Health & Wellbeing

Funding boost for Helix Arts Centre

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Helix Arts Centre

Helix Arts Centre has received grant funding to help 400 more residents in North Tyneside. The funding from the Legal and General Health Equity Fund...

Meet Cheryl Tanner – making menopause fitness and nutrition coaching accessible

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Depicted: Cheryl Tanner, menopause fitness and nutrition coach Image credit: Cheryl Tanner

From hushed conversations to life-changing confidence, Cheryl Tanner is helping women rewrite the menopause narrative in North Shields. Drawing on lived experience, specialist training and a deep sense of community, she shares how personalised movement, education and support can transform both body and mind. This article explores her journey, her clients’ powerful success stories, and why progress—not perfection—is the key to long-term health and wellbeing.

Meet art psychotherapist Penny Moore

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Penny Moore art psychotherapy art psychotherapisst Q&A article by Simmie Harper

Blending creativity with clinical insight, Penny Moore's art therapy journey is anything but conventional. From an academic foundation in Experimental Psychology at Oxford to discovering the profound healing power of artistic expression, their story reveals how creativity can unlock deep emotional understanding and transformation. In this interview, they reflect on an eclectic career, the essence of art therapy, and the moments that shaped their therapeutic philosophy.

Seeta’s Story: Finding Strength and Community through Volunteering with ILNS

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I’m writing this exactly seven months to the day that I had my brain haemorrhage caused by a ruptured aneurysm, as we approach world...

Andrew Thomson: “Getting Support Saved My Life”

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Andrew Thomson, from North Shields, has shared his story.

Andrew Thomson, from North Shields, has shared his story to inspire others to speak to someone and access help and support. Trigger Warning: Suicide. This...

Leslie Forman: Mental health, mosaics, and an olive branch

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Depicted: Leslie Forman Photo credit: Megan Ramsey men's mental health advocate, Lez

Men’s mental health is too often pushed aside — but North Shields creative Leslie Forman is helping to change that narrative. Through candid conversation, community support and the healing power of art, Lez has transformed personal loss and struggle into purpose. From founding men’s mental health groups to using mosaic-making as a form of therapy, his journey is one of resilience, honesty and a deep-rooted love for his hometown.

From Grief to Resilience: Louise’s Story of Ocean Healing

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By Jake Rusby Danish author Karen Blixen once wrote: “The cure for anything is salt water – tears, sweat or the sea.” For North Shields...

How ADHD Led to a New Life in North Shields

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By Jake Rusby As someone who has spent 45 years living with ADHD, Martin Caygill has never found it easy to settle down.   His diagnosis eight...

The Red Bench Project

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The Red Bench Project

The Red Bench Project

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