NASUWT County Durham

16/06/2026

Sign up if you will be an ECT from September, or if you know someone who will be: https://www.nasuwt.org.uk/event/NQA01RNW26.html

15/06/2026

Email your MP about how under-funding affects us all- just click the button at the bottom of the page: https://www.nasuwt.org.uk/news/campaigns/fix-our-future-fund-education.html

15/06/2026

Responding to the announcement limiting access to social media for under 16s, Matt Wrack, NASUWT General Secretary, said:

"Teachers see every day the impact that unregulated social media, addictive design features and harmful online content have on children’s wellbeing, behaviour and ability to learn.

"This announcement recognises the seriousness of those risks and reflects concerns the NASUWT has been campaigning on.

“However, a ban on social media for under‑16s will only be effective if it is workable and properly enforced. Schools cannot be left to police the online world or carry responsibility for failures by tech companies.

"We must also recognise that for many young people social media can be a space for creativity, identity and opportunity, including in music, the arts and even activism. Any regulatory model must recognise this complexity rather than treating all online activity as inherently harmful.

“We welcome the commitment to stronger age‑assurance requirements and tougher enforcement. But the Government must now engage fully with the profession, parents and young people to ensure these proposals are deliverable.

"Clear guidance, proper consultation and sustained investment in digital safeguarding are essential. The Government must also support a serious discussion to address the role of the tech companies making huge profits from promoting divisive, racist and misogynistic material.

"The problem is not children or schools, the problem is the design choices made by tech companies who have often prioritised engagement and views over protecting children and their wellbeing."

12/06/2026

Solidarity to our friends in Rochdale ✊

10/06/2026

Still time to get signed up for a Caribbean buffet and cocktail. All Durham members should have received a text today. Just follow the link…

01/06/2026

Sign up using the link to secure your place in the Caribbean buffet queue!

Get booked up for summer now: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/e/vwVefk0n6W

01/06/2026

Still reflecting on an amazing day at Durham Pride UK https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1G6YVgm2h5/?mibextid=wwXIfr

30/05/2026

And there we are: front and centre in the fight for equality! 😍

Watch the latest from ITV News - People came from all over the country to support Durham Pride after unions raised money to help the event go ahead following cuts by Durham County Council

30/05/2026

Thank you to North Tyneside NASUWT for sending us this beauty! 🤩💙

30/05/2026

We’re hugely proud that NASUWT were the first trade union to help out and offer sponsorship to this year’s Durham Pride:

Solidarity between LGBTQ+ people and unions has saved an event denied ‘a single penny’ of council money