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Bridge Northumberland Earth Day Cook-Along
Join Bridge Northumberland for a cook-along to celebrate Earth Day. The event will take place at 11.30am on Thursday 22 April with Georgia Evans from Full Circle Food cooking a vegan spaghetti bolognese.
Visit the Bridge Northumberland YouTube channel to join in on the day.
Northumberland Recovery College: Yin & Yang Yoga
Four-week gentle yoga practice for all levels and abilities. The session will take place via Zoom.
A recovery college is not a building or a place, it’s an opportunity to become your own expert in what works to manage your wellbeing. The college provides learning experiences, mutual support, and activities at a pace that is right for you.
To book a place please email: nrc@mentalhealthconcern.org.uk
Northumberland Recovery College: Mindfulness
An introduction to what mindfulness is, how it helps so many people and how to use mindfulness in your own day-to-day life by practicing it in fun and creative ways. The session will take place via Zoom.
A recovery college is not a building or a place, it’s an opportunity to become your own expert in what works to manage your wellbeing. The college provides learning experiences, mutual support, and activities at a pace that is right for you.
To book a place please email: nrc@mentalhealthconcern.org.uk
Northumberland Recovery College: All On Board Families
This session from Northumberland Recovery College will give you practical skills to help your family stay connected while supporting your child. It will take place via Zoom.
A recovery college is not a building or a place, it’s an opportunity to become your own expert in what works to manage your wellbeing. The college provides learning experiences, mutual support, and activities at a pace that is right for you.
To book a place please email: nrc@mentalhealthconcern.org.uk
Northumberland Recovery College: All On Board Families
This session from Northumberland Recovery College will give you practical skills to help your family stay connected while supporting your child. It will take place via Zoom.
A recovery college is not a building or a place, it’s an opportunity to become your own expert in what works to manage your wellbeing. The college provides learning experiences, mutual support, and activities at a pace that is right for you.
To book a place please email: nrc@mentalhealthconcern.org.uk
Online event – mental wellbeing support for young people
Are you a parent, carer or someone who is looking for initial support for a child or young person’s mental wellbeing? Perhaps you work with young people and want ideas about what mental health support is available in Northumberland? Come along to our online event on Wednesday 10 March from 10.30am to 11.30am and find out more about Kooth, an online counselling and support service available to all young people aged 11-25 across Northumberland.
Kooth is a safe, confidential and anonymous way for young people to access wellbeing and mental health support through self-help resources and articles, peer support and discussion, and access to fully trained and qualified counsellors until 10pm each night, 365 days per year.
This event is an opportunity to hear more about Kooth from Northumberland’s Kooth Engagement Lead Malcolm Connelly who will give a short presentation and introduction to Kooth, what it involves, how to access it and what you can expect. There will be a Q&A session following the presentation.
Find out more about Kooth here.
If you would like to come along to the event please contact Helen Brown at: helenb@healthwatchnorthumberland.co.uk, or call 03332 408468 to register.
We would also like to hear from young people who are using or have used children’s mental health services in Northumberland so we can understand what is working well and what could be improved. You can share your views here.
Parents, carers and relatives of young people who have used services can also share feedback on our website.
Care homes – keeping in touch with loved ones (online forum)
As we enter a further period where visiting relatives in care homes is restricted, we want to hear how this is affecting you and your loved ones. What information have you had about keeping in touch and maintaining communications about care and wellbeing?
We are particularly keen to hear if you managed to be tested and have an ‘in person’ visit during December.
We would like to know your experience of:
- Using video calls (FaceTime, Zoom etc) or telephone calls. Does the home support these? How many times a week and how long? Does a member of staff help your loved one with the call?
- Socially distanced visits. Does the home support ‘window’ visits. How many times a week and how long?
- How does the home keep you informed about how your loved one is getting on (apart from necessary issues about their care or health). Eg manager updates, photographs, videos
- Does the home have a programme of group and 1 to 1 activities? Has your loved one taken part?
- Has the home asked you what, within the current restrictions, would make this time easier?
- What, within the current restrictions, would make it better for you and your love one?
- When restrictions are eventually eased (not totally lifted) what would help you and your loved one?
The forum will take place via Zoom. Read our guide on how to use Zoom.
If you would like to take part please contact Laura Haugh: laurah@healthwatchnorthumberland.co.uk, or call 03332 408468.
If you can’t make the forum and would like to tell us your story, or would rather speak to one of our team in confidence please get in touch.
Remotely Christmas
Remotely Christmas is an online event being streamed from the Leading Link YouTube page. This is a huge project to help unite the four corners of Northumberland and spread some Christmas cheer!
- Interactive craft and food workshops
- Track Santa across Northumberland
- Special guests
- Games and quizzes
- And lots of festive fun!
See how to get involved at the Leading Link website.
Diabetes UK End of Year Quiz
Join Chris Askew and Partha Kar for Diabetes UK’s end-of-year quiz
The North of England team at Diabetes UK are inviting you to an event which will lift the spirits and help end what has been a tough year on a brighter note.
Chris Askew, Chief Executive, Diabetes UK, will join Professor Partha Kar, National Specialty Advisor for Diabetes, NHS England, for an online end-of-the-year quiz on Wednesday 2 December, 8pm to 9pm.
Registration is free and simple – and the quiz will be followed by a Q&A with Chris and Partha. The quiz will be fun and informal, with questions about the events of 2020.
This event should be of interest to anyone with a connection to diabetes and it will run for one hour on Zoom, starting at 8pm.
If you have any queries, or any Q&A questions for Chris and Partha that you would like to submit in advance, email evie.kinghorn@diabetes.org.uk.
Public Coronavirus Question Time
Health and council leaders in Northumberland are to host their first ever online coronavirus public question time.
While case numbers have steadied, they’re still too high in the county, and following the recent introduction of a national lockdown, leaders will be answering residents’ questions on Wednesday 18 November, at 5pm.
The panel for Wednesday’s broadcast will include:
- Cllr Glen Sanderson, Leader of the Council
- Liz Morgan , Director of Public Health
- Daljit Lally, Chief Executive
The broadcast, the first of its kind in the region, will look at the current Covid-19 picture in Northumberland, what the national lockdown means for the county, and answer queries or concerns people have.
While council and health bosses might not be able to answer every question, the aim is for the public broadcast to become a regular event and cover the most commonly-asked issues.
Council Leader Glen Sanderson said: “We know the impact this pandemic has had on all our lives and the hard work everyone has put in to stay safe and drive numbers down.
“People have already made huge sacrifices, and many feel exhausted by the strain that it has caused. We have a duty to support our communities to continue all their hard work to get infections under control, and we’re in a good position to build on that.
“The situation is changing almost daily so this is a great opportunity to find out the very latest information from a number of experts, as well as hearing about some of the questions that affect you and your communities – whether you work in, live in or visit our county.
“We know this public question time approach has been well-received in other parts of the country and we’d really encourage people to let us know questions they might have which we can address during our first broadcast.”
Healthwatch Northumberland
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