working with Shaun for some time, after he was referred to her for help increasing his motivation, aspirations, obtaining…

When I first met Krista, she was shy, lacked confidence, and was very unhappy with her weight and lifestyle. After a long chat with Krista, we both decided to look at her diet…

Terry is a 32 year old man who joined the Programme with limited literacy and numeracy, but having attending a literacy course at Stanley hub, made excellent progress.

One of our ROAD Participants who joined the programme at the end of November 2016, found themselves to be successfully employed just two months later…