19th July
Welcome to ‘A Little TLC’ … Tackling Loneliness Collaborative’s ‘useful information!’ – 16th July 2024.
Please feel free to have a glance through the headlines or see further details further down..…
The focus this time is: ‘things to do – plus a few webinars!’
It includes:
- Be Together is a therapeutic art group for girls and young women aged 16 to 24 to socialise, explore themes and build connections. Email: asacco@ablhealth.co.uk
- United Voices Choir – July taster sessions in Nottingham. Email: lornagracepoole@gmail.com
- Muslim Youth Inspired Programme – steering group - Email: enquiries@nmwn.co.uk
- Representing the voice of older people - setting up an older people’s forum Tickets, Thu, Aug 8, 2024 at 11:00 AM | Eventbrite
- Renewal Trust – Programme – see below enquiries@renewaltrust.org.uk
- Nottingham Muslim Women's Network NMWN's FREE cycling sessions - enquiries@nmwn.co.uk
- PHEW – Parental Health and Emotional Wellbeing - cc.mansfield@nottscc.gov.uk
- Ridewise Sessions - FREE Women's 10 week TravelWell Cycle Confidence sessions – email: kylieparr@ridewise.org.uk
- Free Trees – Eden Project – see poster and link below - https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/.../schools-and.../
- Kings Fund - Applications are now open for the 2025 GSK IMPACT Awards! https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/projec…
- Scones and Songs – Library Sessions - Songs & Scones | Inspire - Culture, Learning, Libraries (inspireculture.org.uk)
- Nottingham City Libraries – Public Consultation Money Saving Survey http://nottinghamcitylibraries.co.uk/shape-the-vision
- Summer Reading Challenge – In Inspire libraries this summer, Saturday 6 July - Sunday 1 September. This year's challenge is Marvellous Makers https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/reading-information/childrens-library/summer-reading-challenge/
- Meditation - Balancing Energy - Worksop Library - Adult Learning Meditation - Balancing Energy - Worksop Library - Adult Learning Tickets, Tue, Nov 5, 2024 at 10:00 AM | Eventbrite
- https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-good-practice-mentor-offer-taster-session-tickets-921470251327 Good Practice Mentors - various
- Stronger Together Co-production Toolkit Tickets, Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite
- https://insamsname.co.uk/ - various events including Talk and Train
- Let's Connect Information Sharing Session- September Tickets, Wed 11 Sep 2024 at 10:00 | Eventbrite
TLC dates for your diary:
- The Little TLC Catch Up! – – 🌼Tuesday 30th July – 12pm-12:45pm🌼 our informal peer networking lunch gathering (part of Friendship Day https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/66347998#:~:text=It%20is%20celebrated%20on%2030,about%20them%20and%20celebrating%20friendship)
Join the TLC Catch Up! Zoom Meeting https://us05web.zoom.us/j/87442041229?pwd=ewMUZvboRzMI2WAoltFJ0ahbTIstxe.1
All welcome; it’s great to meet a little more informally and share tips or what we are up to. Meeting ID: 874 4204 1229 Passcode: 9JuLAi
- Our next wider Tackling Loneliness Collaborative (TLC) meeting takes place on Tuesday 10th September 2024 9:30am-11:00am on MS Teams.
Click here to join the wider TLC meeting If you have anything you want to share in this meeting please feel free to!
Also, you are very welcome to drop into part of the meeting if it’s hard to make the full time.
Updates:
Website: We have appointed a Web design company who have started to build and design the TLC Website – now is the time to let us know what you think should or shouldn’t be included on there!
Friendly Connector: We are in the process of really thinking about the design and actual information to go on the single point information card following on from 2 workshops we’ve held and comments you’ve shared. I’ve been out to Harworth and Bircotes and Nottingham recently to talk about this and the TLC. I’ll be in Ashfield too in the next few days.
TLC Conference: Will take place in the first half of November; enquiries have been made with a couple of possible venues and an initial plan of the day created.
Many thanks, Kirsty
Tackling Loneliness Collaborative Lead
Find us on Facebook and ‘X’ (Twitter)
Loneliness Page – Tackling Loneliness Collaborative Nottingham and Nottinghamshire | Bassetlaw CVS (bcvs.org.uk)
Research and Service Database - www.tlin.co.uk
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Be Together is a therapeutic art group for girls and young women aged 16 to 24 to socialise, explore themes and build connections. This is not an art class and you don't have to be good at art to join!
Coming to a group can be a big step, so we provide a warm, welcoming and supportive atmosphere to make it a positive experience for you. Join us on the first Tuesday of every month, from 6.30-7.30pm.
If you would like to join or have any questions, please get in touch with Antonietta (Ant) on asacco@ablhealth.co.uk or call 0115 708 0008
Would you like to sing a range of empowering songs as part of a diverse choir of women? Come along to a taster session in July to see what the United Voices choir at Nottingham Women’s Centre is all about. Find out how you can sign up to join the choir every week from September. Simply email: lornagracepoole@gmail.com to enquire and arrange to come along!
In collaboration with @women_in_tandem, @thisgirlcanuk and Nottingham Muslim Women's Network NMWN's FREE cycling sessions will help you ride safely and confidently. This is a wonderful chance to join a community of women interested in learning to ride a bike or regaining confidence in cycling. 
Don't miss this opportunity! 
Wednesdays
12:30 pm to 1:45 pm
Forest Recreation Ground, Near the café, Gregory Boulevard, Nottingham, NG7 6HB
Spaces are limited! Book early to secure your spot in the cycling sessions.
For more information
0115 837 2627 OR 07826 464 722
enquiries@nmwn.co.uk
Great opportunity to meet new people and get confident on your bike for summer. Join us for the new FREE Women's 10 week TravelWell Cycle Confidence sessions, starting 10th July. Book now! Bikes can be provided. kylieparr@ridewise.org.uk
https://bookwhen.com/ridewise/e/ev-stad-20240710100000
Eden Project Communities
FREE TREES for schools and community groups
The Woodland Trust are encouraging schools and community groups to apply for free tree packs, to ensure everybody in the UK has a chance to plant a tree.
Find out more and apply: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/.../schools-and.../
Applications are now open for the 2025 GSK IMPACT Awards! And this year we’re also pleased to announce that we’re launching a new GSK Community Health programme for smaller charities tackling health inequalities.
Winners of the 2025 GSK IMPACT Awards will receive up to £50,000 in funding, as well as training and development from The King’s Fund.
Head over to our website to find out more and start an application.
https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/projec…
It's been great to see so many of you at our Songs & Scones afternoons! ☕🎶
Enjoy a scone and a cup of tea whilst watching live music for just £2!
Next Songs & Scones sessions:
☕ Retford Library - 2nd August, 6th September | 2pm.
Book your place 👉 Songs & Scones | Inspire - Culture, Learning, Libraries (inspireculture.org.uk)
Big changes are coming to Nottingham City Libraries. We need to save £1.5 million and want your feedback on our proposals. The public consultation is open now until 19 August 2024. Get involved and have your say! http://nottinghamcitylibraries.co.uk/shape-the-vision
The Summer Reading Challenge will be back in Inspire libraries this summer, Saturday 6 July - Sunday 1 September. This year's challenge is Marvellous Makers and we're tapping into our imaginations, telling amazing stories and coming up with lots of fun new creations, as we celebrate the creative arts.
Children will join the Marvellous Makers who are busy getting creative for a big festival…but the objects they need have mysteriously disappeared. Children will help the Marvellous Makers find the objects they need to complete their creations.
https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/reading-information/childrens-library/summer-reading-challenge/
Meditation - Balancing Energy - Worksop Library - Adult Learning
- Date: 5 November - 10 December 2024
- Sessions: Tuesdays: 10am - 12pm
- No. sessions: 5
- Venue: Worksop Library, Worksop
- For ages: 19+
- Group size: 5 - 12
- Cost: FREE - £35
About this course
Looking for a different approach to your energy work? Come and explore techniques to use in daily life to balance the energy system. You will design a routine to fit your lifestyle through ancient cultural systems. This compliments practices including Reiki, Yoga, Chakra work, Meditation and EFT.
Through attending this course, you will: explore the energy system and ancient cultural approaches to bring balance to your life; discover ways of working with different techniques to bring balance to the energy system; layers of the energy system and how they can have an outward impact on our lives; designing the best techniques for your own Health and wellbeing.
This course is designed for any age and any level of experience
This is an Interactive course with support and guidance.
The Good Practice Mentor (GPM) programme is a new and innovative project that brings together legacy, learning and resources from Ageing Better, a seven year Test & Learn project that worked to reduce social isolation and loneliness in people aged over 50, and engaged more than 150,000 people in over 366 projects.
Whatever challenges you come across we’ve probably been through them before - let us help you.
What the Good Practice Mentors can offer:-
Bespoke and tailored work with your organisation to address specific challenges to engaging with your communities. Taster sessions, existing and bespoke training. Co-design support, a listening ear and support to develop your ideas and empower you to share learning and ideas with others.
Our overall aim is to deliver solutions to the problems you might be experiencing when working with the community, and connecting you with the right people and support to suit your needs.
The Good Practice Mentor Offer - taster session Tickets, Wed 17 Jul 2024 at 11:00 | Eventbrite
Wednesday, August 7 · 2 - 3pm
During this webinar we will walk you through the toolkit explaining how to get the best out of Stronger Together and the different ways that you can use it to set up, develop and embed a co-production culture within your organisation or community.
Stronger Together Co-production Toolkit Tickets, Wed, Aug 7, 2024 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite
Let's Connect Information Sharing Session- September
Let's Connect Information Sharing Session- September Tickets, Wed 11 Sep 2024 at 10:00 | Eventbrite
Anyone is welcome to attend. The presentation covers
• The background of the Health Connections Mendip service including the role of Health Connectors (Social prescribing link workers and Health Coaches).
• Information about our online directory and resource centre.
• What our key access points for information, support and opportunities are.
• An outline of the Community Connector work and the additional Connector roles such as Green and Digital Connectors.
• Details of our Let's Connect projects- such as the Talking Bench, Postcard project and Town Cooks
• How we've worked with the community to deliver a shared project.
• Time to ask and answer questions.