Hadrian Square, Shields Road, Byker
Internet Taster Sessions
Wednesdays 9am-10am or 11am-12noon
Sundays 10.30am-11.30am
Free sessions for individuals introducing you to a range of wys to get on with the internet. Basic Internet / Basic Email / Online Shopping / Social Networking. To book a session please call in to the library or phone (0191)278 8400 or email eastend.library@newcastle.gov.uk
Minibus Visits
Are you struggling to visit your local library? Would you like to take advantage of our free minibus service? Minibus visits to East End library are fortnightly on Mondays at 11am. If you are interested please call 0191 2788400 for more information.
Storytime at East End Library
Children 5 and under. Every Friday 11am to 11.30am Term Time Only and Every Sunday 12noon to 12.30pm. (Children under 8 must be accompanied by and adult)
Grid Club (Homework Support Club)
Award winning website with more than 500 fun learning activities for children aged 5-12. Play games, get creative, facts for the curious. Thursdays 5pm - 6pm. Drop in sessions. Just come along or phone 278 8400 for more information.
Work Club (Starts 8 February 2011)
Do you need help with job interviews and application forms or writing your CV? Free sessions every Tuesday 2pm - 4 pm . Group sizes are limited please book in advance by calling (0191) 278 8400 or email eastendlibrary@newcastle.gov.uk.
Sure Start East Children's Centres are for children under five years old and their families, where skilled staff are on hand to give help and advice.
You can go there for: Health sessions and advice, Parenting and family support, Play sessions and childcare, Help to get a job or training, A place to meet other parents and carers. Thousands of mums, dads, grandparents, carers and children across the country are already enjoying the benefits.
There are a whole range of activities for you and your child to enjoy. To find out more see Activity programme (830kb) or come into our centre or ring us on 0191 275 9636.
For parents and carers with children aged five and under. Come along to your nearest training and employability drop-in and find out about: Training and Employability opportunities, Getting back into work, Skills for job hunting, local training providers and courses, services in your area, What's available to you at the following locations:
Wednesday 10am - 11am at Sure Start Walkergate Children's Centre, Old Shields Road, Walker, NE6 4XW
Wednesday 11.30am - 12.30pm at Ouseburn Community centre, (next to hotspur Primary School), Mowbray Street, Heaton, NE6 5PA
Thursday 11.30am - 12.30pm at Heaton Community Centre, Trewitt Road, Heaton, NE6 5DY
Thursday 2pm - 3pm at Byker Sands Family Centre, 19 Raby Cross, Byker, NE6 2FF
For more information please contact Sure Start East Children's Centres on 0191 275 9636 or visit http://www.surestarteastcc.org.uk
The Newcastle tree warden scheme has now been running successfully for nearly 10 years. As a newly established consituted group now called Friends of Newcastle Trees, we would like to hear from anyone who would be interested in helping care for our trees, giving as much or as little time as you have and you do not need to have any special knowledge.
More information (pdf,100Kb)
Tyne and Wear Fire and Rescue Service has launched a new fire safety campaign aimed at older people. The theme is ‘it takes years to build up memories – and just seconds for them to go up in flames.’ The fire and rescue service staff, in uniform and carrying photographic ID badges, are currently visiting people over 60 in Newcastle offering home safety checks and fitting free smoke alarms where necessary.
If you live in South Heaton and are over 60 or know someone who is, please call our freephone number on 0800 032 7777 or visit www.twfire.gov.uk to request a home safety check.
We are the first ward in the city to try and look at this global environmental challenge at a local level. We will be working with local residents and community groups to try and make it a success.
We have used lots of local people's ideas already to draw it together - and we have already planned in extra awareness raising and Warmzone door knocking in the ward as part of what we are doing to tackle climate change by getting more insulation into people's homes. This work is both about tackling fuel poverty and getting the benefits for the environment of reducing household energy use, showing the social and environmental benefits of what we are doing with this strategy.
Local people’s ideas have already been listened to and form the basis of what's in the document. We have also identified a local climate change community champion, who we will try and get more involved in the detail of this work alongside your local councillors. We'd like to hear any further ideas or issues you think we should listen to so we can include them as part of the work we are hoping to do on climate change in the area.
To give us your comments or request a copy of the strategy please e-mail henri.murison@newcastle.gov.uk or download a copy of the strategy here (pdf, 114Kb).
Algernon Road (Rington’s Estate), Heaton.
Knit ‘n’ Natter – Wednesdays, 1–3pm
Knit, embroider, sew, crochet or just natter. Learn new skills and share yours. All Welcome. Refreshments included. 50p donation to Charles Street Community Association.
Bingo - Tuesdays and Thursdays 6.30-9pm. 20p entry.
South Heaton Ward Committee are working with Newcastle Warm Zone to provide free cavity wall and loft insulation to all suitable properties in the ward. An assessment to see if you are eligible for free cavity wall and loft insulation takes only five minutes and we don't even need to enter your property. All our staff carry ID and wear the Warm Zone uniform. If you have any queries about the Newcastle Warm Zone project please call us on 277 7373.
Click here for more information about Newcastle Warm Zone.
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