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A Secret Garden Art For Wellbeing Challenge

Medley Online GB, United Kingdom

Would you like to take part in a daily art for wellbeing challenge for the month of June 2023, in your own time from home? Create your own “secret garden” in art: experiment with a variety of art ideas on a gardens theme and explore how creativity and nature can boost wellbeing. Each day you'll […]

£3.50

Jack Watkins — Solo (Song release date)

Apple Music / Spotify / Amazon etc

Solo was written when Jack was at a low point, struggling with feelings of loneliness and isolation. The song begins with a single piano chord to introduce a heart-breaking vocal that tells the story of someone who appears to be functioning normally, but inside is feeling hollow and disconnected as they go through the motions […]

Free

Colleague Connections

ATS UK Virtual Workspace ATS House, 59a Coton Rd, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, United Kingdom

Colleague Connections is a voluntary social initiative at ATS UK where colleagues can be paired up each month with a colleague to have a 15-30 minute chat. The initiative aims to help alleviate loneliness, especially for remote workers, help others make connections and provide a short break in the working day so colleagues can rejuvenate […]

Free

Newsletter article

Southern Brooks Community Partnership Coniston Community Centre, Patchway, Bristol, United Kingdom

We will include a short piece in our newsletter, which highlights LAW and the importance of moments of connection. We send out various newsletters targeted at the voluntary sector in South Gloucestershire and the priority neighbourhoods of Yate, Kingswood and Patchway.

The Business Growth Network

The Business Growth Network Somerset House, Temple Street, Birmingham

The Business Growth Network is the UK’s fastest growing hybrid network, offering both in-person and online networking events. We empower businesses, business owners and professionals to network, connect and grow. We are proud to say that the Marmalade Trust will be our charity partner for the year and for Loneliness Awareness Week any professionals or […]

Rhythms At Home With Rest Less Events

Rest Less Events 47 Butt Road, Colchester, United Kingdom

Drumming is good for your health and will make you happier. Rhythms at Home will introduce you to drumming. You will need drumsticks and a practice pad to get started. If you don’t have a practice pad you can learn like Dave Grohl did on cushions. You will learn how to drum in a fun […]

Online small business meet-up: Solihull, Coventry & Warwickshire

Enterprise Nation UK Office Enterprise Nation 133 Whitechapel High Street, London, United Kingdom

Are you an existing or budding small business owner? Want to grow your network in a friendly, relaxed, and supportive environment? Enterprise Nation’s monthly online meet-ups bring together founders from all sectors to share ideas, learn new skills, solve challenges and inspire one another. Running a small business needn’t be lonely. Register for the local […]

Free

Online small business meet-up: Nottinghamshire

Enterprise Nation UK Office Enterprise Nation 133 Whitechapel High Street, London, United Kingdom

Are you an existing or budding small business owner? Want to grow your network in a friendly, relaxed, and supportive environment? Enterprise Nation’s monthly online meet-ups bring together founders from all sectors to share ideas, learn new skills, solve challenges and inspire one another. Running a small business needn’t be lonely. Register for the local […]

Free

Making Space for Friendships using a Warm Welcome approach

Leeds Older People Forum Josephs Well, Hanover Walk, Leeds

This is an online course for staff and volunteers who are or want to support older people who may be socially isolated or lonely Just getting someone to a group can be hard. (to find out more about that try other events in this series) To start reducing their loneliness you need to encourage them […]

Free

Singing and recording WHAT A WONDERFUL WORLD by Louis Armstrong, arranged by Alexander L’Estrange

Choir of the Earth , United Kingdom

At https://choiroftheearth.com/marmalade, you have all you need to learn, sing and record this wonderful song from your very own home - and all for free. We’ll learn it together online with Ben England and Joanna Forbes L'Estrange and then we’ll ask you to record your own voice and send this to us. We’ll combine all […]

Free

Freelance Mum – The Mother of all Coffee Mornings, via Zoom on Wednesday at 10:30am

Freelance Mum is child-friendly networking, for mums (and dads) in business. It was founded in 2014, after Faye Dicker discovered the challenge of juggling voiceover work around children. If child-friendly networking events didn’t exist, then she would just have to create them! In the last 6 years Faye has been awarded Freelance Ambassador of the […]

Free

Understanding and addressing barriers to participation through comms (FREE zoom workshop)

Age UK Camden 68 Parkway, Camden, London, United Kingdom

Free workshop to support community groups and organisations to find and engage the people less likely to access formal groups and activities This one our hour zoom workshop shares the practical learning from the Age UK Camden, Ageing in Better Camden programme (one of 14 Ageing Better programme areas funding by the Lottery Community Fund) […]

Free