True North Collective

26/11/2025

The HUGE volunteer effort breathing new life into Woodville is starting to show!

And we now have 21 on-site tenants and 7 virtual tenants.

Thanks to the Keighley Towns Fund for the opportunity!

19/11/2025

Diversity and Its Benefits to Peer Support ANDYSMANCLUB has shown what's possible when we create genuine spaces for conversation. Now it's time to extend that openness to everyone in Keighley. True North Collective is exploring peer support groups—for men, women, and mixed groups—in a woodland s...

15/11/2025

At True North Collective, we're doing things differently with our peer support groups. We're taking time to build something sustainable – not just for the people who join our groups, but for the facilitators who run them too.

What makes us different?
✨ Three-facilitator rotation model – preventing burnout and ensuring groups stay stable long-term
✨ Proper support for facilitators – regular supervision, and on-call director support
✨ No one's dropped in at the deep end – all new members meet with a director or facilitator first to ensure it's the right fit

Our groups are spaces for connection and shared experience, not crisis management. Facilitators aren't therapists – they're present, caring people who help hold the space so everyone can contribute.

Interested in getting involved?
Whether you'd like to join a group or volunteer as a facilitator, we'd love to hear from you.

📧 richard.pierce@truenorthcollective.com

Read our full article here about our approach to sustainable peer support.

We're not rushing because we're building something that lasts.
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Building Sustainable Peer Support at True North Collective 15 Nov Written By Richard Pierce Taking Time to Get It Right At True North Collective, we're building something different with our peer support groups. It might not seem like we're moving quickly, but that's intentional. We're taking the ti...

08/11/2025

🎶 What's Your Most Cryptic Crimbo Cracker? 🎶

So here we go again—
Bublé's baritone assault,
John Lewis flogging sentiment
like it's not their fault.
Same old sonic sedatives,
predictable as debt.

This year I'm after contraband—
the stuff you won't forget.
Gimme your Christmas contraventions,
your yuletide irregularities,
the tracks that slipped through Santa's net
and landed in your psyche's lost property.
Forgotten B-sides, genre crimes,
something played on battered decks
in bedsits where the fairy lights
short-circuit like your self-respect.

The weirder, the worthier.
The stranger, the stronger.
Surprise me. Move me.
Make this season last a little longer.

BUT LISTEN—

Christmas ain't all glitter and goodwill.
For some it's isolation's sharpest chill,
a calendar of dread,
ghosts that won't stay dead,
memories that ambush you
when you're just trying to keep your head.

If that's you—if it's all too much—
you're not alone in this festive crush.

Samaritans: 116 123
Mind: 0300 123 3393
Shout: Text 85258
SANEline: 07984 967 708 (
Rethink Mental Illness: 0808 801 0525
Mental Health UK & MindOut: Online resources, LGBTQ+ support, Christmas cover

Check in. Reach out.
Music's one way we stay connected—
a three-minute reminder
we're all beautifully defected.
Drop your recommendations below.
Sending warmth to anyone who needs it—
because surviving December
is its own kind of achievement.

02/11/2025

Feel Better with Drumming! 🥁
Stressed? Need a lift? Join our friendly drumming sessions — no experience needed, just good vibes and open minds!
Music, rhythm, and a bit of noise can work wonders for your mood and mental health.
We’re all about supporting each other, so you can help our affordable counselling and peer support at Woodville/TNC either by volunteering an hour or chipping in £3 per half-hour session.
Come have a bash! Send a message to sign up or ask about dates.

02/11/2025

**PLOT AVAILABLE**

Our LAST available plot !

Positioned to the centre of the site, the plot is approx. 6M x 6M with a fall to the East, receives 6+ hours of sunlight and full Wi-Fi coverage

Your 'neighbours' would be Healthy Growth Initiative, Keighley College, Forest Garden Club & Bradford District Health Care Trust Green Therapy Group

£250 per year [April - March]

The rent includes access to the Cabin with training room, meeting rooms and kitchen

If you are a 'start-up', 'social enterprise' or have an idea for a project that benefits the many communities within Keighley - this could be for you!

email: info@woodville.community

19/10/2025

Functional Yoga for Active Bodies
Heptonstall Social & Bowling Club
Tonight (Wednesday 15th October), 7-8pm

Full details here and sign up: https://yogamovementmassage.co.uk/functional-yoga-for-active-bodies-heptonstall/

18/10/2025

Jammin Session every Weds from 6:30pm at Woodville.

17/10/2025

Its been a very busy week!!

It’s been one of those wonderfully full weeks where all the different parts of my work life seem to overlap — each bringing its own energy, challenge, and reward. Balancing my private psychotherapy practice has kept me on my toes — supporting new and existing clients, navigating the inevitable...

11/10/2025

Woodville is a ‘Warm & Welcoming Space’ "- a free, public space where residents struggling with the cost of living can go to stay warm and socialise

And our friend and author Lee Senior has donated 6 copies of his book ‘Walkin wi One foot in the Aire’ to Warm Space

Woodville Warm & Welcoming Space
with Healthy Growth Initiative
Monday, Wednesday & Friday 1-3PM.

09/10/2025

We're keeping busy at Woodville😎

Come and join us

"Guitars", "Juicing", "Forest Gardens", "Ponds, People & Pollinators", "Wellbeing" and "Coding Club"

06/10/2025

More events coming soon, watch out the clues, follow us on facebook or subscribe via our website www.truenorthcollective.co.uk to see what is up and coming.