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Free Active Northumberland Health Walks

January 8, 2020January 9, 2020 Heather Alabaster Active Northumberland walks, activities over 50s, exercise, Health walks, in Northumberland, loneliness, Northumberland support groups, older people, short walks, Walking, walking groups, wellbeing

Active Northumberland offer FREE health walks across Northumberland. Their free health walks are designed to encourage you to make walking

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Printmaking sessions for people with dementia

October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 Heather Alabaster activities over 50s, carers, courses, Creative Age, Dementia, dementia friendly, Northern Print, older people, printmaking, Printmaking sessions, wellbeing

Printmaking sessions for people with memory issues and other conditions are being run by Northern Print over ten weeks from

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Age Takes Centre Stage in North Tyneside

September 27, 2019 Heather Alabaster activities over 50s, Age Takes Centre Stage, befriending, community, event, North Tyneside, older people, socialising, things to do over 50s, volunteering, wellbeing

Age Takes Centre Stage in North Tyneside is a month long festival held every year throughout October to recognise and

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Peaky Crafters – arts and crafts social club, Newcastle

September 4, 2019 Heather Alabaster activities, activities over 50s, arts and crafts Newcastle, community, crafts groups, groups for older people, loneliness, older people, Peaky Crafters, RVS, social groups Newcastle, social groups older people, socialising

Peaky Crafters is the new Royal Voluntary Service’s arts and crafts social group in Newcastle.         If you’d like to

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Happy Mondays crafts in Newcastle

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Heather Alabaster activities over 50s, arts and crafts Newcastle, Chain Reaction, community, crafts groups, groups, Happy Mondays, Newcastle, older people, RVS, social groups Newcastle, socialising

‘Happy Mondays’ is the new Royal Voluntary Service’s sociable crafts group in Newcastle.         If you’re looking for things to

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Finding social and activity groups in the Golden Guide

August 12, 2019 Heather Alabaster activities, activities over 50s, activity groups, befriending, Dementia, free friendship services, friendship, loneliness, older people, social groups, socialising, things to do, things to do in Newcastle, things to do in North Tyneside, things to do in Northumberland, wellbeing

 Social and Activity Groups are an important part of the Golden Guide’s content and are listed in a number of

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New! Stay Active membership for 65+

October 31, 2017January 29, 2019 Heather Alabaster Active Northumberland, activities over 50s, Health, Northumberland over 65s, over 65s activities, Stay Active, Stay Active Membership, wellbeing

 We all know that as you get older it is incredibly important to keep physically active in order to keep

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Free outdoor activities for over 55s

September 7, 2017February 14, 2018 Heather Alabaster activities over 50s, free activities older people, isolated older people, learning through adventure, Newcastle older people, North Tyneside older people, older people, outdoor activities, outdoors over 50s, over 50s activities, pushing the possibilities

Outdoor activities for over 55s are covered in a free course called: Pushing the Possibilities… Learning Through Adventure. Learning through

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