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  • Elizabethan Hall joins Safe Places and Point A!

    Elizabethan Hall joins Safe Places and Point A!

    A big thank you to the staff and volunteers of Elizabethan Hall Newbiggin who joined us in October to learn about becoming a Safe Place venue and a Point A champion. Their great welcome met that the team was really happy to award Safe Places status straight away! The training event was part of our…

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  • Free Online Training for Volunteers

    Free Online Training for Volunteers

    Blyth CVA (an organisation which serves the voluntary and community sector within Blyth, Cramlington and Seaton Valley) have been given the unique opportunity to provide free training to people whovolunteer in Blyth, Cramlington and Seaton Valley. The free training is delivered through an organisation called High Speed Training, which enables volunteers to access any of…

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  • Northumberland Recovery College Timetable

    Northumberland Recovery College Timetable

    Northumberland Recovery College (NRC) runs a wide variety of support groups to help adults with their mental health and wellbeing. Please find below the November NRC timetable for online and in-person sessions based in Blyth, Cramlington and Seaton Valley.

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  • SpLinter gets to know each other – Point A Networking gathering

    SpLinter gets to know each other – Point A Networking gathering

    On Friday evening SpLinter members came together at our Point A hub in Cramlington. It was an enjoyable evening filled with creativity, excitement and ideas. People took part in a series of board games tournaments hosted by Lucy Wayper. They also had an opportunity to unleash their creativeness as they got involved in a crafts activity linked…

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  • August’s Get Together

    August’s Get Together

    On Friday evening SpLinter members came together at SpLinter Group‘s main hub in Cramlington. It was an enjoyable evening filled with board games tournaments hosted by Lucy Wayper. Following that SpLinter members also had the chance to get involved in a Fifa video game competition organised by Frank Lyford. It was a great opportunity for us…

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  • SpLinter Sister’s Birthday Celebrations at the Ocean Club Spa

    SpLinter Sister’s Birthday Celebrations at the Ocean Club Spa

    On Friday a couple of us from the SpLinter Sisters had a day trip at a spa in Seahouses, Ocean Club Spa, to celebrate the birthday of two of our SpLinter members, Laura & Holly. It was lots of fun as we had the opportunity to get to know a new member joining the SpLinter Sisters.…

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  • SpLinter Group heads off to the Fringe Festival

    SpLinter Group heads off to the Fringe Festival

    At the beginning of August, SpLinter Group members came together in Edinburgh to see a variety of performances at the Fringe Festival. We had a fun time at the festival where we all got involved in a lot of different spectacles and also enjoyed the cultural highlights of Edinburgh. A couple of SpLinter members had…

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  • My Churchill Fellowship: USA/Japan (second study visit)

    My Churchill Fellowship: USA/Japan (second study visit)

    One of our SpLinter members, Dennis Kinghorn, our gaming coordinator has been provided with the funds to carry out a study visit to America and Japan. This study trip will enable us to see how we can make our enterprise ideas for gaming work better. Dennis is currently completing the Winston Churchill Fellowship, and he…

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  • SpLinter Group’s Summer Activity Programme 2024

    SpLinter Group’s Summer Activity Programme 2024

    The SpLinter Group’s summer programme has made a comeback for 2024! There is a wide variety of activities happening across the summer to suit each individual’s tastes. This year’s program has brought together activities from other neurodiverse and disability friendly organisations such as Mind & Sole, NAS Northumberland and Smile which are just a few…

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  • Learning how to create digital content

    Learning how to create digital content

    On Wednesday afternoons a few of the SpLinter members have been attending a six-week digital content creation course led by Digital Voice for Communities. This course has provided us with an introduction to graphic design software used to create posters and social media content, and an introduction to short form video content. It has been…

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