Find out about changes to our services and Christmas opening times on our Festive information page. To find out when your bin will be collected over the festive period, visit Changes to County Durham bin collections at Christmas.

Due to maintenance, the following systems will be unavailable from 11.45am on Tuesday 24 December until 8.00am on Thursday 2 January: our online Council Tax, business rates and housing benefit services, and our welfare assistance form. We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause.

Support with your apprenticeship application

We want to provide you with all the help we can to make the process of applying with us as easy as possible.

If you have any questions, please Contact HR Resourcing.

We may also be able to assist you with your application through the following:

DurhamWorks

If you are aged 16-24 living in County Durham and not in education, employment, or training, you can take advantage of the help and support available from DurhamWorks. This dedicated programme works with you to remove any barriers preventing you from progressing.

Visit DurhamWorks.

Employability Durham

If you are aged 25 and over, unemployed and live in County Durham, Employability Durham can offer you help and support to get back into work or start your own business.

Visit Employability Durham - support to plan for your future

DurhamEnable

Supported Employment for County Durham residents aged 18 years and over. DurhamEnable works one to one with jobseekers and employers, to break down the barriers to paid work faced by people with disabilities, neurodiversities, and long term health conditions.

Visit DurhamEnable.

Contact HR Resourcing

Email resourcing@durham.gov.uk

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