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  • Would you like help with travel?

    Would you like help with travel?

    Do you get anxious about traveling to new places, especially if you are on your own? If so, it can sometimes be helpful to have someone accompany you on your journey. If you think a travel buddy would be useful, let us know and we might be able to help. In the meantime, here are…

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  • May’s Friday get-together

    May’s Friday get-together

    On Friday evening SpLinter Group members came together at the Family Hub in Blyth, which was our first time using a different location for our monthly gathering. We are planning to build more links with Family Hubs across the county so we can enable people to meet up in a range of venues. The Family…

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  • My new job at Your Voice Counts

    My new job at Your Voice Counts

    One of our SpLinter members, Jordan Turnbull, has started working with Your Voice Counts (YVC) as a Co-production Worker. Please continue reading to find out what Jordan has to say about his new job role with Your Voice Counts. Co-production acknowledges that people with ‘lived experience’ of a particular condition are often best placed to…

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  • Board Games Evening

    Board Games Evening

    On Friday evening the SpLinter Group came together at the hub in Cramlington for an enjoyable evening filled with boards games hosted by Lucy Wayper and where SpLinter members had the opportunity to take part in a quiz created by Jordan Turnbull. It was lots of fun as we met many new SpLinter members who…

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  • SpLinter’s Christmas Special

    SpLinter’s Christmas Special

    On Friday evening the SpLinter Group came together at the hub in Cramlington for a Christmas get together and took part in a festive quiz led by Dennis Kinghorn. Following this SpLinter went out to an Italian restaurant in Cramlington, Sambuca, to celebrate the end of the year along with all of the achievements made by…

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  • Bigger on the Inside – Dr Who and Neurodiversity

    Bigger on the Inside – Dr Who and Neurodiversity

    On Wednesday evening, a couple of SpLinter group members traveled down to Newcastle to see Kate Fox, a stand-up poet, perform Her show ‘Bigger on the Inside – Dr Who and Neurodiversity‘ at the Lit and Phil. The performance gave us loads to think about as well as to laugh about. It was a great…

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  • SpLinter Sister’s Festive Afternoon Tea

    SpLinter Sister’s Festive Afternoon Tea

    On Friday the SpLinter Sisters went out for a Christmas get together at Mr. Ridley’s Ice Cream Parlour in Blyth for Afternoon Tea. It was lots of fun and lovely to catch up with everyone again. It was a great opportunity for us to mingle with like-minded individuals and make new friends. Mr. Ridley’s Ice…

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  • Fiona’s birthday celebrations

    Fiona’s birthday celebrations

    On Sunday a few of us from the SpLinter Sisters went out to an indian restaurant in Shilbottle, Lal Khazana, to celebrate the birthday of one of our volunteers, Fiona Lomas. It was lots of fun as we met many new faces from other women’s organisations in the area. It was a great opportunity for…

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  • New Info Hub project kicks off in Hexham

    New Info Hub project kicks off in Hexham

    On Wednesday, 20th September, a group of members from the SpLinter Group traveled down to Hexham to take part in a meeting to launch a new project to help neurodivergent people access information and local services more easily in the North Northumberland district. Also involved in the project and present at the meeting were volunteers…

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  • SpLinter Sisters head off to Centerparcs!

    SpLinter Sisters head off to Centerparcs!

    At the beginning of June, nine of us from the SpLinter Sisters went on an exciting 4-day break to Whinfell Forest Centerparcs in Penrith. We had lots of fun planning the holiday beforehand, some by zoom and some in person at the Gallery Youth Project. We had loads of things to plan with a plethora…

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