Hi, Download the new poster for future Happy to Chat events in North Shields here. These sessions will run 10am-12pm with a free cuppa for all attendees. Please feel free to share and let me know if your organisation and/or any volunteers would like to pop in so I can make sure we have enough…
Read More Hi Please find information below about a new exciting scheme. We’ve been working with the SIGN Directory, Care and Connect and Whitley Bay Big Local to create this new chatty scheme inspired around kindness and reducing loneliness and social isolation in North Tyneside. Happy to Chat days have been created to provide local residents…
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Helping people with draughty doors! This is a quick email to see if you would like to come along to the following wee session I have booked in with VODA to help people in our community who struggle to heat their home…..we are making draught excluders at Linskill on Wednesday January 15th 1pm to 3pm. …
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New Year volunteer recruitment fair VODA will be holding a volunteer recruitment fair in January to let people know about the wide range of volunteering opportunities available in North Tyneside. There will be stalls and information from a range of voluntary and community organisations who all involve volunteers in their work, as well as members of…
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Volunteer Plus is VODA’s database of volunteering opportunities in and around North Tyneside. Volunteer Plus allows people to search for opportunities based on a range of factors – location, interests, activities and availability. It also allows you to find out more about roles and register your interest for more information. Search Volunteer Plus here –…
Read More SAINT has launched a new project to explore the range of tattoo art in North Tyneside. We want to share the best of tattoo art and reduce stigma, so that others can understand the personal and cultural importance of body art. Email your story and tattoo photo to rebecca.southern@voda.org.uk
Read More Join our relaxed and informal social walking group which will involve stopping and taking photos along the walk, ending up somewhere for a cuppa and chat. Future walks will involve ‘hidden gems’ in North Tyneside. Walks will last approximately 1.5 hours. Everyone is welcome and you don’t need to attend each walk to be part…
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Next week will be the fourth Social Cafe, Connect, that we run in collaboration with VODA and Linskill Centre. It’s a safe, informal place for people to meet people who might struggle to do so. We have conversation starters, board games, jigsaws, all sorts to get people chatting in a non-pressured way. The next Connect…
Read MoreConnect at Cafe 32 is a new initiative designed by local members of Launchpad, VODA and Linskill Centre’s Encompass project. It’s an opportunity for people who are feeling a bit low and might be looking for an opportunity to make some new connections. The next meeting is on Wednesday 3 July, 6.30pm to 8pm at…
Read More The second of VODA’s SAINT project’s Little Free Libraries is now in place outside Meadow Well Connected, in the Meadow Well Estate North Shields. The library has been lovingly constructed by volunteers from VODA’s SAINT project and from Meadow Well Connected. The volunteers have also learnt a range of carpentry and construction skills in the…
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