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Pride Month

It’s June which is Pride Month, where members of the LGBTQ+ community and their allies celebrate their identities, accomplishments, and reflect on the struggle for equality. This year is even more special as it’s the 50th year of the Pride movement in the UK. The Northern Pride festival will be returning to the Town Moor from 22 to 24 July, with lots of events planned in the lead up. This is a very proud and inclusive city, and it’s fitting that Northern Pride attracts over 40,000 people each year.

Curious Festival 2022 takes place from1st to 24th July 2022. An award-winning annual celebration of LGBTQ+ culture across the North East.

Diabetes Week, 13 and 19 June

This Diabetes Week, we want to celebrate all the millions of people going through the same things – watching your weight, checking your blood sugar, figuring out food labels. We know that 4.9 million people are living with diabetes in the UK, equivalent to 1 in 14 people. There is also a significant number of people who are undiagnosed and therefore at risk as they haven’t access to medication or health education. Read the Diabetes UK Report, Diabetes is Serious

Which – tips to reduce the cost of your supermarket shopping

Which reveals the best 10 ways to manage and reduce the cost of your supermarket shopping. Tips include: don’t shop at convenience stores, change brand and shop around.

Opportunities for Action

Shared Lives week

Shared Lives Week (13 to 17 June 2022) is the annual flagship campaign to celebrate the best of Shared Lives and show gratitude for the amazing work of our Shared Lives carers. This year they are focusing on the importance of short breaks and day support in Shared Lives.

Shared Lives is a service aimed at adults with a learning disability who need overnight support and supervision. Shared Lives helps people to develop or maintain independent living skills, friendships and roots in their community.

If you think you’d make a shared lives carers, apply on North East Jobs.

Find out more on InformationNOW about shared lives schemes .

Loneliness Awareness Week

It’s Loneliness Awareness Week. Loneliness is an issue that can affect us all, young or old, at any point in our lives. It doesn’t matter where we live, but feeling connected counts. Read our article on Feeling Lonely and Food and friends

The NHS Every Mind Matters web pages may also help.

Call the Mix Free helpline for under 25s: 0808 808 4494 or Text THEMIX to 852258
Call the Silverline helpline for over 55s: 0800 470 80 90

Spotlight on

Earlier diagnosis of cancer

When cancer is diagnosed early, treatment is more likely to be successful, however, since the beginning of the pandemic there has been a significant drop in urgent referrals. We want everyone to contact their GP practice with their concerns, often to be reassured that it probably isn’t cancer. But it is best to speak to a health professional than guess or live with anxiety. Finding out sooner is always better.

If you are over 50 years, have concerns or are due screening then get in touch with your GP. The NHS particularly wants to reach Black and South Asian audiences who are already at risk of health inequalities.

Watch and share the NHS video

Refugee week 20 to 26 June 2022

Refugee week is a UK wide festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and the resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. This week is a celebration of community, mutual care, and the human ability to start again.

This Refugee Week, you are invited to explore the theme of ‘Healing’ through creativity and conversations. Healing means recovering from a painful experience or situation, so that we can continue to live. No-one understands this better than those who have lost their homes and had to build new lives from scratch. Those going through the asylum system also know that healing is an ongoing process, made harder by poverty, housing difficulties and the threat of being detained or deported. Events to celebrate and take part in:

World Healing Event with Curious Monkey, 17 June, 2.30 pm to 8 pm to coincide with solidarity knows no borders action week

Baltic Healing through Art
Drop in sessions and a bookable performance on Saturday.

Exhibition in Exile, 23 June to 26th June

Sharing and Connection, 20 to 26 June at Seven Stories

Newcastle Libraries is holding a Welcome to Your Library event. The event will be a fun, informative and warm welcome to our spaces and services. Saturday 25th June 1 to 3 pm

Refugee Week: Family Multaka at Discovery Museum Saturday 25 June 11am to 2pm, free, just drop in.

The Newcastle City of Sanctuary forum meeting is taking place in Refugee week. The Sanctuary Forum is a space for people to come together to learn, share and explore the issues related to migration and seeking sanctuary in Newcastle. This meeting will focus on how to maximise opportunities to harness and consolidate the goodwill of people supporting the work in the city, as well as looking at how to increase the ‘reach’ of the City of Sanctuary values, narrative and ideas. Book ahead.

Search on Refugee Week for more events as we add them in.

Birthrights report finds maternity racism

An article by the BBC highlights findings from a new report by the charity Birthrights that shows Black and Asian women are being harmed by racial discrimination in maternity care.

Money and Pensions strategies

Earlier this year MaPS published the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing – England Delivery Plan, working with over 145 partner organisations that contributed insight and ideas on how to improve financial wellbeing.

It follows the publication in 2020 of the UK Strategy for Financial Wellbeing, a 10-year framework for achieving the vision of everyone making the most of their money and pensions. Ideas included:

embedding payroll saving schemes
financial education programmes for children and young people
supporting people with mental health issues to access money and debt services

Read more on InformationNOW about Money and Pensions Service and MoneyHelper

Resources

Census 2021: The first results are on the way

The Office of National Statistics has confirmed that the first results from Census 2021 will be published on 28 June 2022. These results will include five datasets containing population and household estimates for England and Wales at Council level. They will also publish two statistical bulletins and a report on quality and methods.

Further details can be found on the first results release page. Details of later releases can be viewed on proposed outputs and release plans pages.

Events & Activities

Search on Events and Activities for:

Peaky Crafters
Thursdays 10 to 12 noon
Ekta Ladies Asian Group
Mondays. Book a place.
FAR Friendship Group
Tuesdays, 10 to 11.30 am
Armed Forces Day
25th June 11 t 3 pm Nuns Moor Park

Dementia Choir begins weekly
Time Tuesdays at 10.30 to 12.30 pm
Dosti Men’s Group
23rd June – book a place each week
Coming Up in July
Asthma and Lung UK support
Thursday 21 July 1 to 3 pm

New organisations

St Anthony’s Youth Education and Support (The Bostey)

The Bostey is a well-connected project in Walker and an established member of the Walker Workers group. They play a leading role in planning and developing collaborative projects with other partners in the East End of the City. Their services are aimed at local families, children, and young people.

Mental Health Concern – community development team

The Peer Support Workers all have lived experience of mental ill health – they know what it’s like, because they’ve been there too. They offer:

help for people who are struggling to access the mental health support they need
a team of Peer Support Workers with lived experience of mental health issues
a community development-based approach to mental health transformation.

New Articles/sections

Delirium

Delirium is when symptoms of confusion occur suddenly, usually over one to two days. It can affect us at any age, but is more common in older people and those living with dementia. People with pain, a urinary infection or dementia may commonly show signs of delirium and need treatment.

Dementia

This article has been updated with a video related to delirium and links to the Alzheimer’s film, Living with Dementia

Retirement and Pensions

We have updated both these articles about Financial Advice.

Planning Your Finances

It is important to plan ahead and ensure that you will be financially secure during your retirement. It may be useful to speak to an independent financial adviser if you need advice about your retirement finances.

RetireEasy is a website with guides and tools to help you plan and organise your finances for retirement.

Paying for financial advice

You can find an independent financial adviser:

on the Unbiased or Vouched For websites
Society of Later Life Advisors

If you’re paying into a pension scheme, you can ask your pension provider about taking out up to £500 to pay for financial advice on retirement. You can do this once a year up to 3 times without a tax charge. Not all pension schemes provide this.

Read more on InformationNOW about Retirement and Pensions

Last updated: June 17, 2022

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