Building Social Connections

OVERVIEW

As a social enterprise we work across all ages within the community, our mission for the ‘Be Connected’ project is to dispel any view that older adults are a burden on society and promote the view they are valuable and important assets to be placed at the very heart of a community. In doing so we can transform older people’s lives, nurture creative aspiration, support free or at least nominal cost based services and build community, reversing the declining quality of life and well-being of the elderly.

We will do this through a wide and varied range of healthy living, community learning, befriending, support and physical activity programmes for older people of all abilities and interests. This will be delivered at our base in Dudley and we shall offer an outreach service within the ward to bring those less mobile to our facility where possible.

ACTIVITIES

A weekly Wellbeing café with complimentary refreshments to be used a sign posting and social meeting place to help promote our project activities and signposting for local services and benefits .

A free weekly timetable of events and interests designed and even supported by the local residents which will offer a variety of physical and social elements to be included such as group glasses, indoor curling, dancing, a gardening club, a walking group and also IT support clubs.

How to get involved

Please let us know what your interested in and simply drop us an email (admin@quadrantleisure.org) with your full name and contact number, one of our team will be in touch with further details.

FUNDING

This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund with the North of Tyne Combined Authority as the lead authority.

The North of Tyne Combined Authority is a partnership of three local authorities: Newcastle City Council, North Tyneside Council, and Northumberland County Council and the North of Tyne Elected Mayor. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.

For more information, visit: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-prospectus