Pebbles People

02/03/2023

04/09/2022

Only weeks away until the BBC Make a Difference Award! We had BBC Radio Shropshire come visit our listening café to hear all about Pebbles People and what we do!
Thank you to everyone who voted for us! It means a lot 💚

08/08/2022

Have you seen our pebble?! 💚

03/08/2022

“Don’t Quit” on us! Looking after our mental health can feel draining at times (& trust me, we know!) but you can’t give up, you just need to keep on going! We’re in it together 💚

29/07/2022

Our Listening Café is a year old! 🎉

We started the listening café to bring people back together after two long lonely years of lockdowns, & give our community a space to talk about how they’re really doing.

We have played hundreds of games of connect 4, drank far too many coffees, and have met lots of inspiring, resilient people throughout the last year!

& now, we’re so proud to tell you we’ve been nominated for a BBC Make A Difference Award!! The Together Award is all about bringing people together - and that’s at the heart of everything we do. We want you to know that our mental health is easier to manage when we work on it together, as a team!

A massive thanks to for letting us use their beautiful space to welcome people, & for being so supportive of us from day one! To Phoebe and Charlotte for being our very first wonderful volunteers & to YOU, our guests, for helping us create a shame-free, judgement-free place for people to chat about their mental health. You are making a huge difference in your community & you should be so proud!

So - we’ll be where we always are, to do what we always do on the last Friday of the month. See you at…

11am-1pm
Liar Liar Social
We’ll be upstairs😊

See you there!!!!

V&A💚

25/06/2022

Oswestry Pride 2nd year running!!!!!!!! 🏳️‍🌈

🏳️‍🌈✨Tell us what you thought of the event, and what you would like to see for next year in the comments ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ 🏳️‍🌈✨

& use the hashtag so we can see all your PROUD photos 📸

2023?! 🕵🏼‍♀️

13/06/2022

🏳️‍🌈 We’re back baby! 🏳️‍🌈

For a second year in a row we have joined together with Knock & Snitch Oswestry to bring you Oswestry Pride!

This year, we have plans for it to be bigger and better! Rainbow shots, glitter everywhere, and the lovely Miss Tina Sparkle International Drag Performer as our DRAG DJ for the night!

As always there is an important dress code: Loud and Proud!
So grab your rainbow tee’s, feather bowers, diamanté bodysuits, denim hot pants and glittery eyeshadow! We promise you’ll fit right in!

Don’t forget to book your table with Knock & Snitch prior to the event, as It is a first come first serve basis.

We can’t wait to see you on the dance floor!!

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29/05/2022

Happy self care Sunday!

Try and take some time to yourself today!
Have a bath, eat your favourite meal, take yourself out for coffee, have a nap on the sofa.
Whatever it is you choose, do it for you! Because you can’t look after others if you’re not looking after yourself!

26/05/2022

🏳️‍🌈🎉 ITS OFFICAL! 🏳️‍🌈🎉

Friday 24th June 2022
Save the date!

Stay tuned… 👀 !!!

05/05/2022

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week next week, and this year's theme is loneliness💚

After two years of lockdowns we all know what loneliness feels like, and what an impact it can have on us. Loneliness can make our mental health worse, and poor mental health can make us feel lonely. That’s why for the whole week, we will be taking over !!

We will be at Liar Liar Monday - Saturday from 10am - 2pm for a week of beating loneliness together! We can have chats, drink coffee, play some pool, sit and work next to each other for the day or even, if you would prefer to walk and talk… we can do that too!

So why not pop in and come say hello!
We welcome yous with open arms 🤗

27/04/2022

⁣Guess what... we're gay... SURPRISE!! 😂⠀
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For us, le***an visibility day is every day because it's just normal life, so it's easy to forget we're actually a little unusual when we're out and about in certain places!⠀
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Being able to be "visible" as an LGBTQ+ couple is a beautiful luxury, we know our lives would have been completely different if we'd been born in a different time or place. We are so grateful to be living in a time where we can be visibly a gay couple - living, socialising and running a business together and never having to keep our relationship a secret. If we wanted to we could even legally start a family and get married, something generations of LGBTQ+ couples could never have dreamed of. ⠀
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We're so grateful that we can be "out & proud" but that doesnt mean it isn't tough out there for some of our LGBTQ+ fam. Realising you're "different" can be hard on our mental health, and we know that people in this community are statistically more likely to develop mental health difficulties. ⠀
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SO! Whether you're out and proud, or in the closet, if you're still exploring or you're just trying to figure out who you are and who you fancy - we see you, and it's OK! ⠀
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We're ALWAYS safe to come out to, we're here if you need some advice, and we'll happily point you in the right direction for support if you need it. ⠀
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Now excuse us, we're off to do some DIY, watch football & adopt a couple of cats😂⠀
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***anvisibilityday 🌈 ***andayofvisibility

24/04/2022

It’s been a week since the pebble hunt and Vikki and I are still talking about it. We’re so pleased with how the day went!
& was so glad to see so many of you out hunting!

We’re loving the photos of all the winners claiming their prizes, keep tagging! 🥰

📷: Thank you for capturing the day so well!

17/04/2022

WHAT A DAY!! 💚  
 
64 prize pebbles, 100+ positive pebbles, 6 trays of cakes, hundreds of pebble hunters, dozens of honest and brave conversations later, and we’re back in our living room reflecting on the most amazing day!  
 
For those who had a great time - we are so glad you enjoyed the pebble hunt and we hope you've left feeling positive!! For those who are struggling, we see you, and we're here to support!  
 
If you'd like to find out more about what we do, or make a donation so that we can keep the service running, please click the link in our bio!  💚
 
Now some important thanks you's!! We could NOT have created the pebble hunt without the amazing support of local businesses donating such generous prizes. We’re SO grateful. Huge thanks to the wonderful students we’ve been working with at and Woodlands School who helped us paint tons of pebbles! Our saviours who have been incredible every step of the way & keep us caffeinated at the same time! and always roll their sleeves up to help us with all our mad projects. and for being our top prize hiders. Thanks for letting us paint the town green, for kindly lending us a tent, our extremely patient families(😂) and YOU - the wonderful pebble hunters. You’re what made the day so special, so thank you!!!
 
We hope you've had a positive & uplifting day, and that you enjoy your Easter weekend!  
 
Vikki & Anna💚 
 
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11/04/2022

✨The Prize List is now LIVE! ✨

We meant to share this yesterday, but we had some last minute prize donations that we just could not say no to!!

The rules of the game:

Be generous! - We know that everyone loves free stuff! However we ask that if you stumble across a prize that you don’t really want, please leave it for someone else to find. You never know who needs it!

No prize-hoarding! - We ask that you keep in mind the community spirit of the day, and try and keep to one prize per person. If you’ve already found a prize but then find something else that you would prefer then please consider swapping rather than taking both!

Redeem your prize: If you’re lucky enough to find a prize pebble you will find the contact details on the back. You will need to get in touch with the business owner directly to redeem your prize, and be sure to give the pebble to that business as this will act as your payment, and they’ll need to keep it ready for next year! 👀

We obviously can’t police these rules however this event is free for everyone and is about connecting the community and getting out in nature to improve our mental health, so we’re really hoping you’ll help us make it a fun & fair day that everyone can enjoy!

You might even stumble across a prize from us!! 😉 We can’t wait to see you there!!!! 🥰💚

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01/04/2022

Appreciation post!! ✨

Meet our first official volunteer! You will probably see Phoebe at some of our listening café’s, market days, and other future events! She’s a great team member and we just love having her on board! She is a kooky, loveable character with a big heart, and we can’t thank her enough for everything that she does.

Here’s what Phoebe wants you to know about her, in her own words…🙌

- I can play guitar verrrry badly
- I have two dogs, they’re wonderfully bonkers, and I will always say hi to your dog…
- My coffee order: a filter coffee or flat white

A favourite self care tip from Phoebe: Dance it out. Or sing it out. I do this allll the time - whack on the Taylor Swift (other artists are available) turn it up and let everything go for a few minutes. I’ve found it such a good release of energy. You might even see me having a boogie while making coffee!

31/03/2022

Happy Trans Day of Visibility!

We see you, we hear you, and we stand alongside you 🏳️‍⚧️

The sites below provide support helplines & signposting services

www.switchboard.lgbt
mindlinetrans.org.uk

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