Upcoming network events and campaign briefings
Welcome to our Events and Campaigns Hub! A great place to EXPLORE a range of wellbeing topics with other, like minded professional and volunteers.
Events take the form of in person, online only or exciting new hybrid events where we offer limited in person spaces and many more places to attend using Microsoft Teams.
Our events cover a wide range of purposes and exist because of members working in collaboration with our network team offering members the chance to EXPLORE wellbeing topics at conferences, training, service briefing sessions, upskill events, calls to action/collaborations, new service collaboration requests and mental wellbeing campaign briefings.
We also offer a range of funded wellbeing activities for our members to sample to get out of their comfort zone, EXPLORE their own wellbeing and embark on their own relaxation and personal growth journeys.
If you have any events you would like to collaborate with us on, get in touch using our content submission form on our ‘Share your content’ page. We look forward to seeing how we can work together.
Have a look below and share within your own networks too; we aren’t precious!
This page shows:
· Future events, and links to details around what they are and how to book your place
· Past events with links to recordings, presentations, resources, presenters and more.
Future Events
Direct link to booking site
Tough to Talk - Mens Health Free Seminars - with Steve Whittle
Join us for an essential event on Friday, September 13th, as "Tough Talk" delves into the pressing issue of the male suicide crisis. Delivered by Tough To Talk in partnership with North Riding FA and Public Health South Tees, this event aims to shed light on the factors contributing to male suicide and provide strategies for support within our communities.
*Please note - both sessions will provide the same content, so please only book onto one of the below sessions.
SESSION 1
Herlingshaw Centre, Normanby Road, South Bank, Middlesbrough, TS6 9AE
Friday 13th September, 1:00pm - 2:00pm
SESSION 2
Redcar Athletic Football Club, Green Lane, Redcar, TS10 3RW
Friday 13th September, 6:00pm - 7:00pm
If you need to cancel please ensure you submit your cancellation within 48 hours of the seminar.
Our TOUGH TALKS are more than just speeches; they are a gateway to transforming how you view and deal with mental health. Each session is an opportunity to change lives through powerful storytelling and actionable insights. Book now to begin this vital conversation and join us on a journey towards personal growth and organizational resilience.
Motivational, interactive sessions right to your doorstep, designed to inspire men to harness the strength to open up and embrace vulnerability. If your goal is to gain insight and be inspired, you've found the right service.
Why Attend?
Our TOUGH TALKS series features engaging presentations from individuals who have faced unimaginable hardships and emerged stronger. These survivors share their incredible stories of resilience, bravery, and hope, providing not just inspiration but practical tools and strategies for personal and collective growth. Each talk is crafted to not only impact the lives of the attendees but also to equip them with the knowledge to effect change in others’ lives.
"Tough Talk" offers an unvarnished look at the male suicide crisis through powerful lived experiences and factual insights. Discover what individuals and communities can do to support men in Breaking The Silence about:
Poor Mental Health: Understand the impact and ways to address mental health
issues.
Current Life Events: Learn how ongoing life challenges contribute to mental
distress.Past History: Explore the influence of past experiences on present mental
health.Biological Factors: Gain insight into the biological components that affect men's
mental health.Identity Factors: Discuss how identity and societal expectations play a role.
Let's work together to create a supportive environment where every man feels heard and valued.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Mind-set Matters
Mind-set Matters - A Wellbeing Network Members Free Taster event
Sat 21 Sept 2024 10:00 - 13:00
St Francis Parish Hall , 5 Levick Crescent, Acklam, TS5 4RL
South Tees Wellbeing Network brings you an opportunity to spend a Saturday morning with the Positivity Guru, Jo Taylor, who will coach you through creating a positive mindset
To all those booking:
Please do not book as a maybe, booking your place is a commitment that may prevent others from attending.
So book it, then commit to it! If you need to cancel, please give us a minimum of 48 hours notice and use the link in your booking confirmation to do so.
Thanks for your understanding. Enjoy this brilliant session.
The session:
Your mindset isn't coincidence, it's created! Join Joanna aka the Positivity Guru for an informative workshop learning how to create a bullet proof positive Mind-set. From nuero-science to psychology with a sprinkle of the law of attraction thrown in for good measure, Jo will give her top tips and mindful exercises that can help you to create a positive and healthy mindset that only you can change.
About Jo Taylor:
Jo Taylor is a Holistic Practitioner based in Acklam, Middlesbrough. She offers a wide range of energy healing and specialises in Mind-set coaching, helping people to overcome problems and teaching them how to create healthy and positive mindsets for all round happiness and well-being. Her motto is if you can think it, you can live it!
BOOKING ESSENTIAL, SEE LINK ABOVE OR BELOW
Breathe. Move. Relax.
Breathe, Move, Relax - A Wellbeing Network Members Free Taster event
Sat 13 Jul 2024 10:00 - 13:00
Charltons Community Centre, Charltons, Redcar and Cleveland, TS12 3DA
South Tees Wellbeing Network brings you an opportunity to spend a Saturday morning with a warm, local and inspiring trauma informed and creative psychotherapist with 30 years experience in her breathe, move, relax workshop.
To all those booking:
Please do not book as a maybe, booking your place is a commitment that may prevent others from attending.
So book it, then commit to it! If you need to cancel, please give us a minimum of 48 hours notice and use the link in your booking confirmation to do so.
Thanks for your understanding. Enjoy this brilliant session.
Breathe, Move, Relax...
With Jo Drew
The session:
Jo Drew would like to invite you to a morning of relaxation and self-care. A breathing space from everyday pressures. Jo will lead you into a mindful meditation to allow you to fully arrive in the space. I offer a safe space for you to explore new ways of experiencing well-being and calm. I will gently lead you into an exploration of the felt sense as we move from our heads to our bodies in gentle movement exercises. Here is an opportunity to ease out bodily felt tension and begin to understand the wisdom held in our bodies. ….and we will dance, a gentle dance, a mediative dance, a movement meditation. I hope you will reap the benefits of the moving body- relaxation, the release of feel-good hormones, reduced anxiety, increased wellbeing. Lastly, the space will be open for conclusions in words, your thoughts and feelings, wonderings, and questions.
About Jo Drew:
I am Jo Drew, a trauma informed therapist; I work at Barnardo’s Tees Valley with children and young people who have sexual trauma. I am a creative therapist; I use movement, art, sand tray, drama, writing and music to enable expression of difficult feelings. My core training is as a movement Psychotherapist; working with the body to explore trauma and the difficulties that life can present us with. I have a background in Jungian psychology, and this informs my practice, the symbolic world, archetypes, dreams, fairy tales and myth. I have been a practicing therapist for nearly 30 years. I am a Reiki and mindfulness practitioner and have worked with adults with anxiety and depression using mindful practice over a number of years. I am a Astroshamanic practitioner using the seasons of earth and sky to facilitate workshops. My calling is to work with people to discover their authentic selves and in addition to my day job, I run community workshops and a small private practice. I look forward to meeting you!!
LOCATION
Charltons Community Centre, Charltons, Redcar and Cleveland, TS12 3DA
BOOKING ESSENTIAL, SEE LINK ABOVE OR BELOW
Learning at Lunch Webinar
Learning at Lunch
The Tees Mental Health Training Hub Invites you to the Wellbeing Movement Webinar
The Wellbeing Movement continues to grow and develop. Join us to learn about Wellbeing Pathway updates, showcasing new initiatives (sign up in the session) and the latest effective approaches to improving wellbeing.
You will be joined by our Guest Speakers:
Host and Guest Speaker - Gareth Hammond - Social Media Blogger of Sport and Sporting Impact
Guest Speaker - Joe Linton - Wellbeing Coach
Guest Speaker - Terry Doyle - Mindfulness & Tai Chi Coach
Guest Speaker - Richie Andrew - Health Improvement Specialist at Public Health South Tees
Guest Speaker - Lorna Routledge - Active Forests Coordinator at Guisborough Forest
If you have any enquiries regarding the Webinar, please contact below:
Don't Worry, Be Happy! with Helen Bartram (A members wellbeing event)
Helen Bartram - Happiness Coach
South Tees Wellbeing Network brings you a brilliant local speaker for this workshop, as inspiring as she is knowledgeable. Do not miss out.
To all those booking:
Please do not book as a maybe, booking your place is a commitment that may prevent others from attending.
So book it, then commit to it! If you need to cancel, please give us a minimum of 48 hours notice and use the link in your booking confirmation to do so.
Thanks for your understanding. Enjoy this brilliant session.
Helen asks that every person attending bring a cushion with them too.
Don't Worry, Be Happy!
With Helen Bartram
Ever found yourself thinking 'I just want to feel happier ... is that too much to ask?'
Perhaps you've always admired those people who take a positive optimistic approach to life?
It could be that for you, you find yourself stuck in stressful / worrisome situations and you don't know how to handle everything.
If any of those statements resonate with you or you are simply looking for ways to create more happiness and live life fully then 'Don't worry, be happy' workshop is for you!
Using science backed methods and research the workshop will explore the following areas:
1. Positivity
2. Emotions
3. Acceptance
4. Meaning and purpose
5. Habits for happiness
The workshop will be a mix of thought provoking exploration and activities.
About Helen Bartram:
Helen is a positive psychology enthusiast and uses the science backed methods to inform her own wellbeing practices and with her clients. She works with both adults and children in the mental health and wellbeing industry. Her passion lies in helping others navigate life's challenges and supporting them in creating and living a meaningful and purposeful life. Helen is qualified in many holistic practices ranging from meditation to reiki to EFT. She has delivered wellbeing training to hundreds of people in the last 5 years and loves to continue learning.
As well as working on a self employed basis, Helen also has a part time role at The Link Charitable Trust based in Redcar. She works with 14-25 year olds visiting schools and colleges offering wellbeing sessions and outreach work.
When Helen is not at work you will no doubt find her on the beach admiring a sunrise or sunset, listening to music, laughing at her own jokes or trying to beat her children on Mario Kart Racing.
Book your place soon before spaces run out!
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LOCATION
Earthbeat, 1 Marske Mill Lane, Saltburn, TS12 1QA
Wellbeing Network Members update (working lunch) - Inc website update
The South Tees Wellbeing Network launched on the 4th May 2021 after nearly 2 years of development, consultation and building up of the systems to support its functions.
Now 2 years on, 900 members strong and growing, we have lots to celebrate to look back on and some exciting plans going forward.
This 1 hour briefing and virtual workshop (originally planned for May 2nd) is to hear about those plans, get a tour of the new website look and hear from our members about what they hope and want to see from the network. We’ll do the talking for the first 30 minutes whilst you enjoy your lunch and get fuelled for some interactions.
Hosted by Richie Andrew and Joshua Twidale, please note that this briefing will be recorded with an online link provided to gain written feedback from those at the event and those watching the recording afterwards. We will stop recording once we finish our bit!
Please click the book your place button through our ticket tailor site, and you will receive the Microsoft teams link on e-mail once booked.
Best wishes and see you soon.
Richie and Joshua
Wellbeing Alternatives to the Medicalisation of Human Distress
Wellbeing Alternatives to the Medicalisation of human Distress
South Tees Wellbeing Network Connect-Explore-Act Event
The Curve Building, Teesside University, Middlesbrough, TS1 3BX
Thursday 11 April 2024, 08:30 - 15:45
South Tees Wellbeing Network brings you an event to challenge your thinking, connect to others leading vital changes, explore the wellbeing alternatives and give you confidence to act collaboratively and rebalance the way we think and support people experiencing distress.
Book your place soon before spaces run out! We anticipate a lot of interest in this event. We may be offering virtual attendance, so if you can't make it all day, or the event was full before you got a chance, don't fret just yet! Book on the waiting list and we'll keep you in the loop.
MOVEMENT, MASSAGE & MEDITATION with Liz Collier and Terry Doyle (2 sessions AM/PM)
MOVEMENT, MASSAGE & MEDITATION with Liz Collier and Terry Doyle
(2 sessions AM/PM)
Sat 23 Mar 10:30 - 15:30 at Senses Wellbeing Centre Unit 2, Birdswell Court, Watness Avenue, Skelton Ind' Estate
As a special treat to mark the end of the South Tees Wellbeing Network's Wellbeing in Practice Series, we are delighted to be able to offer the opportunity to present a whole day retreat to ease our way into Springtime.
People can either book on for the whole day to fully pamper yourself or for those who may not have the time then you can book on either the morning or the afternoon's session. For those staying for the whole day please bring a packed lunch.
The venue is the wonderful Senses Well Being Centre #FitnessForAll which is an absolute gem of a centre bringing a varied range of sessions to the people of East Cleveland.
Campaign Briefings 2024 - #1 - International Day of Happiness
Join Richie Andrew and a guest speaker for a lunchtime briefing on the forthcoming International Day of Happiness.
THESE CAMPAIGN BRIEFINGS ARE OPEN TO WELLBEING NETWORK MEMBERS AND MEMBERS OF ALL SOUTH TEES COMMUNITIES ALIKE, PLEASE SHARE FAR AND WIDE.
At the briefing, they will be sharing details, resources and practical thinking on Happiness, positive psychology as well as provide links to a range of self led resources to support your resilience, positive mental health and recovery.
The virtual briefing is held on Microsoft Teams and the presentation will last no longer than 30 mins with plenty of time left in the hour for questions, discussion and sharing of members thoughts, resources and wisdom.
Richie will also be sharing a free wellbeing workshop kit to all who register to use on or around the main campaign day of March 20th. The resource will allow all members to do some practical work in their own organisations with colleagues and those you support, or others to use in their own time.
Register today and use the teams online link you will be sent via e-mail to join the event on the day.
PLEASE NOTE: The online events first 30 minutes with presentations will be recorded and shared via the network using our YouTube channel. We are told this is a very welcome feature repeatedly by those who cannot attend certain dates/times and wish to still access the main information. Members who leave their cameras and mics off for the event will not be featured in this recording but those how do may be and consent to permission to use as above. Please see our privacy policy on our website, www.teeswellbeingnetwork.org for more information.
If you have content or something to share or contribute for the briefing, you can submit full details using this link, and we thank you for your time in doing so!
Best wishes and see you on the day.
Richie Andrew
Living Well with Mindfulness and Mindfulness Meditation with Laura Ashurst
Living Well with Mindfulness and Mindfulness Meditation with Laura Ashurst
South Tees Wellbeing Network brings you a seriously international standard speaker for this workshop, as inspiring as she is knowledgeable. Do not miss out.
Saturday, February 10th 2024, 10.30am - 12.30pm
Women's Institute Hall, 137 Newton Rd, Great Ayton TS9 6DQ (Free parking on site)
South Tees Wellbeing Network brings you an international standard speaker for this workshop, as inspiring as she is knowledgeable. Do not miss out.
To all those booking:
Please do not book as a maybe, booking your place is a commitment that may prevent others from attending. We have had some sessions where more than 50% who have booked have not turned up or let us know! I know, how rude!
So book it, then commit to it! If you need to cancel, please give us a minimum of 48 hours notice and use the link in your booking confirmation to do so.
Thanks for your understanding. Enjoy this brilliant session.
Living Well with Mindfulness and Mindfulness Meditation with Laura Ashurst
This two-hour workshop is an opportunity for Laura to share some of the underlying principles of mindfulness and mindfulness meditation, providing tips and strategies that will help to weave mindfulness and breathing practices into your day. Based on the ethos that we are all more alike than we are unalike in the way that we function as human beings, Laura's workshop has a strong emphasis on self-kindness and self-compassion - skills that help us to live well in a hectic world.
The meditation aspect of the workshop will be chair-based so perhaps bring along a blanket for your comfort and wellbeing to wrap around your shoulders during the seated practice. Comfort is key!
Laura Ashurst has lived with secondary breast, the incurable form of the disease for 16 years. She was first diagnosed with primary breast cancer in 2001 when her son Jack was 6 months old and her daughter Megan was three. She underwent a lumpectomy and 25 sessions of radiotherapy. Three years later another separate tumour grew in the same breast and Laura then had a mastectomy and a breast reconstruction. She received the devastating news that her cancer had spread to her lungs in December 2007 and has been receiving cancer treatment since then. Despite the odds, Laura is currently stable and doing well.
Her experiences as a cancer patient led her to cancer campaigning. She is an ambassador for Richmond (Yorks) for Cancer Research UK in the Cancer Campaigns team, the political lobbying wing of CRUK. She is an active metastatic breast cancer campaigner for several charities and is the Patron of the Trinity Holistic Centre at The James Cook University Hospital. Laura was awarded a Prime Minister's Points of Light Award in November 2022 for her services to campaigning for secondary breast cancer.
Laura is hugely passionate about promoting mental health awareness. She experienced a severe mental health decline when she was diagnosed with secondary breast cancer and this led to her introduction to mindfulness meditation. She now teaches meditation and mindfulness as part of her Living With Hope business.
Her workshop will address the essential need for mental health support for all and how mindfulness and meditation can play an integral role in supporting our wellbeing.
Laura is thrilled to have been invited to be our speaker.
Book your place soon before spaces run out!
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LOCATION
Women's Institute Hall, 137 Newton Rd, Great Ayton (Free parking on site), TS9 6DQ
Journals Programme (GROUP C)
Journals Programme (GROUP C)
Wellbeing in Practice
Group C sessions
Inspire 2 Learn, TS6 9AE
Workshop 1 - Wednesday 17th January 2024 - 2:30-4:30pm
Workshop 2 - Wednesday 31st January 2024 - 2:30-4:30pm
Workshop 3 - Wednesday 1st May 2024 - 2:30-4:30pm
Journaling is a great way of expressing your thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment and evidence is clear for its benefits, in many, sometimes life changing ways.
We have partnered up with a local Teesside company, 'Growth Planner's' Joe Hilton and Nathan Marr to develop our own journal, completely bespoke for members of the Wellbeing Network, free of charge.
You can now book your place on the GROUP B course which starts on Wednesday 17th January 2024 from 2:30-4:30pm, with the second and third workshops (that you must attend) on Wednesday 31st January and Wednesday 1st May 2024 from 2:30-4:30pm respectively.
Who is it for?
This course is for any Wellbeing Network members who are interested in improving their mental wellbeing, through recording their thoughts and feelings in journals.
What is the cost?
This event is charge free, and exclusive to all Wellbeing Network members.
Family Fun Puppet Workshop with Whippet Up
Stage your own family puppet show using mini puppet theatres created at Whippet Up creative health sessions!
CANCELLED EVENT, MAY BE RESCHEDULED, WATCH THIS SPACE
Saturday, January 6th 2024, 10.30am - 12.30pm
Women's Institute Hall, 137 Newton Rd, Great Ayton TS9 6DQ (Free parking on site)
This workshop is open to any adults, who may be accompanied by their children, grandchildren, friends’ children, or any youngsters they can bring along. It’s a workshop for anyone from 1 to 100.
Whippet up group members have made puppets you can use, or you can even make your own puppets on the day.
The group members of Whippet Up have created themed puppet theatres that you can use to create your own family puppet show. There is a range of theatres you may use as listed below:
· A classic theatre
· An underwater theatre
· A nature theatre
· An outer space theatre
· A gothic horror theatre
FestiveReset - a couple of hours for you.
FestiveReset
a couple of hours for you
20th December 2023, 12:45pm - 2:45pm
St. Hilda's Church, Roseberry Rd, Redcar TS10 4AW.
This festive season, prioritize your wellness with our carefully curated event, offering a range of activities to reset and recharge. Embrace the joy of self-care and start the new year with a renewed sense of vitality
Immerse yourself in a variety of activities designed to refresh your body and mind by engaging in invigorating body work, explore the power of specialized breathwork, delve into the tranquility of meditation, or try something new with an energy massage.
Book your place soon before spaces run out - free of charge!
Mandala Drawing - Monthly Wellbeing Event
Join us for a morning of creativity and mindfulness as you delve into
the intricate art of mandala creation.
Saturday 2 Dec 2023 10:30 am - 13:00 pm
Saltburn Valley Woodland Centre, TS12 1GG
Mandalas are a circular design, seen in many cultures around the world.
Guided by Clare Hansford, discover the therapeutic power of patterns and colors as you bring your unique mandala to life.
No prior artistic experience is required – just an open mind and a desire to explore the soothing world of mandalas.
Who is it for?
This event is for any Wellbeing Network members who are interested in improving their mental wellbeing through fun and creative mandala drawing.
What is the cost?
This event is charge free, and exclusive to all Wellbeing Network members.
Go With The Flow - A Monthly Wellbeing Event with Terry Doyle
Go With The Flow - A Monthly Wellbeing Event with Terry Doyle
WI Hall, 137, Newton Road, Great Ayton TS9 6DE
A morning to care for ourselves with movement, meditations and attending to our bodies wisdom to bring calm, wellbeing and healing.
Paul Golightly and Anne Harrison lead body-based training across England for the Capacitar Wellness Network. Anne is a Psychosynthesis therapist and spiritual director. Paul is Director of St Bede's Pastoral Centre in York as well as heading the Capacitar movement in England.
Capacitar’s mission is to heal ourselves and heal our world. We teach body-based practices that empower people to use their inner wisdom to heal and transform themselves to heal injustice and build peace in their families and communities. Capacitar is an international network of empowerment and solidarity connecting people across borders, ethnicities and beliefs. Our name “Capacitar” means to awaken, to encourage, to bring each other to life.
Who is it for?
This course is for any Wellbeing Network members who are interested in improving their mental wellbeing through meditation.
What is the cost?
This event is charge free, and exclusive to all Wellbeing Network members.
Yoga and Sound Bath with Terry Doyle
Yoga and Sound Bath Morning
Saturday 30th September 10 am – 12.15 pm at My Core Wellbeing, TS14 6EB
Join Kay for a Gentle Flow Yoga class and Adrienne for a Soundbath session. Based on traditional Hatha Yoga, the Yoga class is suitable for all ages, abilities and experience and both sessions will help you experience great relaxation.
Who is it for?
This course is for any Wellbeing Network members who are interested in a bit of relaxation through various Yoga excersises and a Sound Bath.
What is the cost?
This event is charge free, and exclusive to all Wellbeing Network members.
Use it or lose it!
Wellbeing Walk with Terry Doyle
Wellbeing Walk with Terry Doyle
Septemnber 30th 10.30 – 1.00 at Guisborough Forest Walkway Visitor Centre Car Park
Wellbeing Walk through stunning woodland to Hutton Village and surrounding countryside.
Come and enjoy the restorative power of being immersed in Nature.
Please bring waterproof jacket and suitable walking boots or sturdy trainers.
Any questions please contact Walk Leader Terry Doyle on terrydoyle@live.co.uk
Who is it for?
This course is for any Wellbeing Network members who are interested in improving their wellbeing, connecting with others and are able to for 2-3 hours on mixed terrain.
What is the cost?
This event is charge free, and exclusive to all Wellbeing Network members.
Use it or lose it!
Journals Programme (GROUP A)
Journals Programme (GROUP A)
Wellbeing in Practice
Group A sessions
Inspire 2 Learn, TS6 9AE
Workshop 1 - Thursday 28th September 2023 - 12-2pm
Workshop 2 - Thursday 12th October 2023 - 12-2pm
Workshop 3 - Thursday 11th January 2023 - 12-2pm
Journaling is a great way of expressing your thoughts and feelings without fear of judgment and evidence is clear for its benefits, in many, sometimes life changing ways.
We have partnered up with a local Teesside company, 'Growth Planner's' Joe Hilton and Nathan Marr to develop our own journal, completely bespoke for members of the Wellbeing Network, free of charge.
You can now book your place on the GROUP A course which starts on 28th September 2023 from 12-2pm, with the second and third workshops (that you must attend) on Thursday 12th October and Thursday 11th January 2024 from 12-2pm respectively.
Who is it for?
This course is for any Wellbeing Network members who are interested in improving their mental wellbeing, through recording their thoughts and feelings in journals.
What is the cost?
This event is charge free, and exclusive to all Wellbeing Network members.
Re wilding adventure morning @ Baby Moon
Re wilding adventure morning @ Baby Moon
Saturday 2nd September 09.30 – 12.30 at Babymoon, Redcar Road, Dunsdale TS14 6RH
Rewilding Adventure is a local outdoor adventure provider, who specialise in good quality long-term Forest School programmes in an ancient woodland near Guisborough. We love to lead and share outdoor adventure experiences with people,in wild places to learn and promote physical, mental, emotional & social well-being!
The morning will start with outdoor meal of crumpets and tea, followed by a range of our onsite activities on offer, including archery, axe throwing, rifle shooting and greenwood working!
Who is it for?
This course is for any Wellbeing Network members who are interested in getting into nature and having fun with some outdoor activities and connect with like minded people.
What is the cost?
This event is charge free, and exclusive to all Wellbeing Network members.
Use it or lose it!
Men’s Pie Club: South Tees Hub Partnership Opportunity
Are you an organisation interested in finding out more about the development opportunity of Men’s Pie Club (MPC) in the South Tees area?
Are you interested in finding out more about the development of Men’s Pie Club (MPC) in the South Tees area and the possibility of becoming an MPC Hub Partner? If so, please read below and click to register for the webinar.
WHAT IS MEN’S PIE CLUB?
Men’s Pie Club uses food as a vehicle to create social clubs that support men at risk of poor mental health because of poor quality social connections or loneliness. Our approach works to reduce risk factors associated with social isolation, such as depression, anxiety and suicide.
“We have an ambitious plan to replicate and scale Men’s Pie Club into the South Tees area.” Jamie Sadler, Food Nation and Mens Pie Club
WHO IS THE WEBINAR FOR?
We are keen to form a partnership with one like-minded community-based organisation with the values, relevant experience and qualities needed to become an MPC Hub. The new MPC Hub will be responsible for the development and coordination of 10 pie clubs in the South Tees area. A Start-up Fund will be made available to cover a significant proportion of the costs associated with this work.
WHAT WILL THE WEBINAR COVER?
Everything organisations need to know to become a MPC Hub Partner.
AGENDA
- History of Men’s Pie Club
- Men’s Pie Club Project Structure
- Our values
- Our scaling ambitions
- What is an MPC Hub and what are our expectations?
- MPC Hub Opportunity: The process
- Next steps
Journals Programme Workshop 1 of 3
The Wellbeing Network would like to offer you the chance to attend a series of three workshops, receiving detailed guidance and support with a free journal and extra digital downloads to support journaling within your own work, and for your own clients/service users.
We have partnered with local professionals Joe Hilton and Nathan Marr to develop our own journal bespoke for you, our members of the Wellbeing Network, who will be running the workshops and will demonstrate how to get the best out of your journal and the specially selected wellbeing approaches it will engage you into.
Journaling can be a great way of expressing and recording your thoughts and feelings without fear of judgement. If you struggle with stress, depression, or anxiety, keeping a journal can be a great idea. It can help you gain control of your emotions and improve your mental health.
Attendance can be done either in-person or online, click the button below for signups.
Impact on Teesside Briefing and Q&A
Impact on Teesside, your local talking therapies and recovery support service, will be running a briefing session on 5th July 12-1:30pm, to update you on progress, changes and service updates from over the last year.
We would value your input into this event so if you have any questions that you would like answering, please send these through in advance, by completing this short form so that they can be incorporated into the information that's provided. There will also be a live Q&A session as part of the event.
We look forward to seeing you all there on the day.
Introduction to 5 Rhythms Moving Meditation
Introduction to 5 Rhythms Moving Meditation - A Network Exclusive Event
What is the course about?
A simple, profound practice, developed by Gabrielle Roth, led by Liz Collier.
Moving through a wave of music, exploring a range of spontaneous movements, following your body to an inspiring playlist.
You will be guided by Liz, who has over 25 years experience of dancing, assisting and teaching this practice across the UK and beyond.
A warm welcome awaits.
Please wear comfortable clothes to move in, bring your own water bottle.
Move the body- free the mind.
Who is it for?
This course is for any Wellbeing Network members who are interested in meditative dance and broadening their physical activities.
No experience is necessary.
What is the cost?
This course is free, and exclusive to all Wellbeing Network members.
Lived Experience Conference
Lived Experience Conference
Brought to you by Red Balloons, Starfish, Teesside University, South Tees Wellbeing Network and TEWV.
The idea behind the Lived Experience Conference is to bring together Lived Experience Organisations and Peer Supporters to share knowledge, experience and acknowledge the great work that has been done and is being done in the region at a grassroots level.
Organisations will be asked to have input into, and sign up to a Lived Experience Charter, committing to put lived experience voices at the heart of service design and delivery. With working together comes great change.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning - Network Exclusive Event
What is the course about?
Psychologist Cat O'Neill and artist and creative counsellor Clare Kupfer will lead us in this session, inspired by the book Man's Search for Meaning by Victor Frankl.
It will explore modern positive psychology approaches, including the PERMA model in combination with an introduction to Frankl's logotherapy.
What will you learn?
This workshop will use a combination of creative and practical methods to enable attendees to reflect on what creates meaning in their life, how to be in 'flow' and choose our attitude towards unavoidable suffering.
What is the cost?
This course is free, and exclusive to all Wellbeing Network members.
The Joy of Singing with David and Emily
The Joy of Singing with David and Emily - A Network Exclusive Course
What is the course about?
The course will be a fun and lively singing session, delivered by singers and choir leaders Emily and David. They work with all age groups and ability levels throughout the region and run the Middlesbrough Town Hall Community Choir and North East Opera. They are great believers that anyone can sing and enjoy the many benefits of singing with others be they for reasons of health, culture, and community building
Who is it for?
Anyone is welcome! Whether its absolute beginner, hobbyist or a seasoned singing veteran - All ability levels will be catered for.
What will you learn?
You will learn how singing can benefit your life, as well as how it can improve your mental health.
What is the cost?
This course is free and exclusive to Network Members.
Men's Health Champion Training - 31st March 2023
Free mens health champion training offer for anyone who volunteers or works with men in South Tees.
South Tees Cost of Living Support Virtual Briefings - Event 2 of 2
To provide information to professionals and volunteers about what support is available to mitigate the Cost of Living (CoL)in South Tees.
As you will all know, the cost of living (CoL) has increased both nationally and locally. Both local authorities have been working with partners to coordinate a planned approach to advise on what support is available to mitigate the effects that people may experience in access to food, warmth, money, health and transport throughout the crisis.
The National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) recognises a wide range of existing groups who are more at risk of being impacted by cold weather and the cost of living crisis. This is either because of age, a medical condition(s), a disability that stops people moving around to keep warm or personal circumstances such as housing conditions.
To support the local response to the cost of living crisis we wanted to help you to help your service users by ensuring that staff/organisations working directly with the identified at risks groups have information on where people can access support which is the aim of this briefing session.
We urge all staff and volunteers, and those particularly working with the risks groups below (not exclusively as the impact of CoL will be widely felt) to sign up to one of the 1 hour briefing sessions hosted through the South Tees Wellbeing Network. The briefing will be led by Martin Barker (Middlesbrough Council) and Mike Oyston (Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council).
Action for Happiness - A Tour of the GREAT DREAM model in 99 mins (and how you can build it into your life, work and community)
RESCHEDULED EVENT: This event was postponed from September 23rd 2022 and will now be offered as a face to face event in South Tees; venue to be confirmed.
The mission of Action for Happiness is to promote a happier world, through a culture that prioritises happiness and kindness. Everyone's path to happiness is different. Based on the latest research, Action for Happiness have identified 10 Keys that tend to make life happier and more fulfilling. In this seminar, Richie Andrew will introduce and be joined by 10 local network members individually exploring these keys and looking at ways we can build them into our daily personal and professional lives.
FREE to attend face to face event
Mens Health in Redcar and Cleveland - Stakeholders Event
This event will pull together stakeholders to look at what can be done to improve outcomes for men in Redcar and Cleveland, based on the experiences of work undertaken in Middlesbrough over the last 7 years. You will see men’s health data covering the Why question, see and hear from those doing work in this area now and take part directly in influencing and making decisions about how we take this area forward for Redcar and Cleveland. You will also hear about the South Tees Mens Health campaign called BoroManCan, which we are proposing a name change for to reflect the expansion of the campaign beyond its Middlesbrough roots.
The event is open to anyone who is a ‘stakeholder’ in men’s health in Redcar, whether an individual or representing an organisation, who feel they can offer support to start tackling the major inequalities men face in relation to their health. Sign up below and join us to help join the dots for men’s health in this wonderful area of Redcar and Cleveland.
The Men’s Health Forum have issued some very stark warnings about men’s health in the UK:
On average, more than one in five men is still dying between the ages 16 and 65, and more than two in five before the age of 75 – with death rates amongst men in the poorest areas of the country being even worse.
Men are still more likely to die of circulatory disease and cancer.
75% of premature deaths from coronary heart disease are male.
Men have a 37% higher risk of dying from cancer and a 67% higher chance of dying from cancers that affect both men and women (Excluding breast cancer and those cancers that affect either women only or men only).
67% of men are overweight or obese.
Middle-aged men are twice as likely to have diabetes as women – and twice as likely not to know they have diabetes.
Four in five suicides are by men – suicide is the biggest cause of death for men under 35 and there has been a sharp increase in the rate among men aged 35-64.
Measuring Wellbeing
Joanne Smithson, Head of Implementation & Learning, and Stewart Martin, Civil Society & Community Wellbeing Lead, from the What Works Centre for Wellbeing will be giving an introduction to measuring wellbeing in practice.
The event will be hosted on MS Teams.
Please contact Sharon Chappell to book your place sharon.chappell@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Making Every Contact Count
Making Every Contact Count (MECC) is an approach to behaviour change that utilises the millions of day to day interactions that organisations and people have with other people to encourage changes in behaviour that have a positive effect on the health and wellbeing of individuals, communities and populations.
Jill Calvert from Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council will be explaining how public sector, voluntary and charity staff can share healthy lifestyle messages and services with the public. She will also be demonstrating the service directory tool on the MECC website that will help staff and volunteers with signposting people to the right service and the right time.
This event will be hosted on MS Teams.
To sign up to the workshop, please contact Sharon Chappell at sharon.chappell@redcar-cleveland.gov.uk
Past Events
Event and Webinar Recordings
Wellbeing Alternatives to the Medicalisation of Human Distress - April 11th 2024 Conference, in partnership with Teesside University.
South Tees Wellbeing Network, with huge amounts of gratitude to our event team, presenters, stallholders and workshop leads, delivered a very well received conference on our most voted for topic so far.
Thank you to our delegates. Please use the links to the left to access all the event resources that we can bring you. For those who couldn't attend, these resources bring the event to you, so you can see, hear and read to get caught up. Please let us know what you thought of the speakers in the evaluation as well.
Please feel free to share these resources anywhere you feel it will help.
Also keep an eye out for follow up networking sessions on the proposed wellbeing pathway, more journaling workshops for your staff and service users and much more related to the conference themes that we can't share just yet!
Best wishes
The Event Team
South Tees Wellbeing Network
2024 World Happiness Day Briefing - Feel free to share wherever may help others...
Please visit the page link below anytime to download the resources from the webinar including the 30 minute happiness workshop
Full list of resources you will find in the cloud folder follows: PDF 30 minute campaign briefing slides – both mine and Cat O’Neill’s - all clickable links live in both documents
EXTRA LINKS word document • 30 minute wellbeing workshop activity sheets • 30 minute wellbeing workshop slide decks in both PDF and PowerPoint (pptx) format • Ten keys to happiness guidebook from Action for happiness • Wellbeing – Science and Policy – Layard and De Neve – Free PDF copy of the book
World Mental Health Day 2023 briefing with Network member colleagues
Richie Andrew from the South Tees Wellbeing Network presents, with organisational members from the network, a briefing and update on mental health developments ahead of World Mental Health Day. This video may be useful to share amongst teams planning on doing activities for World Mental Health Day as well as a general update around some change and developments occurring in this area.
Impact On Teesside Briefing Presentation - Recording available to view
Impact on Teesside, in partnership with the South Tees Wellbeing Network held an online briefing to update you on progress, changes and service updates from over the last year.
Presented by Katie Flynn, Heather Watson and Emma Hopson, who talk about what Impact on Teesside is, what they do, statistics and updates over 2022 to early 2023, as well as several video presentations to give an overview of their progress.
The briefing recording can be found below, hosted on the Wellbeing Network YouTube channel.
10th May 2023 - Mental Health Awareness Week Webinar - Recording available to view
Lets Connect, in partnership with the South Tees Wellbeing Network held an online briefing for Mental Health Awareness Week 2023.
Several presentations of interest about services, current thinking on the issues that affect mental health and access to services were covered and more. The recording also features a Q&A and is hosted on Lets Connect’s You Tube channel. Click below or the picture to the right to access their recording.
Thanks for completing our 2023 members survey
We consulted with members about wants and needs for next year in terms of the wellbeing issues to Connect, Explore and Act together on. Nearly 100 members completed our survey and the results are below.
The top six topics are:
53% - Wellbeing alternatives to clinical mental health support (de-medicalisation of mental health)
46% - Loneliness and social isolation - the differences, the issues and what to do?
42% - Building communities' - Developing a sense of belonging
40% - Suicide Prevention
40% - Workplace Health Wellbeing - Good work is good for you. How to do it.
38% - Peer Support and Lived experience - What we know, how it's being used and how you can too
We aim to repeat this survey process towards the end of each year and if you'd like to organise additional events through the network for those topics that didn’t make the top 6, we can help you promote that event, just e-mail us at info@teeswellbeingnetwork.org.