NT LIFE Recovery College

30/10/2025

If anyone has any clothes to donate Walking With in North Tyneside are in need

23/10/2025

🍄🍁Things are feeling all autumnal here at NT LIFE in amongst all the monks and then look at these little lush mushrooms! One of our participants from our Nurturing Nature Connection course loved the whittling so much in the last cohort they've gone and bought their own knife and have created this fab little collection!

Now all we need to think of is what the word is for a collection of mushrooms...we have a herd of elephants, and gaggle of geese...get your suggestions in on the comments and we'll pick the best one next week!

17/10/2025

Wow!! Massive congratulations to North Shield’s very own Sam Fender!! 👏👏🙌🙌

Sam does so much for our town and deserves this so much, no matter how shocked he was 💙 Good on you Sam Fender

13/10/2025

‼️ Deadline Reminder ‼️

Can everyone remember to fill out the form on your course confirmation email by 5pm today please?

Thank you 😊

11/10/2025

As if we had a ladybird infestation on Wednesday 😳 Well, we had 5 ladybirds, but that’s a lot for someone scared of all things flappy, innit?! 😖

The culprit? Our Men’s Group’s G, who kindly brought in some bunches of grapes he’d grown in his garden…. Who knew that inside bunches of innocent-looking grapes, would lurk an army of flippy-flappiness?! 🤢

Not dramatic at all, me….

Here’s a pic of G with his grapes of wrath…. Please don’t be nice again G, I’m on the edge 🙈😂

Please note: no flippy-flappies were harmed in the making of this post, they were all safely returned to the great outdoors (where they belong!!!!) by the lovely Dan 😁

I’m not paid enough for this stress mind…. I need a holiday…. Or protective clothing…. Or a holiday…. Or a holiday…. Or a holiday….🤪

07/10/2025

Wow!! Well done The Meadows Community Centre!! Absolutely fantastic team, making us all proud ❤️👏👏👏👏❤️

We were delighted to hear we won 1st Prize in North Tyneside in Bloom’s Community Effort category this year! Come down and visit our amazing community garden and see all the hard work staff and volunteers have put into its development.

28/09/2025

Wow!! Aren’t we glad these beautiful buildings were restored?

Things may look bleak and that all’s lost, but we can rebuild and recover ❤️‍🩹 💪

Who loves our new premises? With a fab location to boot ❤️

A favourite corner of North Shields, ‘then & now’
Beautiful buildings saved just in the nick of time.

28/09/2025

Block 2 course bookings NOW OPEN!!

28/09/2025

The course bookings are open for October/November folks. Check your emails for the form and fill it in asap 😁

If you’re not enrolled with us, please submit an expression of interest form and then watch out in your emails for an enrolment invite. You can find the EOI form at the bottom of this page:

www.voda.org.uk/ntlife

Once you’re enrolled, you can book courses ❤️

Struggling with mental health? Find support, learn coping skills & build confidence at NT LIFE Recovery College in North Tyneside. Free courses & workshops co-created by people with lived experience. Take charge of your well-being, join us today!

16/09/2025

Our Mindful Crafters have been busy over the last 2 weeks creating these amazing beauties! Autumnal Gnomes (gonks if you were a child of the 760's -70'ss like I ) and Pumkins.

For the majority of the crafters they had never made them before though I'm sure you'll agree they've done a cracking job.

Next week we will continue to make the pumkins, only this time we are going to be sending them out to cheer people up.

We'll include little tag lines maybe something along these lines unless you have a message you'd like to attach?

“A little pumpkin to warm your heart this autumn.”

“Harvesting a smile just for you.”

“May this pumpkin bring you a patch of peace and comfort.”

“Gathering up a bit of autumn joy to brighten your day.”

“A cozy pumpkin hug for the season.”

“Like autumn leaves, may happiness fall gently around you.”

“A little handmade harvest to remind you you’re cared for.”

If you know someone then drop ali.donkin@voda.org an email with the persons 1st name, your own message and or preffered tagline and an address so we can send them.
Let me know whether you want your name added to the tag

Please don't post peoples details in the comments section for privacy :-)

11/09/2025

This ❤️

07/09/2025

Good luck to all you Great North Runners today 🏃 We’re with you in spirit (that’s all I can manage, you’ve seen me on the deathstairs 🙈)

If you survive it and for some reason decide to sign back up for next year 🤷‍♀️🤪 why not run every one of your 50 billion, gruelling steps for your fave charity? (That’s us, your fave charity, us, NT LIFE!! 🤣)

Well done all the bairns who ran their little hearts out in the Junior GNR yesterday 👏👏👏👏

Have a fab (and hopefully not too sore) day everyone!! Let us know in the comments (with pics) how you and your little ones got on ❤️ 🏃‍♂️