Friends Action North East

Join us for a cuppa tomorrow at Open Book Club! Any questions, call 0191 2314327 or email [email protected] 😊

We are delighted to be hosting the fantastic KAPOW club! For more information text or call Sacha on 07581457295

Join this friendly and accessible book club at the East End Library on Shields Road. Explore word free stories and listen to poetry, with a free cup of tea and biscuits. Next date is Wednesday 9th October.

We had a fantastic time learning about fire safety, travel safety and the amazing work our local police do. Thank you to SafetyWorks Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service and Northumbria Police

Dear farm friends, we have some sad news to report.

At the weekend, we had eight of our most rare breed chickens including Silkies, Bantams and Ayam Cemani, stolen from Cluckingham Palace, our chicken house.

The fact that these chickens were stolen specifically shows that this was a planned theft, which would have involved a prepared vehicle with cages, vaulting over our padlocked gates, and entering the locked chicken house, scaring all of our farmyard animals in the process.

This hurts more than the monetary value of the chickens. It feels like a real invasion of our space, which is a place for the whole community, and our animals' home where they should be safe.

We of course have CCTV in the farmyard and we have reported this incident to the police. However, if anyone knows any information, or has been made aware of a new brood of rare chickens locally, please do let us know.

In order for us to replace some of the lost chickens, we would need to spend around £400. We will also be upgrading our security systems in the farmyard to prevent future thefts which will be expensive. If you would like to donate to the farm to help us cover those costs it would be much appreciated, you can do so here: https://www.ouseburnfarm.org.uk/donate

We hope that wherever our lovely chickens are, they are being looked after. 🐔
♥️

Thank you,
Katie - Farm Manager.

We are looking for 3 people who live in Newcastle upon Tyne to join Spectrum Theatre Group, our funded programme based Northern Stage in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Taking place every Thursday, 10am - 3pm, our fun and friendly Theatre group enables people with learning disabilities and autistic people to develop new plays and performances, lead on community projects and deliver outreach workshops.

** Please note, this opportunity is for Newcastle residents only **

Spectrum Theatre group is supported by an award from the Newcastle Culture Investment Fund at Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.

Find out more: https://www.thetwistingducks.co.uk/take-part

Join our book club! Starting in September at the East End Library. Using storytelling and books without words! Free and open to all adults with learning disabilities and autistic people. To find out more and to book your place, email [email protected]

Are you a young person (age 18 – 25) with a learning disability and/or an autistic person living in the North East? Would you like to have a say in what happens in your local area? Do you have ideas about social groups, friendships and employment? We would love to hear from you. Please get in touch by emailing Vicky: [email protected]

It's been a busy few weeks at our regular groups!

In celebration of volunteers week, we’d like to give a big thank you to our amazing volunteers. Their time, support and relentless enthusiasm is invaluable to the work we do and to the people we support. If you’d like some more information about volunteering with us, please give us a call Tel: 0191 231 4327 or Email: [email protected]

We are absolutely delighted to have been awarded £4846 from Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland. A very big thank you from all of us!

Thank you so much to The National Lottery Community Fund.We are delighted to have been awarded £20K over the next 2 years to enable our social well-being groups to continue. 🙏

We had a great time at Community Foundation's Giving Network event last night. It was wonderful to share some of the work we do, and tell the stories of the people we support. It was also very inspiring to hear from the other charities, and make some new friends! Thank you to everyone involved Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Northumberland Domestic Abuse Services Recyke y'Bike The Oswin Project

Calling all students! Fancy a canny night out whilst raising money for Friends Action? Our wonderful volunteers have organised a Boozy Bingo Fundraiser next week. All the details are below. ⬇️

If you’re interested in grabbing a ticket visit: https://fixr.co/event/boozy-bingo-fundraiser-tickets-944545602!

Autism Acceptance........

The Twisting Ducks have a new performance at Live Theatre Newcastle on May 4th.
‘Employment Roulette’ Tickets available via this link https://www.live.org.uk/whats-on/employment-roulette?fbclid=IwAR2wpZrMZMavG7dZfWfo5oc_Pd5tW12ejFGw2ynSvM5UhDB7gAHLcJypdFg_aem_AWmUOdKrvFW8C8MqM0IzI3mNlYK26sQZp2x5gYDrYlMKxsx0w45XrJAJZHZkD3U-F5MsXeua1Bpo_12MqOWx09yk

Thursday 9th April-date for your diary!

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👍Keeping Safe and Money Matters

👫 Join us for this important event for people with a learning disability, family members, carers and people who work with people with a learning disability.

📅 Date: Tuesday 9th April

⌚️ Time: 10.00am - 3.00pm

🏫 Address: Banqueting Suite, Civic Centre, Barras Bridge Newcastle upon Tyne NE99 1NP

💻 Book on the link below
📱 Or call Skills for People on 0191 281 8737.

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/keeping-safe-and-money-matters-tickets-851317783407?aff=oddtdtcreator

ONE WEEK TO GO 📣💛

There's just one week to go until Autism Acceptance Week.

We can't wait to share with you our campaign and everything we've been working on behind the scenes... watch this space as there's exciting things to come ⏰

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