26 April 2024
The town of Ashington is calling on all residents to show their love for their community by reducing waste, reusing items, and recycling properly.
Recent figures show fly-tipping is on the rise, with a whopping 115 tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish spread over nearly 2,000 incidents in the last financial year ☹️ Not to mention an astounding 326 tonnes of general litter in public bins and found littering our streets, despite the tireless efforts of volunteers and the NCC Local Services Team who litter pick. It’s hard to imagine that amount of rubbish - we hope our infographic below helps.
Promote Your Group Here!
We invite health and wellbeign groups and organisations to share news about upcoming activities, classes, and events on this site, this is the place to get the word out.
Getting more visibility for your group reinforces our shared community mission of nurturing the residents and young people of Ashington.
Please use the web form below to submit your group's announcements. Let us help spread the word so you can focus on delivering quality programming that will benefit the community.
From our website, you can visit other websites by following links to such external sites. While we strive to provide only quality links to useful and ethical websites, we have no control over the content and nature of these 3rd party websites. The links to other websites do not imply a recommendation for all the content found on these sites. Site owners and content may change without notice and may occur before we have the opportunity to remove a link which may have gone 'bad'. To report an issue with any of the links below contact 01670 624520 or email clerk@ashingtontowncouncil.gov.uk
Ashington Stroke Group supports people affected by stroke and their carers from Ashington and surrounding areas.
Speakers and activities are included along with social peer support.
This club meets on the first and third Friday of each month at the Roundhouse, Age UK Ashington, NE63 9JZ.
Come along and have fun with us in our small and welcoming group. Sign up by following the link; Ashington Stroke Group | Stroke Association
Emotional wellbeing support for parents and carers of children and young people in the trailblazer areas of Ashington, Bedlington, Hexham, Blyth or being home schooled.
Children and Young People have suffered massively due to the pandemic and restrictions which increases the pressure on parents - who are already going through a hard time at the moment, so please spread the word. This is time-limited, the funding is only available to run sessions this year, but hopefully, if the need is there those in charge will see that this sort of help is needed for longer than a year.
Northumberland has been selected as one of 25 Trailblazer areas to develop programmes that improve young people’s mental health and the ‘Be You’ team was created by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust and Northumberland County Council with the aim of offering emotional health and wellbeing support to children, young people and adults giving them access to information and services. Cygnus Support is part of this bigger team providing mental and emotional support at the earliest signs of needing help.
If you have any questions or want to talk to Amanda please call on 07377265036 or email amandasayers@cygnussupport.com; if you want to read more here’s the link to the Cygnus Be You web page Welcome to Cygnus Support and the NHS Trailblazers Be You web site Homepage | NHS Trailblazers (beyounorthumberland.nhs.uk)
Sharon Parmley, Communications and Engagement Officer, Ashington Town Council.
I have recently completed the Community Health Champion training course, which is part of the Public Health Team's provision of specialist health improvement support and training to local organisations and individuals with the aim of reducing health inequalities and improving the health and wellbeing of those living and working within Northumberland.
The training enables me to sign post to health and wellbeing information and services available across Northumberland.
The following is a list of useful links to information and services that will enable you to address your health and wellbeing needs. If you need any assistance just give me a call on 01670 624520.
Tobacco Control and E-Cigarettes
Obesity - Nutrition
Physical Activity
Mental Health Support
If you are interested in becoming a Community Health Champion visit; Northumberland County Council - Health Improvement Training Programme
My name is Gem and I am a health and nature lead, working for Natural England. I am working with Northumberland Wildlife Trust to explore Green Social Prescribing in South East Northumberland.
*Green social prescribing is the practice of supporting people to engage in nature-based interventions and activities to improve their mental and physical health. Green social prescribing includes both what is known as green and blue activities. These could include local walking schemes, community gardening projects, conservation volunteering, green gyms, open water swimming or arts and cultural activities which take place outdoors. These activities may be ‘prescribed’ by link workers (and other trusted professionals) alongside other forms of support, for example, referrals to support for housing or finances – based on the needs and circumstances of each individual.
As part of this project , we are firstly working with Ashington and Blyth and their surrounding areas.
To find out more about Green Social Prescribing visit the National Academy for Social Prescribing here.
Welcome to the Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust website. We provide a comprehensive range of mental health, learning disability and specialist services across northern England.
We have produced an award-winning series of self-help guides available at www.cnt.nhs.uk/selfhelp. These free resources offer an introduction to evidence-based techniques for conditions such as anxiety, depression, OCD and more. While not a substitute for professional support, the guides provide useful strategies to start your self-help journey.
Please follow the link here for a full list of self help leaflets.
Evey Friday 10am to 2pm at The Hirst Welfare Centre, Alexandra Road.
Talking Marra’s has been running since 2018 as a peer support group that was created when another group folded.
We are a group of people who have all suffered with some kind of mental health issues, whether it be anxiety, depression, loneliness or even just boredom.
We meet up to have a coffee/tea and chat with others, we do arts and crafts to sell at our fairs to raise funding for outings etc.
We have our own garden/allotment area where we grow our won salad and vegetables for a bit of gentle exercise and healthy, free eating.
We like to get involved with other groups in the area that might need a helping hand.
We have a private Facebook page where we can keep in contact and offer support to each other.
We play games weekly such as bingo and dominoes where you can win small prizes of chocolates, biscuits and soup.
We ask for a 30p donation for unlimited tea and coffee and 30p per game (normally play 4 per day. This covers the cost of the prizes).
Why not come along and join in the fun!
Hope to see you soon ????
Talking Matters Northumberland offers free psychological treatment for people aged 16 and over who have a GP in Northumberland. We offer one to one talking therapy for depression, anxiety, stress and other mental health related problems. We also offer Couples Therapy for Depression.
0300 3030 700 / https://www.tmnorthumberland.org.uk/
26 April 2024
The town of Ashington is calling on all residents to show their love for their community by reducing waste, reusing items, and recycling properly.
Recent figures show fly-tipping is on the rise, with a whopping 115 tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish spread over nearly 2,000 incidents in the last financial year ☹️ Not to mention an astounding 326 tonnes of general litter in public bins and found littering our streets, despite the tireless efforts of volunteers and the NCC Local Services Team who litter pick. It’s hard to imagine that amount of rubbish - we hope our infographic below helps.
