Michele Spencer, Chief Officer, North Tyneside Community and Health Care Forum, undertook an NT LIFE student and volunteer survey 2021/22 to give them the opportunity to feed back about their experience. 22 people took the time to complete the survey and some of the students were happy to meet Michele and share their personal journey….
Read More When Lisa and Vicky first started out as volunteers for Woodland Wellbeing, neither of them could imagine facilitating a main part of the session. However, they have both worked incredibly hard towards this shared goal, which has taken a huge amount of courage, commitment and energy on their parts, and this week saw Vicky deliver…
Read More NT LIFE Recovery College has a just a few places left on the following courses starting weeks commencing 20 June and 27 June – see below and click on the course for more information. How to Train Your Inner Dragon Emotional Recovery Toolkit Strong Body Strong Mind If you know anyone who’s 18+, lives or works in North…
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NTAS II is a great place to meet new people, try your hand at many different art forms and find out more about the positive impact art can have on your mental health and wellbeing! Workshops are suitable for everyone and no experience is required. Download the programme here.
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We’re pleased to share the findings from our recent peer research project on mental health in ethnically minoritised communities. Our peer research project was commissioned by Newcastle Healthy Futures. Connected Voice Haref coordinated the project while Fulfilling Lives Newcastle Gateshead provided peer research training. Four organisations (Rainbow Home. First Step, Riverside Community Health Project, West End Friends)…
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Young People need a safe and welcoming space to explore their mental health needs. For the past 15 years Kooth has been the UK’s leading provider to the NHS in effective online mental health support.1 in 5 children and young people suffer from mental health illness in any given year. At Kooth, we believe every…
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Money is a tough subject Talking or speaking about money problems can be difficult and uncomfortable, and it can cause many of us to feel embarrassed or ashamed. `This shouldn’t be the case. Having money problems isn’t something to be ashamed about. So many of us deal with them. This has only been heightened in…
Read MoreBook your space on the Make Every Contact Count for Mental Health Training course. The MECC MH training is split into 3 sections across 2 days (must be able to attend all 3 sessions) Session 1 – Introduction to MECC – Thursday 7 October 1pm-3:30pm Session 2 – Knowledge and Skills – Friday 8 October…
Read More 1 In our Autumn edition, we focus on mental health as we talk to different voluntary and community organisations about how their staff, beneficiaries and volunteers have been affected by mental health and COVID-19 restrictions, how their services have been adapted and what they are doing to support people around mental health. We also hear…
Read More “I just want other carers out there to know they are not alone.” This last year has incredibly difficult for many of us. We know from our new research that a third of adults and young people have struggled with worsening mental health since March 2020. We also know that many people, in addition to…
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