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Friday Afternoon Tea Dance
Dance to a live band on the sprung dance floor at East Bedlington Community Centre, or simply enjoy good music and good company.
Entry is free and refreshments will be available from the licensed community cafe. There’s plenty of free parking and all facilities are completely accessible.
For more information call: 01670 828808.
Community Information Morning – Hexham
The second of Adapt (NE)‘s Community Information events will take place on Wednesday 13 February, between 10.30am and 12.30pm in the Resource Room, next to Cafe at Burn Lane. This time you can get lots of advice and information from the NHS Patient Advice and Liaison Service, Age UK Northumberland, The Bridge Project, Carers Northumberland and Healthwatch Northumberland. Grab a cuppa from the cafe and come through for a chat with these local organisations who are here to support you with health, wellbeing, job and financial advice.
Easy Read Co-design Workshop
The Macmillan Cancer Project aims to make cancer services and experiences better for people with a learning disability. They are working with Public Health England to design easy read materials for cancer screening.
They are running two workshops for people with a learning disability, families and carers. The morning workshop will look at cervical screening; the afternoon workshop will look at bowel screening.
The cervical screening workshop is in the morning. This is for women. It is 10:00am to 12:30pm, followed by lunch at 12:30pm to 1:15pm.
The bowel screening workshop is in the afternoon. This is for men and women. Lunch is served 12:30pm to 1:15pm and is followed by the workshop at 1:15pm to 3:45pm.
To book a place please complete the booking form and return to Julie Tucker.
For more information please contact: Julie Tucker: Julie.tucker11@nhs.net. Call: 0113 824 9693 or 0786 017 7981.
Let’s Talk Pensioners
Come along and have a chat to some local organisations and support services and see what is on in your area. Sponsored by the Police Crime Comissioner, the event will have information stands from Healthwatch Northumberland, Carers Northumberland, Age UK, Alzheimers Society, Northumberland County Council and the NHS. There will be plenty of advice and information available at this free event – call in for a chat and a cup of coffee.
Living with and Beyond Cancer Event
Northumbria NHS Healthcare Foundation Trust runs regular health and wellbeing events for people with a cancer diagnosis. They are an opportunity to get lots of advice and support to help you make choices that improve your wellbeing.
Many well-established local organisations are on hand to provide advice on a wide variety of topics and you can discover what facilities and services are available on our doorstep. The events cover topics such as:
- Diet, exercise and general wellbeing including improving your mental wellbeing
- Cancer awareness and managing your symptoms
- Volunteering and practical hobbies such as IT, gardening, photography and joinery
- Financial advice and help with getting back to work
- Support for carers
Widdrington Library Drop-In
We will be at Widdrington Library on Wednesday 10 October 1.00pm to 4.00pm, listening to local people about their experiences of health and social care services, as part of Northumberland Libraries health and wellbeing week.
Come and say hello to the team and tell us what you think of services in your area.
Morpeth Library Drop-In
We will be at Morpeth Library on Tuesday 9 October 10.00pm to 12.00pm, listening to local people about their experiences of health and social care services, as part of Northumberland Libraries health and wellbeing week.
Come and say hello to the team and tell us what you think of services in your area.
Amble Library Drop-In
We will be at Amble Library on Tuesday 9 October 10.00pm to 12.00pm, listening to local people about their experiences of health and social care services, as part of Northumberland Libraries health and wellbeing week.
Come and say hello to the team and tell us what you think of services in your area.
Berwick Library Drop-In
We will be at Berwick Library on Wednesday 10 October 1.00pm to 4.00pm, listening to local people about their experiences of health and social care services, as part of Northumberland Libraries health and wellbeing week.
Come and say hello to the team and tell us what you think of services in your area.
Haltwhistle Library Drop-In
We will be at Haltwhistle Library on 9 October 1.30pm to 3.30pm, chatting to local people about health and social care services, as part of Northumberland Libraries health and wellbeing week.
Come and say hello and give us some feedback on your experiences to get a fluffy pen!
Healthwatch Northumberland
We are your local health and social care champion. We’re here to make sure your views on NHS and social care services in Northumberland are heard.
