NT LIFE Recovery College

06/09/2026

Shout out to vote for our friends at Live Well With Cancer 🩷 This funding would help so much.

You never know when cancer will affect yours or a loved one’s lives and this amazing local charity does amazing work to support those affected. Let’s all show our support and appreciation to Maureen and the team by voting. It takes only seconds and will be much appreciated ❤️

Links are on the original post.

🌸💙 A HUGE THANK YOU… but we still need your help! 💙🌸

We honestly can’t thank every single person, business and organisation enough for voting for Live Well with Cancer in the Certas Energy Community Bloom Awards.

We have been completely blown away by our amazing community. So many of you have shared the voting link, posted requests on your own pages, messaged friends, emailed everyone on your lists and encouraged others to get behind us. 🥹💙

And we’ve even had our Chair’s account suspended for 24 hours because they thought he was a bot! 🤣🙈 Anth knows A LOT of people!

But… we have just TWO DAYS LEFT! ⏰

We are still in with a chance of winning £15,000 for our community, and this really would be a game changer for Live Well with Cancer.

The funding would allow us to create an accessible room in our back garden, giving people who find the stairs difficult the opportunity to access counselling, one-to-one support and small groups without having to navigate the stairs.

We’d also be able to install a sink upstairs in our drinks area, meaning people wouldn’t have to keep going up and down the stairs just to fetch water.
It might sound like small changes, but they would make a huge difference to accessibility, independence and the way we can support our community.

So, if you haven’t voted yet, please, please take a couple of seconds to vote for Live Well with Cancer. And if you have already voted, we’d be incredibly grateful if you could share the link one more time. 🙏

👉 Vote here: https://certasenergy.co.uk/community-bloom-fund/

Two days. One big opportunity. £15,000 that could transform what we can offer our community. Let’s bring this back to the North East 💙

Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 💙🌸



North Shields People Emma Campbell Barry’s Fruit and Veg fans Anxious Minds

03/09/2026

14/08/2026

On Wednesday, we headed down to North Shields Fish Quay for another of our Summer Wellness Walks… and LOOK WHAT WE FOUND!

A giant whale jaw bone! 🐋🦴

We also discovered some lovely views, fresh air, mindfulness, good conversations and sunshine! 💙

But rather than tell you how great the walk was… let’s let the people’s feedback speak for itself! 👀👇

💬 “Fun would be the main one for me — quite social and it was nice to chat to people about what courses they do at NT LIFE.”

💬 “It’s been quite therapeutic, nice and relaxing. Couldn’t have asked for a better day weather-wise, location was lovely too.”

💬 “I thought it was really relaxing and the mindfulness was really good.”

💬 “It was really enjoyable and good to get out — liked meeting new people.”

💬 “I remembered how good it is to get out in the morning to take in the beautiful scenes and how good it is to be outside for your wellbeing.”

💬 “I felt a real lift in my mood after it.” 🥹

And honestly… we couldn’t have said it better ourselves. 💙

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make our second Summer Wellness Walk such a lovely morning. 🌊☀️

12/08/2026

Eeh guys, I’ve just had the absolute best reason sent in for not being able to attend today’s walk….

“I'm not going to be able to make today, I've just tripped over a bucket and punched a plant trying to get rid of a fly”

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

Honestly, this has set the bar for the apologies for missing any sessions in September 😂

07/08/2026

The course bookings are now open for Sept-Oct. Everyone on our distribution lists should have received an email yesterday with the links to the new prospectus and course booking form 😊

Please check your inbox or spam/junk folder and return your form as soon as possible

If you haven’t received the email and are enrolled with us, please contact Julie on [email protected]

Thanks guys!! See you soon ❤️

29/07/2026

Our autumn prospectus is now live on our websitehttps://ntlife.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/September-November-2026-Prospectus.pdf 🙌🙌

If there’s a course you fancy, the course bookings will be open soon so watch out in your emails for a link to the form 😊

If you’re not already enrolled with us, please fill out our short referral/self referral form and we’ll be in touch to complete your enrolment during the holidays so you’ll be eligible to join us in September. Here’s the link to the form: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=3weF1QxHHkeq4GkgxNxd0q_PWu8efClLnV5RlBPgczxUQk1SSEw2UllDQ0dNODdZWjg1RDQ2QzNLQiQlQCN0PWcu&origin=lprLink&route=shorturl

Please check out our website https://ntlife.org.uk for more details about NT LIFE

All of our courses are free to adults aged 18+ living and working in North Tyneside and are held in face to face groups

28/07/2026

Check out these pics of some of the group and rave reviews from our first summer wellness walk along the Fish Quay today...🚶‍♀️☀️

Charlie the doggo said "big fan of the water drinking facilities along the route"🐶🐾

Freddie the pup said "met some great doggo pals but was disappointed we couldn't go on the beach cos of the plastic nurdles" 🐕🦴

Other things the humans said...! "Loved it!" "Calming" "Calming and tiring" "Chilled out" "Enjoyable" 💚😌

Great start to our Summer Activities, we already cant wait for the next! Watch this space for what else we get up to this summer at NT LIFE 🤗😎

09/07/2026

Wing Outdoor Activities are delivering another free introductory bike ride this Sunday 12th July.

Location: Brierdene, Whitley Bay

Time: 11am - 3pm

Bring your bike or borrow one of their bikes for free.

Free refreshments, free bike helmets to use, and bike repair tools are provided.

Probable route: cycle to Tynemouth and back, but the route could change upon request. It's a nice, gentle, flat cycle ride with plenty of stops, ideal for beginner cyclists or returning cyclists looking to boost their confidence and cycling skills.

To book or find out more please email: [email protected]

05/07/2026

This looks fab for people to get to know others and hopefully leading to making new friends and feeling less lonely, which will improve mental health.

There’s some great initiatives out there - go along to one, it might just be the best thing you’ve ever done 🩷💙

Durano Lounge, on the seafront, is hosting a number of Empty Chairs meet-ups and everyone is welcome. Here are the dates for July & August.

📌 Durano Lounge, Grand Parade, Tynemouth, NE30 4JH
📆 5th July, 19th July, 2nd Aug, 16th Aug, 30th Aug
🕰 From 6pm
👨‍🦱 Host: Darren

Empty Chairs is a community-led initiative that helps tackle loneliness by creating relaxed, low-pressure spaces where people can connect over a drink and a conversation. There's no agenda, no need to book, and no expectation to stay for any set amount of time - simply come along and see where the conversation takes you.

Your friendly host, Darren, will be there to welcome you - look out for the orange hoodie! 🧡

Whether you fancy a chat, some company over a drink, or simply the chance to meet new people, you'll be very welcome.

🪑

02/07/2026

Voting closes tomorrow guys so if you haven’t shared or voted yet, please help us out by doing so now and let’s give it one last push ❤️

Thanks to you all for being fabulous ❤️

‼️Please Vote for NT LIFE – Help Us Win £5,000!! ‼️

We’re excited to share that NT LIFE Recovery College has another chance to win £5,000 from The Benefact Group — and we’d really appreciate your support!

This funding would go directly towards our running costs, helping us continue to provide free courses and support for the mental health and wellbeing of people living and working across North Tyneside.

From wellbeing and recovery courses to DBT, OCD, resilience building, WRAP, anxiety and creative groups, every vote helps us continue offering safe, supportive spaces for our community.

If you have a moment, please vote for us at:

https://movementforgood.com/draws/special/community/

It only takes a minute, and every single vote and share makes a difference.

As they say… you’ve got to be in it to win it!! 😊

Thank you so much for your continued support — it genuinely means a lot to us and to the people who access our services.

Best wishes,
NT LIFE Recovery College