A North East based social enterprise has secured funding to pilot a new innovative service to delay the onset of dementia.
Unforgettable Experiences will provide creative, interactive and practical support to older people to help them to participate in a series of weekly arts, cultural and heritage activities online....
Wag and Company, which tackles loneliness and isolation among older and vulnerable people in the region, is focusing its efforts on non-contact initiatives to keep in touch with those in need during the government's lockdown.
While prioritising attempts to recoup lost fundraising revenue, the charity is being ambitious and continuing...
The Road to Recovery Trust, the organisation behind Newcastle’s only recovery café, George Street Social, has launched an emergency fundraising appeal as a last attempt to save the charity.
The Trust provides safe spaces, hosts 12-step meetings, and is a supportive community for people in recovery from all kinds of...
A remarkable 80-year-old retired village bobby, who started running five years ago, is pounding the beat on lanes of Tyneside to raise funds for Bright Red, a charity for people in the North with blood cancer.
Wilf Laidler from Killingworth has started his mammoth running programme and intends to complete...
Newcastle upon Tyne is considered to be one of the best cities for clubbing and pubbing in the United Kingdom. With such a vibrant nightlife, it’s no wonder internationally renowned DJs make frequent appearances in the city.
Here are some of the best bars in Newcastle upon Tyne that you...
Parkinson’s UK’s Garden Gathering fundraiser is encouraging friends and family to celebrate the summer their way with a fun-filled fundraiser - whether it’s with tea and cake, or cocktails and a BBQ. The money raised from the events will go towards Parkinson’s UK’s pioneering research to help end Parkinson’s...
Heaton resident Busola Banjo, who donated a kidney to her sister so she could have a better quality of life is set to be honoured at a glittering appreciation dinner for the UK’s Black living donors and the sacrifices they have made for their loved ones.
Busola would then describe...
Many
of us would classify ourselves as either night owls or early birds. While early
birds may thrive best and be more alert in the morning or early afternoon,
night owls feel more active and productive in the late evening or wee hours.
But
have you ever wondered which tendency is the best for...
Thousands of people participating in a Newcastle-based campaign to tackle obesity have succeeded in shedding an incredible total of 100,000 pounds.
Newcastle Can, launched in January 2017, encouraged people to come together to lose weight and get healthier through community activities.
Newcastle Can set the city’s residents the challenge of losing...
Newcastle United hero Alan Shearer is to undergo a series of dementia tests as part of an upcoming BBC documentary.
In Dementia – Football’s Silent Shame, Mr Shearer will investigate whether years spent heading footballs make ex-soccer professionals more likely to suffer from the condition.
It is suspected that brain damage...
