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Free Home Workouts with Active Northumberland

March 27, 2020March 27, 2020 Heather Alabaster Active Northumberland, activities over 50s, exercise, exercise for over 50s, free exercise classes, Health, home fitness, home workouts, northumberland, older people, online exercise, online workouts

FREE HOME WORKOUTS WITH ACTIVE NORTHUMBERLAND   To help us stay active at home, Active Northumberland have developed a series

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Tips for Staying Active through COVID 19

March 26, 2020March 26, 2020 Heather Alabaster Active Northumberland, activities over 50s, computers, exercise, exercise online, fitness classes online, fitness online, gym online, information tips, northumberland, older people, streaming, wellbeing, workouts, workouts at home

Staying Active is important for all of us, even with the restrictions. Here is an update on the latest information

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Theatre Royal’s Limelight group for over 55s

January 29, 2020January 30, 2020 Heather Alabaster activities over 50s, amateur dramatics, courses, drama, Limelight group, Newcastle, northumberland, Over 55s, socialising, theatre, theatre groups, Theatre Royal, wellbeing

Newcastle Theatre Royal’s Limelight group is intended for over 55s and offers activities three or four days a week for

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Free Active Northumberland Health Walks

January 8, 2020February 13, 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, 2019March 5, 2020 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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