Live Well August Newsletter
- livewellwithcancer
- Aug 1
- 4 min read
It may be summer holidays for some, but there’s still so much to catch you up on from the Live Well Hub and beyond!
Live Well’s Birthday Celebrations
We’re excited to announce that we will be hosting a 24-hour podcast in the Live Well Hub to celebrate our charity’s 7th birthday. Ben and Heywood from Stuff Productions will be live streaming from 7th to 8th November, with many members of our community joining us for the event. If you’d like to take part in the podcast, please email us with your ideas.
Live Well with Healthy Habits Campaign
Our 24-hour podcast is the first of several upcoming events that will help to raise funds for a Live Well with Healthy Habits app! For years, we’ve helped our community to improve their health and wellbeing with wellness journals, workshops and masterclasses. Recent user feedback has highlighted the need for a digital version that helps users to build healthy habits, and so we’re asking for help to meet this unmet need of our community.
September sessions
We're taking registrations for two more Live Well with Healthy Habits scheduled for September, both funded by Northern Cancer Alliance and Point North Community Fund.
Living well and sleeping better
We've hosted Live Well with Healthy Habits workshops in North Tyneside and Northumberland.
Greggs | Live Well Hub | Berwick | NT Life |
We were delighted to host a Live Well with Healthy Habits workshop for Greggs. | Members of our community joined us for our Live Well Sleep Better session. | We shared The Prehab Edition with the Berwick cancer support group. | We were thrilled to visit our neighbours at NT Life to talk Healthy Habits. |
Howay the Bay
We’re just a few weeks away from our second annual Blyth to North Shields 15km! The event starts at 9am at Blyth beach on Sunday 23rd August. Thank you so much to Holly for all her hard work arranging the event, and to Holly W and Katrina for fundraising for Howay the Bay. You can support the event by buying tickets to our raffle.
Buy Howay the Bay Raffle tickets now using the link below!
In loving memory of Anna
It was with sadness and regret that we announced that Anna has passed away. A beloved member of our Bowel Cancer Support Group, Anna lit up every room she walked into with her smile, laughter and wicked sense of humour. We have been blown away by the amount of donations that have been made in Anna’s memory, while her friends at the Junior Lawyers Division have arranged a quiz night on 13th August at the Pattern Shop in Newcastle to raise funds for our charity.
Funders
We’ve been blessed to be supported by two Foundations over the past few weeks.
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The Shears Foundation awarded us a grant of £6,000 to support our charity as we help our community to live well with cancer. | We’re delighted to have received a grant of £5,000 from The Pink Ribbon Foundation to help people living with secondary cancer. |
Charity of the Year
We’re honoured to have been chosen as two organisation’s Charity of the Year.
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If your organisation is looking for a Charity of the Year, please put our name forward – every penny we raise helps people in our community to live well with cancer.
Mouth of the Tyne
Maureen and Ben were delighted to attend the Mouth of the Tyne festival as invited guests of Karen, the Mayor of North Tyneside, and her wonderful team. We were very grateful to receive £640 from the raffle and enjoy James’ performance in the fabulous Tynemouth Priory.
North Tyneside Together Festival
Maureen, Anthony and Charlie were delighted to attend North Tyneside Together Festival to raise awareness of our charity.
Fundraisers
Thank you to everyone fundraising for our charity!
· Tracy G raised £875 for our charity from her pub, Rosehill Tavern, in Wallsend.
· Lindsey raised £434 with her 60th birthday Facebook fundraiser.
· Lisa raised £161.17 from her bucket collection at Avicenna Seaton Burn Pharmacy.
· Heather raised £155 by collecting and selling offcuts of fabric to be used for crafting.
· Bob and Tom from North Shields Football Club donated £100 to our charity.
· We raised £100 with our World Cup sweepstake. Congrats to Laura and Jervie!
Check out our active fundraisers at www.justgiving.com/charity/livewellwithcancer
Volunteers
Thank you to everyone who donates their time and energy to our cause. Whether you donate once or regularly, we appreciate all the help we receive, including those who helped our cleaning days on 14th and 15th July.
Partnership working
We’ve been delighted to host organisations helping people to live well with cancer.
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Newcastle Building Society are offering a free community drop-in at the Live Well Hub on the 1st Wednesday of the month. | Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust hosted a lung cancer screening drop-in on 13th July for people aged 55 to 74. | We were delighted to host the Northeast Nipple Project for another day of 1-2-1s on 17th July at the Live Well Hub. More dates to follow |
Get involved
We’ve got so much more!
Bailey's Bears
Bailey has been shortlisted for the BBC Make a Difference Awards in the Young Hero category! Join us in wishing him the best of luck for the awards ceremony on 27th September. Check out Bailey's Bears
Live Well Writers
Our writing workshops help you learn how to tell your story. Regulars at the Live Well Hub meet every Tuesday from 10am-1pm, while Ben was delighted to run a session on Teesside. Read our latest blog!
Live Well Lads
Our project is well underway with the installation of our new dartboard. Thanks to Macmillan Cancer Support for supporting this project for men who have received a cancer diagnosis. Email for more information
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