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Durham Councils win top National Award
09 October 2008
Reducing Health Inequalities Beacon Award
05 September 2008
Castleside Ward By-election results
18 July 2008
Council wins Beacon Status for Tackling Health Inequalities
07 March 2008
Unitary Council Consultation Events (Offsite link)
Derwentside Homes (Offsite link)
The Derwentside Partnership (Offsite link)
County Durham Partnership (Offsite link)
County Durham Journey Planner (Offsite link)
Welcome to Derwentside District Council's web site.
The VITAL project proposes a combination of advanced information and communication technologies that uses a familiar device such as a TV or mobile phone as the main vehicle for the delivery of services to elderly users in a home environment.
Choice based lettings is a way of allocating housing through choice, giving you a greater say in where you live. Durham key options is the name of the partnership developing choice based letting for County Durham.
Derwentside currently has a total of £7million deposited with three of the Icelandic banks (Glitnir, Landsbanki and Kaupthing, Singer & Friedlander) that have gone into administration or receivership. £5million of this was due to mature on or before the 28th October but the likelihood of these funds being returned remains uncertain at this time. All of the investments were made during 2006 and 2007.
Four councils in the Durham Area have received a top national award for showing Excellence in IT.
Important changes to Housing Benefit for people renting from a private landlord
This calculator is for people who live in (or want to live in) the area covered by Derwentside District Council. If you rent your home, or plan to rent, use it to find out how much rent you should pay, and how much Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit you can get. You may then proceed to apply on-line if you wish to do so.
View and apply for any new job vacancies with the Council or associated organisations.
Information to assist suppliers and contractors who wish to bid for any of our contracts. This page outlines our tender procedures, legislation and council policies for goods and services contracts.
Derwentside District Council are pleased to give members of the public in Derwentside district the opportunity to ask questions of the Council. You can seek a response from the appropriate councillor on council policies and actions by asking them questions.