Workbridge

02/09/2026

And we’re back!
After a short summer interval, we’re back delivering Workbridge sessions across Northamptonshire! And we’ve added a new venue to our collection, Phab Centre Northants in The Headlands.
So far this week we’ve been preparing for 🍂 at Fernie Fields, getting creative 🧑‍🎨with our self portrait murals sharing our strengths 💪and the things we love 💕 and cherish. We made the scrummiest potato 🥔 rostis with salad 🥗 on the side at Duston bakery 🧁 and then started to learn about market research and profit & loss for our up-coming pop-up stalls at Spencer Dallington Community Centre.👏
Tomorrow we’re back with table-top skills building games and next week Rich is back!!!!! Whoop 🙌

13/08/2026

☀️💛 What a lovely week with the Workbridge gang! 💛☀️

This week we’ve welcomed back some familiar faces 👋🥰 as well as meeting some lovely new people joining our Workbridge community! 🌻
Plus Paul came back to work with the learners on our tool enterprise project!! Whoop 🙌

And somehow… we’ve now been up and running for THREE MONTHS! 🎉🎂🙌

We’re growing every week 🌱 and welcoming more people to build confidence 💪, make friendships 🫶, develop independence 🌟 and gain skills for life and work 🛠️💼

And we’re VERY excited to have Rich coming back to Workbridge in September! 🎉🙌💛

📅 From September, Workbridge sessions will be running EVERY WEEKDAY, Monday to Friday!

🎨 Creative activities
🍳 Independent living skills
💼 Employability skills
🎲 Social activities
🤝 Confidence and friendships
🌿 Wellbeing and community activities

If you, someone you support, or someone in your family could benefit from Workbridge, we’d love to hear from you! 💛

We support adults with autism ♾️, learning disabilities 🧩, mental health challenges 💚 and acquired brain injuries 🧠 in a friendly, relaxed and supportive environment.

📩 [email protected]

☀️ Come and be part of the Workbridge gang! ☀️

07/08/2026

Another week with the Workbridge gang!
Cooking a healthy breakfast (although the smashed avacado wasn’t a favourite 🤣) everything else was winner!
Emma worked with Jenny to start indexing the clothes for the Bridge Boutique.
We worked together to start planning a new outdoor space for the Spencer Dallington Community Centre (thanks to The Lewis Foundation)
And we had some great taster sessions with some of the old Workbridge crew ready to start in September!
If you know anyone who might be interested in joining our sessions from September, please get in touch.
[email protected]

01/08/2026

Bridge Boutique brought to you by Workbridge!

Beautiful clothes. Pre loved fashion. A purpose behind every purchase.

Bridge Boutique brings together designer, premium high street and occasion wear, giving beautiful pieces the chance to be worn and loved again.

Think prom dresses, wedding guest outfits, partywear, suits, shoes, handbags, accessories and those special pieces sitting in wardrobes waiting for another outing.

But Bridge Boutique is about more than clothes.

It is a Workbridge social enterprise, helping us create real opportunities for people living with mental health challenges, autism, learning disabilities and brain injuries to build confidence, develop work skills and take steps towards employment and independence.

Shop beautiful pre loved fashion and support a local cause at the same time.

Have something beautiful to sell?

We are looking for excellent condition designer, premium high street and occasion wear to join our collection. Sellers receive 60% of the final sale price, with 40% supporting Bridge Boutique and the work of Workbridge.

Please get in touch to find out more!
[email protected]

Meet the former Workbridge employee who is leading the charge in its relaunch to continue offering the vital service across Northamptonshire.

30/07/2026

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/jyVRpjDy?utm_campaign=sharemodal&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=shortlink

✨ Three Months of Hope, Growth and Community ✨
It’s been three months since we launched our Crowdfunder, and the support from Northamptonshire — and far beyond — has been nothing short of overwhelming. Back in April, I took a leap and launched the campaign to help us get up and running and begin our journey towards charity status. Because of you, that leap turned into momentum.

We are now delivering five group sessions every week, and from September — with the return of Rich — we’ll be growing to eight sessions. This is real, tangible progress, powered by community.
Special thanks to Mary who has been an amazing volunteer as we've got going!

I’ll soon be sharing details about our Wall of Hope, a space dedicated to every person who has helped us build Workbridge from the ground up. But today, I simply want to say thank you.

💛 Thank You to Every Donor
To every individual, family, organisation and group who has donated — your kindness has carried us.
A special thank you to Michael Jones Jeweller for your continued support. I am forever grateful.

You can still donate, or set up a regular donation to help us continue to grow and become sustainable by following the link.

🏡 Our Growing Community Spaces
We are now proudly delivering sessions across the county from:

Sport4Fitness CIC, Fernie Fields

Duston village bakery

Northamptonshire Mind

Spring Social Prescribing in the Borough of Northampton Bellinge Community House

Spencer Dallington Community Centre (new this week!) with much thanks to Lorraine and Lee at The Lewis Foundation who are supporting with work experience placements across the county!

Each space gives our learners somewhere to belong, grow and shine.

🌱 Our Trustees
We now have a board of trustees made up of passionate, connected and experienced people who are helping me drive Workbridge forwards so we can support even more vulnerable people in our community.

🍓A big shout out to the JAM - Helping Out ladies who have stepped up to help with the Pop-up event (much appreciated as it's a big job!)

💚 And Finally… My Biggest Thank You
My biggest thank you goes to our service users — our community — our Workbridge Gang.
When exhaustion has crept in, when barriers have felt heavy, when knock‑backs have stung, you have been my reminder to keep going. Your resilience, humour, honesty and heart are the reason Workbridge exists.

Thank you for believing in us. Thank you for showing up. Thank you for being the soul of this journey.

Here’s to the next chapter — together.

27/07/2026

🎲 Your next adventure starts here.

Join Dave every Thursday afternoon at Workbridge for our new tabletop role-playing games group, designed for adults with autism, learning disabilities, acquired brain injury and mental health challenges.

Inspired by games like Dungeons and Dragons, each session gives you the chance to create characters, solve challenges, make decisions and shape your own adventure alongside a friendly team. 🐉⚔️

No experience needed. Just bring your imagination.

✨ Build confidence
🤝 Make new friends
💬 Develop communication and social skills
🧠 Boost creativity and problem solving
🎯 Grow your confidence in making decisions
😊 Enjoy a relaxed, welcoming and supportive environment

Whether you’re completely new or already enjoy tabletop games, everyone is welcome and every adventure is different.

📅 Every Thursday afternoon
📍 Workbridge

📩 Places are limited, so message us today to find out more or book your place.

Your adventure is waiting. 🎲🐲 # out more or reserve your place. Your next adventure starts here.

[email protected]
07973778619

23/07/2026

Keep The Daily Bread alive! They’re such a fabulous local resource.
We support you! 🥰

21/07/2026

A brilliant day out with some of the Tuesday Workbridge gang! 🎉
Crazy golf, ⛳️ arcades, an interesting train 🚂 ride through a building site 🤣 and free entry (thanks Keith!) We laughed so much and had great fun 🤩
Huge thanks to Paul and Mary for coming with us! We had a ball 🥰 #

16/07/2026

✨ Another fantastic week with the Workbridge gang!
We also had a very special celebration for our lovely Graciana, who turned 21 🎉🎂 Happy Birthday from all of us!

🧩 Tuesday:
Some of our learners took on a Krypton‑Factor style challenge, working out how to fit all the soft‑play equipment into the storage cube. Others teamed up with Steve and Harry to continue their woodwork projects 🔨🪵
In the afternoon, we carried on with our wellbeing scrapbooking session — lots of creativity and calm vibes ✂️📒💛

🛒 Wednesday:
Our group explored supermarket prices, learning how to compare cost per gram and per kilo to spot the best deals — brilliant life skills! They then cooked the yummiest quesadillas 😋🌮

🎲 Next week:
We’re excited to welcome back Dave, who’ll be running table‑top gaming sessions focused on communication and social skills. If you know someone who would enjoy joining us, please get in touch 💬🤝

09/07/2026

The news we've all been waiting for is here! 📢

We now have a drop off point for your premium clothing and accessories.

With thanks to JAM - Helping Out and Ann Brebner of Orchard Home Cleaning Ltd for all your support to get us off the ground!

The drop off address is:
14, Collingwood Road
Northampton
NN1 4RD

We will be posting weekly 'drop-in to drop-off' times with the first being this coming Monday from 3pm-5pm. Outside of posted times, drop off will be by appointment only as this is a working office and we need to ensure one of our team is here to meet you.

Before bringing us your clothing or accessories, please complete and send the form below: as we will be running as a boutique, we are being quite careful about what we can sell and we do not want to waste anyone's time if it doesn't fit the first event.

click here ⬇️ for the form
https://forms.office.com/r/sCyiLFwBHK

We're really excited to be planning our first big Workbridge event and will keep you regularly updated weekly with drop off days and times.

Any questions, or if you would like to volunteer to help us prepare, please get in touch via the website: www.workbridge.org.uk and we will be in touch very soon!

Thanks so much to you all for your support.