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| Title | Content type | Description | Date(s) | Cost | Contact details | Areas covered | Key words |
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| Readers at Home | Services | Gateshead Libraries Readers at Home - bringing your local library to your door Simply sign up and our friendly team will make recommendations based on your reading preferences from our extensive range of books, large print or audio books Sit back and relax, and each month we will deliver your | Free | libraries@gateshead.gov.uk +441914336415 +441914336415 |
Books / Literature / Writing, Help and Support | ||
| Volunteer Drive - Carr Hill Community Primary School, Gateshead Council | Volunteering opportunities | Volunteering@Gateshead.gov.uk |
Beacon Lough, Gateshead Wide, Low Fell, Windy Nook / Whitehills | Transport, Children, Families, Young People | |||
| The next generation of youth workers find their wings with Youth Focus North East | Information | (in the photo above L to R; Kyrah, Kelsy, Caroline, Estephani, Lisa Marie, Zoe, Cain & Pip) Youth Focus North East have given Future You participants the chance to study a Level 2 qualification in Youth Work Principles at their offices, located in the heart of the Bensham community and already five | Education / Training / Employment, Young People | ||||
| TEAMS AND BENSHAM COMMUNITY CARE RECEIVES £35,637 FROM GLOBAL’S MAKE SOME NOISE | Information | Global’s Make Some Noise, the official charity of the Media & Entertainment group Global, has distributed grants to 60 small charities and projects across the UK following its determined fundraising efforts in 2021. Thanks to the incredible generosity of listeners across Global’s radio brands - | Teams, Bensham, Dunston, Gateshead Town Centre, Saltwell, Lobley Hill, Gateshead Wide | Older People, Community Development, Hobbies and Interests, Social Care, Health and Wellbeing, Fundraising | |||
| Whickham Hermitage Community Garden - lovely place to visit | Events and Activities | Normal Opening Times Tues- Sun 9am 4pm Whickham Hermitage Community Garden is an award-winning Victorian walled garden, providing an oasis in the heart of a bustling village. It's been lovingly restored and renewed by dedicated volunteers and experts. Enjoy a walk around to appreciate the vast array |
weekly on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, starting from Monday, March 28, 2022 - 9:00am, forever
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whickhamhermitagecg@outlook.com 0191 4884275 |
Lobley Hill, Sunniside, Swalwell, Whickham | Hobbies and Interests, Animals / Pets / Wildlife, Gardening, Adults | |
| Gateshead Healthy Weight Alliance | Organisation | Gateshead Healthy Weight Alliance is a strategic group that consider the issues, data, potential solutions and ideas to tackle some of the challenges that Gateshead faces for its obesity crisis. Its aims are to build autonomy by reviewing and implementing local priorities around healthy weight, work | LouiseHarlanderson@Gateshead.Gov.UK |
Gateshead Wide | Healthy Weight, Health and Wellbeing, Food / Cooking / Nutrition, Education / Training / Employment, Community Development | ||
| Future You volunteering helps Pat and Patricia find their wings | Information | “Even the journey by public transport to get to the course is something I wouldn’t have been able to do previously, but I’m establishing bit by bit the building blocks to get me to where I want to be” Pat and Patricia started the Future You NVQ Level 1 Volunteering course at the same time, at the | Education / Training / Employment | ||||
| Website & Social Media Volunteer - Northern Cancer Voices | Volunteering opportunities | info@northerncancervoices.co.uk 07780705133 07780705133 |
Gateshead Wide | Help and Support, Advocacy, Campaigning, Cancer, Long Term Conditions, Support for groups, Community Development, Adults | |||
| Foundations celebrates after receiving over £100,000 to help people to reach their employment goals. | Information | Local charity, Foundations Furniture , is celebrating after being awarded £105,721 of grant funding from the Henry Smith Charity to support unemployed residents. Foundations, based on Askew Road West in Gateshead, will use the funding over the next three years to continue their free work experience | Gateshead Wide | Help and Support, Education / Training / Employment, Money Matters | |||
| Tell us about your experiences of health or care services in Gateshead | Information | About Healthwatch Gateshead Healthwatch Gateshead is independent service for everyone using health and social care services in Gateshead. We are here to: Help people find out about local health and care services Listen to what people think of services Help those planning and running services, and | Gateshead Wide | Help and Support, Advice, Health and Wellbeing, Everyone | |||
| Big Local Gateshead, Team's Tots Volunteer | Volunteering opportunities |
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volunteering@gateshead.gov.uk |
Children, Families | |||
| DIY Advocate | Services | What is DIY Advocate®? DIY Advocate® is your online tool to work through problems. It is an app to organise your problem step by step, think about your options, make decisions, get more information and make an action plan. It gives you tools to make your voice heard and have your rights upheld. It | Free for individuals - Prices negotiable for organisations, | sally.adams@connectedvoice.org.uk 0191 235 7013 |
Gateshead Wide | Advocacy, Adults, Women, Men, Mental Health, Advice, Help and Support, LGBTQIA+, Ethnically Marginalised Communities, Caregivers, Families, Refugees / Asylum Seekers, Students, Older People, Disabilities | |
| EMS (Excel Medical Solutions) Volunteers | Volunteering opportunities |
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shared-services@excelems.com 0333 339 4620 |
Gateshead Wide | Education / Training / Employment, Health and Wellbeing | ||
| Kyrah finds her wings through Future You | Information | “I’d been out of work for months and feeling ‘down in the dumps’. But things have changed through Future You. On my first day I was really nervous, I hadn’t been out of the house for a while, and I was anxious meeting new people, but the project team were all very upbeat and gave me a lovely warm | Education / Training / Employment | ||||
| Healthy Weight | Collection | ||||||
| Markets (retail) Volunteer - Gateshead West pre-loved Uniforms | Volunteering opportunities | contact@gatesheadwestuniformscheme.org.uk |
Blackhall Mill, Blaydon, Chopwell, Crawcrook, Greenside, High Spen, Highfield, Rowlands Gill, Ryton | Help and Support, Education / Training / Employment, Money Matters, Climate / Environment, Young People | |||
| MakerPlace Gateshead Central Library | Services | Imagine. Design. Make. Who Can Use the MakerPlace? Ages 16+ can sign up for MakerPlace membership. 16–18 year olds must be accompanied by an adult. Under 16s can use equipment only during library‑run workshops and activity sessions. We deliver regular events and workshops for all ages. How to Get | Free - Workshops and events have individual pricing | digitalteamlibs@gateshead.gov.uk 0191 433 8422 |
Gateshead Wide | Arts / Crafts / Photography, Books / Literature / Writing, Events / Festivals / Fairs, Computers and mobile phones, Community Development, Everyone | |
| Food and Nutrition Activity Booklet | Information | New for this half term - We have created a new activity booklet with colouring pages and games all based around Food and Nutrition, for children and families. Download now from our KHUB Group: https://khub.net/documents/565914477/609359101/Children+and+family+book… | Gateshead Wide | Children, Arts / Crafts / Photography, Books / Literature / Writing | |||
| Rowlands Gill and District Community Association | Organisation | The Rowlands Gill and District Community Centre operates as a charitable organisation run entirely by friendly local volunteers. Activities - we provide a wide range of services and activities for the local community including Yoga, Line-Dancing, Gibside Singers Ladies Choir, Day Centre, Chose2lose | chair@rowlandsgill.org 01207542662 07770491105 |
Rowlands Gill | Arts / Crafts / Photography, Music / Film / Dance / Drama, Keep Fit / Exercise, Community Development | ||
| Volunteer Mentor - CAN (Confident Adults Northeast) - Children North East | Volunteering opportunities | lizz.bennett@children-ne.org.uk |
Gateshead Wide | Help and Support, Social Care, Children, Families, Young People | |||
| Help Alleviate Furniture Poverty in Gateshead: Volunteer at Foundations | Volunteering opportunities |
weekly on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, starting from Monday, February 28, 2022 - 9:00am, forever
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vacancies@teamwork-dt.co.uk 0191 4778337 |
Gateshead Wide, Teams | Education / Training / Employment, Community Development | ||
| Rhymetime at Leam Lane Library | Events and Activities | Rhymetime at Leam Lane Library - songs and rhymes suitable for under 5's and their grown ups. Using scarves and lycra, bubbles and instruments to make singing friendly and fun. Please ring Leam Lane Library to book. |
weekly on Friday, starting from Friday, April 29, 2022 - 10:30am, forever
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free | deniseenvy@gateshead.gov.uk 01914336432 |
Leam Lane | Books / Literature / Writing, Music / Film / Dance / Drama, Children, Families |
| Northern Cancer Voices | Organisation | We are a collaboration of cancer patients, carers and volunteers who want to improve the experience of Cancer Patients by increasing patient participation and strengthening the network of patient/carer groups in the North East and North Cumbria. Do you want to make a difference? Have you or your | info@northerncancervoices.co.uk |
Health and Wellbeing, Cancer | |||
| Cycle Crime Prevention Advice | Information | With more people being encourage to use Pedal Cycles as a mode of transport we have attached some top tips and guidance to ensure you, your friends and family do not become victims of crime. 1. Register your bike on a secure, SBD recognised, national database. The police will check these databases | Gateshead Wide | Cycling / Walking, Safety | |||
| Community Renewal Fund | Funders | The UK Community Renewal Fund is a UK Government programme for 2021/22. This aims to support people and communities most in need across the UK to pilot programmes and new approaches to prepare for the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. It invests in skills, community and place, local business, and |