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InformationNow News 14 August 2026
14 August 2026
InformationNow News 28 August 2026
NEWS
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World Alzheimer’s Month
Millions of people are impacted by dementia and September is World Alzheimer’s Month. There are plenty of ways you can get involved, whether by donating to fund vital research, volunteering your time, or campaigning to improve experiences.
Read more on InformationNow about https://www.informationnow.org.uk/article/dementia/
SPOTLIGHT ON
SOUL Film Festival – Tyneside Cinema
5 September 2026 1pm – Tyneside Cinema
Tyneside Cinema are hosting the UK’s leading Black film festival, S.O.U.L Fest (Screening Our Unseen Lives), on Saturday 5 September. It provides a vital platform for Black filmmakers and Black audiences to come together and celebrate Black stories through film.
Read more on InformationNow about Tyneside Cinema
Older Voices Radio Show
6pm – 7pm every Wednesday
The Older Voices radio show is a weekly magazine programme produced and run entirely by volunteers from the Elders Council. It takes a different theme each week, as well as having regular items, stories and poems and a ‘What’s On’ news slot.
Read more on InformationNow about Elders Council of Newcastle (Older People’s Forum)
OPPORTUNITIES
Meningitis B
MenB is rare but can cause serious meningitis and blood poisoning, with young people living and socialising closely together at increased risk.
The free vaccine is available to eligible Year 13 students and anyone under 25 starting university or moving into halls of residence for the first time this autumn. Two doses are needed, four weeks apart, so it is important that those eligible come forward as soon as possible.
Read more on InformationNow about Baby, children and young people’s health
Accessible Shopping Experience at the Grainger Market
Tuesday September 2, between 2pm and 4pm
The historic alleyways and arcade will trial the slow shopping initiative to make shopping more accessible for people with visible, invisible, intellectual and cognitive disabilities – with the 80+ traders turning music off, allowing more time and support for customers, and avoiding deliveries where possible.
Read more on InformationNow about Grainger Market
CONSULTATION AND ENGAGEMENT
Dementia Network Meeting
10.30am – 12.00pm on Tuesday 15 September 2026
Laing Art Gallery
This meeting is open to anyone with an interest in dementia. Please bring along any updates, resources or news you would like to share.
Click on this link to confirm attendance
Read more on InformationNow about Search Newcastle
Be a game changer
One in four adults will experience at least one mental health problem each year. Newcastle United Foundation is working to change that. Their Be A Game Changer campaign encourages everyone in our community to speak openly, access support and to prioritise physical and mental wellbeing.
Just like physical health, mental wellbeing needs looking after. But too often, people suffer in silence. Suicide is now the most common cause of death among men aged 20 to 49 in England and Wales, and sadly, the North East has one of the highest male suicide rates in the country.
Find out more about the campaign here
Read more on InformationNow about Newcastle United Foundation
REPORTS AND RESOURCES
HI NENC Impact report
From improving the early diagnosis of chronic kidney disease and supporting the NHS WorkWell programme, to empowering patients to shape pain management services through an innovative Citizens’ Jury, HI NENC’s latest report showcases the impact of collaboration, innovation and partnership working across the region.
Read more on InformationNow about Health Innovation North East and North Cumbria (HI NENC)
Tablet training course
In partnership with Work & Thrive Central, Get Online Newcastle is offering free places on two 8-week tablet courses which will be delivered on Wednesday mornings and afternoons at Newcastle City Library on the dates below.
- 30 September 2026
- 7 October 2026
- 14 October 2026
- 21 October 2026
- 28 October 2026
- 4 November 2026
- 11 November 2026
- 18 November 2026
To complete the course and be gifted a tablet and SIM card, participants must attend be able to attend all 8 sessions.
Email [email protected] or call 07584 205925 to express interest.
Read more on InformationNow about Get Online Newcastle
Free arts and crafts course
Newburn Memorial Club, Newcastle
Every Thursday 10am – 12pm
Running every Thursday you will learn drawing, jewellery making, painting, printmaking and sewing.
No experience is needed and all materials are provided.
Call 0191 278 2818 or 277 3520 to find out more.
Read more on InformationNow about Newcastle City Learning
UPCOMING EVENTS
Trees of Great Park
10am – 11.30am, Friday 18 September 2026
Join James Common, NHSN senior botanist and author of Urban Flora of Newcastle and North Tyneside to discover the trees of Great Park.
Meet at the community centre at 10:00. Wear footwear you are comfortable moving in. All are welcome with a recommendation of being suitable for people aged 12 years and over.
Read more on InformationNow about Northumberland Wildlife Trust
Discovery Night – Made at the Museum
Come along to the museum after-hours for an evening of crafts, archives, musical bingo and live music at the latest instalment of Discovery Nights: Made at the Museum.
This hands-on evening will give you time to create to your heart’s content.
With a bar and more craft activities than you can wave a crochet hook at, from lace bobbin making to gelli plate printmaking – all topped off with live folk music.
Featuring:
- Live music from Newcastle’s teen folk sensations, guitar and fiddle duo Coled Lore (8.30pm)
- Try a ‘red list’ heritage craft – bobbin lacemaking with Northumbria Lacemakers
- Explore material from Tyne & Wear Archives
- Musical Bingo in the cafe
- Explore and try sustainable gift wrapping
- Try gelli plate printmaking using acrylics
- Get stuck into collage badge making
- Bar and food available in the cafe.
Embrace the hand-made vibe in this after-hours evening of mindfulness with a museum twist.
Read more on InformationNow about Discovery Museum
NEW AND UPDATED ON INFONOW
Updated organisation
Throckley Community Hall.
The Community Centre offers a range of weekly activities.
Read more on InformationNow about Throckley Community Hall
Updated organisation
NALA
NALA is a free online guide to everything that has to be sorted out when someone dies. They also cover grief and where to find support, and how to get your own affairs in order before you need to.
Read more on InformationNow about NALA
Last updated: August 28, 2026
