Health & Wellbeing Updates 

Healthwatch Northumberland Conference 2019

September 6, 2019 Heather Alabaster Dementia, GP services, Health, Healthwatch, Healthwatch Northumberland, information, local health, local services, loneliness, northumberland, Northumberland support groups, older people, patient involvement, social prescribing

‘It Starts With You’ The Healthwatch Northumberland conference 2019 is getting bigger and better. It will be interactive, informative and

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Out & About Updates 

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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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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Home & Community 

Campaign to End Loneliness in North Tyneside

June 21, 2019 Heather Alabaster activities North Tyneside, befriending, community, end loneliness, information, loneliness, older people, SIGN, signposting, wellbeing

The Campaign to End Loneliness in North Tyneside is now launched by North Tyneside Council on the SIGN website: http://www.sign-nt.co.uk/endlonelinessinnorthtyneside/

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New Life Church, lunch club Morpeth

February 4, 2019 Heather Alabaster befriending, churches, community, loneliness, lunch clubs, Morpeth, older people, socialising

The New Life Church has a popular lunch club running The lunch club is held weekly at  New Life Church,

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LGBT social groups Newcastle and North Tyneside

September 4, 2018September 4, 2018 Heather Alabaster activities, befriending, bisexual men, gay men, lesbian, LGBT, loneliness, men's groups, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland support groups, older lesbian, older people, over 50s, social groups, socialising

LGBT social groups in Newcastle and North Tyneside (Extract from the Golden Guide Newcastle & North Tyneside, 2018) More groups

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Age UK Northumberland Friendship Line

July 19, 2018 Heather Alabaster Age UK Northumberland, Ashington, befriending, free friendship services, Friendship Line, isolation, loneliness, northumberland, older people, over 60s, social isolation, telephone befriending, volunteer befriending, volunteering, wellbeing

Age UK Northumberland Friendship Line is a free telephone service for people aged 60 and over. Not having someone to

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Independent Age free friendship services

July 6, 2018July 6, 2018 Heather Alabaster befriending, befriending service, companion, companionship, end loneliness, free befriending service, free friendship services, free services older people, friendship, friendship services, Independent Age, loneliness, Newcastle befriending, North Tyneside befriending, older people, reducing loneliness, socialising, telephone befriending, volunteer befrienders, wellbeing

Free friendship services to support you or a loved one Independent Age provides FREE Friendship Services to help reduce feelings

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End loneliness campaign

June 8, 2018 Heather Alabaster befriending, end isolation, end loneliness, happiness, isolation, loneliness, North Tyneside, older people, SIGN, SIGN campaign, SIGN Network, SIGN North Tyneside, wellbeing

SIGN North Tyneside has started a campaign to End Loneliness in North Tyneside. They want to help residents of the

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Reducing loneliness Age UK North of Tyne & Gateshead

October 6, 2017February 14, 2018 Heather Alabaster Age UK Gateshead, Age UK Newcastle, Age UK North of Tyne, Age UK North Tyneside, Age UK Northumberland, befriending, chronic loneliness, loneliness, Newcastle, North Tyneside, Northumberland support groups, older people, reducing loneliness, socialising, wellbeing, white paper

Chronic loneliness is affecting a growing number of older people in the North East. Age UK estimates that there are

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