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9th May, 2022

Mental Health Awareness Week

What is loneliness? Loneliness is different for everyone; it can be a feeling of isolation, or a lack of a support network. We don’t need to have lots of friends to avoid feeling lonely. You many only…

19th April, 2022

Moving On Tyne & Wear Easter egg collection

This year, the North Tyneside team worked with local communities and businesses to collect over 250 Easter eggs! The MOTW team donated the Easter treats to two local charities, North East Homeless and…

11th April, 2022

Colleague wellbeing survey results

To understand how our colleagues are feeling, as well as how we can offer the right support, we’ve been gathering feedback through short wellbeing ‘pulse’ surveys, which have been shaped by feedback from our colleagues. The results are in! We’re delighted…

7th April, 2022

Mark’s story

Mark recently joined Mental Health Concern as part of our new community mental health initiative in Newcastle. To deliver this initiative, which aims to improve access to mental health support for local people, we created 28 new jobs,…

1st April, 2022

The month of Ramadan

The Islamic month of Ramadan begins tomorrow. Our Chief Finance Officer, Sahreen Safdar, is a practising Muslim and wanted to share what Ramadan means to her. She also suggests ways we can support Muslim colleagues, friends, and service users who are fasting during the month.

29th March, 2022

Real Living Wage commitment

We're delighted to announce that we have started the process of becoming a Real Living Wage Employer!

21st March, 2022

Great North Run 2022

We are delighted to have charity places available for the 2022 Great North Run! Fill in our form to register your interest.

18th March, 2022

Our support for Ukraine

Like everyone, we have been appalled to see the suffering of the people of Ukraine. We are proud to share that we are mobilising to provide a range of support for Ukrainian refugees who enter the UK.

9th March, 2022

The Conservation Volunteers

Emily will be sharing her commercial expertise and passion for environmental conservation. Emily says: I’m delighted to join The Conservation Volunteers’ board of trustees, following the launch of the charity’s exciting new five-year strategy. The strategy sets out some ambitious goals…