2nd May
Welcome to ‘A Little TLC’ … Tackling Loneliness Collaborative’s ‘useful community information!’ 24th April 2025
Please feel free to have a glance through the headlines or see details further down..…
Dates For Your Diary:
⭐ Dementia Action Week - May 19 - 25 2025. The theme is: ‘Raising awareness of early diagnosis and educating on dementia symptoms.’
⭐ Volunteers Week is 2nd to 8th June 2025 https://volunteersweek.org/
⭐ Carers Week is 9th to 15th June 2025 https://www.carersweek.org/ The theme is: ‘Caring about Equality’
Loneliness Dates:
⭐⭐ Loneliness Awareness Week is 9th to 15th June (it’s a busy month!) ⭐⭐ The Theme is "Meeting Loneliness Together," aiming to reduce stigma and encourage collective action to combat loneliness. https://www.lonelinessawarenessweek.org/meeting-loneliness-together-toolkit
… The TLC suggests that expanding what activities you are doing, so perhaps inviting other people along (maybe bringing different generations together) is a great way to raise awareness. Let us know what you are doing so we can share it!
⭐⭐The Jo Cox Inspired ‘Great Get Together’ is 20th - 22nd June ⭐⭐https://www.jocoxfoundation.org/our-work/stronger-communities/great-get-together/
Meetings:
The next full TLC meeting will take place on: Tuesday 13th May – 9:30-11am. Click here to join the May wider TLC meeting Meeting ID: 336 531 989 505 Passcode: QZpdbm
An agenda will be sent out before – if you would like a space on the agenda to share what you are doing - please get in touch.
The next ‘Little TLC Catch Up!’ informal drop in meeting will take place on: Wednesday 7th May – 12:00pm-12:30pm Click here to Join the ‘Little TLC Catch Up! meeting Meeting ID: 359 269 811 809 0 Passcode: BU3TR3cf On MS Teams. It’s a chance to catch up and share items in a friendly way. 😊
Headlines:
- Loneliness Awareness Week 2025: How to Take Part Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite
- Chatty Café Poster for Mansfield Woodhouse – see below
- 📺 Muslim Charity Featured on BBC’s The One Show | Happy to Chat Benches Tackling Loneliness 🌍✨ Featured on BBC’s The One Show!
- Tiger Eats – see poster below
- Free training for women – community development, budget management, event co-ordination and more – see poster below
- Togetherness Through Faith: How does faith foster togetherness? Tickets, Thu, May 15, 2025 at 12:00 PM | Eventbrite
- Connect and Create at Retford Library - Connect & Create at Retford Library Tickets, Wed, May 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite
- www.arthritisaction.org.uk/arthritis-action-groups/ - also see poster below
- Estate walkabouts | Newark & Sherwood District Council Have a walk and share your thoughts – various places and dates
- https://walknotts.org.uk/ see the bingo cards below:
- Reaching Communities England | The National Lottery Community Fund
- Finding & engaging those perceived as 'harder to reach' in housing settings Tickets, Thu, May 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM | Eventbrite
- New Funding Toolkit - Making Our Move
- Cotgrave – Long Term Conditions Support Group and Cotgrave Young Person’s Event – see posters below
https://www.lonelinessawarenessweek.org/meeting-loneliness-together-toolkit
TLC Update:
The Friendly Connector – we are working with Nottingham Trent University and also with Jenny Hartnoll in Frome, Somerset (they have achieved a lot to reduce loneliness in their area) to look at how we lightly monitor and evaluate this.
We are starting with the Ashfield area, then Bassetlaw and then Clifton, so 3 very different areas. This links into the TLC website which now contains funding information and is having the membership section finished.
Bromley Council – I’ve been working with Helayna – the Principle Loneliness Champion as their loneliness model and plans are similar to ours but on a smaller and slightly simpler scale.
Plus:
We’ve been busy making links with EMCCA – East Midlands Combined County Authority, The More in Common Nottingham Together Partnership and The Loneliness Policy Action Group – led by the Jo Cox Foundation. Details will follow in the wider TLC meetings or please get in touch. kirsty.veitch-sorsby@bcvs.org.uk
Also, we have connected with the Campaign to End Loneliness and the Centre for Loneliness Studies at Sheffield Hallam University.
DCMS – The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. How to measure loneliness – this is being reviewed with new measurements potentially later in the year. I was part of a conversation about the current wellbeing measurements which can feel quite negative.
DCMS – Civil Society Covenant – the Government want to harness trust and expertise. The Convenant should be finalized in Spring when an interim report will be available. Civil Society Covenant Framework launch - GOV.UK
National Youth Strategy – the vision for young people and action plan New National Youth Strategy to break down barriers to opportunity for young people - GOV.UK
Youth Loneliness Conference attendance at the Royal Danish Embassy in London in March –
It was a joint conference with presentations from people representing Denmark and the UK. I attended and forged great relationships.
Many thanks for reading – it’s a lot of information!
Kirsty
Tackling Loneliness Collaborative Lead
Find us on Facebook and ‘X’ (Twitter)
Loneliness Page – Tackling Loneliness Collaborative Nottingham and Nottinghamshire | Bassetlaw CVS (bcvs.org.uk)
Research and Service Database - www.tlin.co.uk
Book a Meeting with me: https://calendly.com/kirsty-veitch-sorsby/tlc-informal-meeting
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Items to follow:
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Loneliness Awareness Week 9th – 15th June – theme of ‘meeting loneliness together’
Founded in 2017 and brought to you by Marmalade Trust, Loneliness Awareness Week runs from 9th-15th June 2024. This session will introduce this year’s theme and explore how you can get involved.
Join us for this session, where we will introduce Loneliness Awareness Week, share our aims and provide some practical ideas and inspiration for how you or your organisation can get involved through events, fundraising and activities. You’ll also have the opportunity to meet other potential organisers, share ideas and ask questions.
Whether it’s a street party, coffee morning, or speed friending event, we want to support you to ‘do something’ to help raise awareness of loneliness in your community, neighbourhood, or place of work.
Loneliness Awareness Week 2025: How to Take Part Tickets, Multiple Dates | Eventbrite
https://www.lonelinessawarenessweek.org/meeting-loneliness-together-toolkit
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📺 Muslim Charity Featured on BBC’s The One Show | Happy to Chat Benches Tackling Loneliness 🌍✨
𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲’𝐬 ‘𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭’ 𝐁𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 featured on 𝐁𝐁𝐂’𝐬 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐰, showcasing how simple acts of kindness can make a huge difference in tackling 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.
💬𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 ‘𝐇𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐭’ 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐡? According to census data, around 24% of adults in Bassetlaw (North Nottinghamshire) have reported that they feel lonely with a further 7.6% reporting that they often or always feel lonely.
𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐢𝐦 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐰 𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥 to provide these benches to encourage 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐟𝐮𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐲.
These benches provide a safe, welcoming space where people can sit, talk and connect — helping to combat isolation and support mental well-being. This initiative is aimed at 𝐛𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫, 𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞.
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Did you know that we turn rescued food into tasty, nutritious food for the community?
You can order meals to collect from All Souls Community Centre, Ilkeston Road or Sumac Centre, Forest Fields.
You can choose your Tariff:
Community £3 - you can afford to support the community with your purchases
Economy £1 - you are financially challenged but would like to access nutritious food
Our food is also available at our Community Cafe on Wednesdays at All Souls, along with any extra items we may have (currently we have a selection of teas).
We also provide catering options for local groups and businesses.
For more information contact:
team@tigerprojects.co.uk
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Calling All Women! 
Ready to boost your skills and confidence?
Join NMWN’s FREE Volunteer Training Programme and unlock your potential in:
Community development
Budget management
Event coordination
Learning how to support women experiencing harmful cultural practices
Discovering more about the women’s sector in Nottingham
Plus, take part in our CV Workshop, where you'll get expert guidance on CV writing and receive a Certificate of Completion! 
Let’s empower each other and create positive change together.
Starts: Thursday, 1st May 2025
Time: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: St Ann’s Valley Centre, 2 Livingstone Road, Nottingham, NG3 3GG
Register now!
Click the link or scan the QR code on the poster:
https://nottinghammuslimwomensnetwork.co.uk/about-us...
For more information:
07826 464722 / 
0115 837 2627
enquiries@nmwn.co.uk
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Connect & Create at Retford Library Tickets, Wed, May 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM | Eventbrite
Our skilled Connect & Create artists will guide you to experiment with various artistic styles and techniques, as you work alongside others to make your mark and express yourself.
These hands-on workshops are particularly suitable for older people and their supporters who would enjoy engaging with a variety of materials, and would benefit from experiencing creativity through all of their senses, in a relaxed group for all abilities.
Booking advised
£3.00 per person
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www.arthritisaction.org.uk/arthritis-action-groups/
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Estate walkabouts | Newark & Sherwood District Council
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Ready for ‘Move More in May!’
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Reaching Communities England | The National Lottery Community Fund
We want to help make sure you can access this funding. And we’re happy to talk about other ways for you to tell us about your application.
You can:
email us for help or general enquiries on General.Enquiries@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
call us on 0345 4 10 20 30
contact us using text relay on 18001 plus 0345 4 10 20 30
12. Webinars x 2:
The Good Practice Mentor team invite you to join them for a practical workshop session, exploring practical outreach strategies to support you to find and engage 'harder to reach' people in housing settings.
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New Funding Toolkit
Nottinghamshire County Council have created a funding toolkit for charities, community groups and voluntary organisations. It includes useful tips and hints for successfully navigating grant application processes.
New Funding Toolkit - Making Our Move
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