The newsletter group meets once a month. They usually meet on a Wednesday morning between 10am and 12 noon. During or after the meeting there is the chance to chat and have tea or coffee in the library café. Thus it is an excellent chance to make new friends.

 

I Mark Ridley have already contributed an article on my interest in Chess activities. Others have written about groups they have formed or problems they are having such as autism.

Do you have an interest you are interested in? For example Lunch Clubs. I took part in these when working as a volunteer at North Tyneside Careers centre. Each person would pay for his/hers own lunch and travel, however there are no shortage of good pubs and cafes in Newcastle/ North Tyneside. Most pubs serve from 12pm, some earlier and when I talked to my mentor Cassie I rolled off a good list that was just a snap shot.

 

I am hoping to setup a new ‘Museum Group’ if anyone is interested please let FANE know. There are lots of local museums which we could visit. This could include:

The Discovery Museum and the Hancock Museum, among others in Newcastle. There is also Stephenson  railway museum, Segdunum Fort Museum, South Shields gallery and the Sunderland winter Gardens to name but a few.

Article by Mark Ridley