Very stimulating AGM with @EldersNewcastle witnessing the variety of ways in which older people have a voice.
Very beautiful performance by the Ensemble @company_others at @EldersNewcastle AGM. The group meets at The Bricks, Walker on Mondays. Join them and enjoy something a bit different.
Barbara Douglas retweeted
Meet Company of Others Ensemble - our performing group of dancers aged 60+. 💃🏽🔥
They come through The Bricks every Monday to move freely in a judgment-free zone. Proof that dance has no limit!
#Ensemble #Movement #Resist #CompanyOfOthers #TheBricks #DanceInWalker
ALT Image with text: Meet Company of Others Ensemble
ALT Image with text: Company of Others Ensemble is our performing group of dancers aged 60+ who've been dancing together since 2016. They meet at The bricks every Monday for workshops and performance rehearsals They meet at The Bricks every Monday for workshops and performance rehearsals. Over the past year, we've held 34 Ensemble workshops - 34 celebrations of what happens when we create spaces free of judgement and overflowing with trust and creativity
ALT Image quote from Dory, a member of Ensemble: What I love the most about the sessions is the challenge, just coming here and not knowing what's going to happen and being ready to do it
ALT Image quote from Alison a member of Ensemble: It's been lovely to feel that I can come here and I can be simply as different as everybody else
Fabulous time @LandofOakIron with @gateshead Arts Team and amazing puppeteers. Thank you eveeyone.
Barbara Douglas retweeted
This is almost my only contribution to the well planned Green media operation overnight 4/5 July.
I really don't know how we can get a fair share of media attention. We are radical, but with commonsense policies.
Sadly it seems that hateful, racist, rants are more interesting?
Jenny Jones, "4 Green MPs is going to be amazing when you consider what Caroline Lucas did on her own" @GreenJennyJones
"The cost of living crisis is an inequality crisis which Labour has not talked about and we'll take it on"
"The Climate Crisis is coming towards us like a Tsunami and it's not being talked about"
"Now that we have 4 MPs, perhaps we could be registered on your results board and taken out of 'other'"
Barbara Douglas retweeted
This was a classy speech by Sunak. As @Freedland says, we can no longer take for granted that leaders accept the results of elections, recognise their opponents as public servants & facilitate a peaceful transition of power.
A last act of democratic service - & one that matters.
Barbara Douglas retweeted
We spotted one of our age-positive signs at the @buildingcentre 'Keep on the Grass: The Language of Signs' exhibition!
It's great to see age-positive imagery being used in the real world, especially on everyday signage.
Find out more: buildingcentre.co.uk/whats_o…
ALT 'Keep on the Grass: The Language of Signs' exhibition
Barbara Douglas retweeted
Delighted to launch our new healthy ageing site, soon to be followed by a free UK app to help people assess and manage how they are ageing thelifecurve.com
Congratulations!
We are going to close down the Save Leisure Gateshead campaign and this X account will be dormant going forward.
We are delighted that Gateshead Active have been successful in re-opening #GatesheadLeisureCentre and we hope to see you all there enjoying a swim/ gym / play.
🧵🧵
Congratulations Anna. Its good when these honours go to people who really deserve it.
Big congratulations to our brilliant co-convener @AnnaSeverwright who has been made an OBE in the Kings Birthday honours! Read our press notice: socialcarefuture.org.uk/noti…
Barbara Douglas retweeted
The first day of the @The_RHS #ChelseaFlowerShow seems a good day to recall #OctaviaHill's argument that we all need beauty in our buildings and our streets for our souls and our bodies. This ...
Very interesting. We need to keep having these conversations to better understand what's at stake. Thank you @thelizcarr
#NoToAS
Tomorrow, Tue 14th May 2024
BBC 1 9pm
Watch the documentary
views in the documentary need to be heard as part of wider discussion on this highly emotive topic
Liz Carr wishes she didn’t need to make Better Off Dead? documentary | Radio Times radiotimes.com/tv/documentar…
Barbara Douglas retweeted
It was brilliant to visit @UniofNewcastle’s Health Innovation Neighbourhood site & meet with @JDurhamUK @janeerobinson97 & the team working on this world leading project in preventative public health & creating community wellbeing.
Amazing!
What an amazing evening. The first reading of A Seat At The Table!
We are so proud of our community cast and so thankful to everyone who made yesterday possible. Such a pleasure to work with @NoMoreNowt on our very first theatre project and we can’t wait for its future! 🪑
Barbara Douglas retweeted
Last week, I joined the #SafeHomesNow campaign launch led by @Ageing_Better in Parliament.
We should all feel proud, safe and secure at home. Yet too many people are living in homes that damage their health.
We need a national plan to fix unsafe homes and improve lives!
Barbara Douglas retweeted
Stride said a “whole plethora of things”, such as talking therapies, social care packages and respite care, could be used as alternatives to benefit payments.
That whole plethora of things that don't exist, don't work or don't accept people.
Performative cruelty.
Barbara Douglas retweeted
Come and join our live recordings of Nature Connect podcasts at Northumberlandia on 9 May and Hauxley Discovery Centre with NWT on 22nd May.
More on LLARC website and to book a space laterlifeaudioradio.org/even…
Barbara Douglas retweeted
Congratulations to all nominees. It’s going to a Sunderland Vs Newcastle contest for Local Champion award 🙌🏼 Congratulations also to our very own @valbarron9 shortlisted for Advocate of the year 👏
📢 We can now announce the Living Wage Champion Awards 2024 shortlist!
🎖️ The winners will be announced at a ceremony @Techniquest in Cardiff on 11 July.
🤞 Good luck everyone!
See the full shortlist 👉 ow.ly/96K650RlWTZ
#livingwage #livingwagechampions #cardiff #wales
ALT Graphic with grey background and confetti on the top half and block orange on the bottom half. 'Living Wage Champion Awards Shortlist 2024' printed across the bottom. #livingwagechampions. A cartoon trophy in the top right corner.