Decorate your Boardroom and help Meadow Well Connected
June 7, 2019A European survey of 2,000 employees in the UK, France and Germany found the typical staff member spends a total of 187 hours – or the equivalent of 23 days a year in meetings. So having a board room or meeting room which is not only comfortable for staff, but that also looks good is […]
Message in a Bottle, Meadow Well Connected
March 27, 2019Yesterday saw our first workshop with the Positive Pathways group at Meadow Well Connected To celebrate their 25th anniversary we are working with Meadow Well Connected to help tell the story of the community. Yesterday their Positive Pathways group met as usual at 10am but this week they were joined by Artist Fiona Gray to […]
Charity of the Year 2019
February 1, 2019Storytelling arts project for Meadow Well Connected At Meadow Well Connected we are celebrating our 25th year at the centre of our community in North Shields. Our focus for the year is on telling stories and, like centre users, volunteers and staff past and present; we all have a different story. These stories will be […]
£10k for Newcastle foodbank
September 24, 2018Art auction inspired by a North East artist struggling to make ends meet has raised £10k for Newcastle foodbank An art auction inspired by a struggling single-mum has captured the hearts of big-name artists and even NUFC manager, Rafa Benitez, – and raised an impressive £10k to help thousands of people living in food poverty. […]
West End Foodbank, We Are United!
February 21, 2018The Nufc Fans Foodbank started operations on 26/1/2017 with a showing of “I Daniel Blake” at the Tyneside Irish Centre. That night, a shocked audience of around 100 saw the film that showed how people in our city were being starved due to failings in government social policy. We were dumbstruck. That night, Sharon Percy, […]
Rise Like Lions
February 21, 2018This painting, using acrylic and spray paint over level stencils on wood, depicts local actor Dave Johns playing I Daniel Blake as he affirms his dignity against an unsympathetic system. The artist ‘Serann’ wonders why foodbanks are now part of normal life in our rich country and why the 19th century views of Shelley are […]
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