On Friday our Wonderful staff team attended @northumbriauni.bsky.social’s Shine Awards Ceremony 💫 It was a fantastic evening celebrating individuals and teams across the uni. We were thrilled to be shortlisted for the Inclusivity Award and to be able to say we won is an honour. #nushineawards2026

VOLUNTEERS WEEK It’s National Volunteers Week and we just wanted to take a moment, to celebrate the fantastic volunteers that help to make @convergenu.bsky.social what it is! So once again, THANK YOU!! For more info on how to get involved, email us at [email protected]

📣Northumbria has joined 11 of the North East's most influential organisations to sign the International Working Group (IWG) on Women and Sport’s Brighton Plus Helsinki Declaration as part of a landmark regional commitment to advancing gender equity in sport and physical activity. More here ⬇️

We’ve just wrapped up our course Converge Community Zine ! 📑📖 During this course our students learnt how to make a zine from start to finish. They explored how to curate content, design the publication itself and developed their own creative writing/poetry, illustration and photography 📖

Community Creates - Diversity 🎨 ‘So grateful that I managed to get into Converge. It brought stuff from the surface that we don’t really get to connect with. And you don’t get to sit and think about it. It’s creativity and a therapy thing. And we’re missing it in normal life’ - Converge Student

Community Creates Diversity 📣 We are thrilled to announce a brand new Converge Fine Art Course coming up next week working alongside @northumbriauni.bsky.social Fine Art Students. @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk For more info please contact [email protected] #learning #wellbeing

We were very kindly invited down to the @litandphil.bsky.social for a private tour and handling session! We went down as a group and got a detailed behind the scenes tour of the building and its rich history, as well as a handling session with some of the books in their collection. Thank you! 📚📖

Catch a Vibe 🎶 Our Catch a Vibe course is officially finished! After 8 weeks of exploration our students performed a snippet of their work to an invited audience in a relaxed sharing. This course focussed on learning 16th/17th century rounds and catches and combining these with movement…

Finding Potential: Future Hope Through Clay 🏺 This course has now ended and we just wanted to share some photos and celebrate the wonderful work our students did. This was a creative pottery project that explored themes of hope and potential. For more info - contact [email protected]

Forum Theatre was a semester long project, which involved both Converge and Northumbria students working alongside each other. This project finished with students performing their forums to an invited audience, huge well done to everyone involved! For more info, contact [email protected]

@ouseburnfarm.bsky.social Volunteering Day 👩🏼‍🌾🌾 We got to try our hands at various different tasks within horticulture, small animal handling and care as well as large farm animals and poultry. Education and skill development, doesn’t necessarily always have to be inside a class room 🌾🌳

We’re back in office and full steam ahead, but before we get to carried away with our new courses. We wanted to share our last session of 2025! Thank you Lesley-Anne for running a fantastic one-off session. The perfect way to end the year 🐧❄️ For more info contact - [email protected]

We’d like to say a big heartfelt thanks to all of our brilliant students, colleagues, volunteers, board members, funders, advocates, @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk and @northumbriauni.bsky.social for all of your support and hard work this year. Wishing a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! 🎊

Now Enrolling - Finding POTential 🏺 Please note: Our office closes for the Christmas period Friday 19th at 5pm, we will respond to any queries after that upon our return in the New Year. For more info email us at [email protected]

Now Enrolling - Catch a Vibe 🎶🎭 Please note: Our office closes for the Christmas period Friday 19th at 5pm, we will respond to any queries after that upon our return in the New Year. For more info contact - [email protected] #northumbriauniversity #learning #wellbeing #music

Last week Cat and Lukas attended NECA’s Gambling Harms Champion Christmas Connect Event. It was a morning of networking, celebrating and learning more about gambling related harms and their champions offer and training. Thank you NECA! For more info email us at [email protected]

We are so unbelievably proud of this project ! Check out the article below 👇🏼

New Workshop 🎄 We’re pleased to be able to offer a one off Christmas themed t-shirt making workshop! 👕 Places are limited - please get in touch ASAP if you’d like a space. For more info contact [email protected]

Today we’re celebrating ‘Crossed Finger Selfie Day’ 🩷🤳 We’re saying thank you to #NationalLottery players for helping raise millions for good causes all over the UK.

Our Director Ally attended If U Care Share’s charity ball last month! It was a beautiful evening celebrating a really special charity and a great chance to catch up with other organisations and some of the brilliant people that support them. Thanks If U Care Share for such an inspiring event!

New Opportunity 📣 This opportunity is available through @ouseburnfarm.bsky.social’s Grow Forward programme which is funded by the North East Combined Authority. 🐑🐄 👩🏻‍🌾 Eligibility Criteria Apply - get in touch for more details [email protected] #volunteer #northeast #northumbriauniversity

A week of @convergenu - Well-Being Drop In 👩🏻‍🎨 - Frame By Frame 📸 - Forum Theatre 🎭 Working with alongside Northumbria Theatre and Performance Students and Graduate Futures - Killingworth Job Centre 📣 Cat and Lukas spreading the word! For more info get in touch - converge@[email protected]

We still have some spaces left on our Theatre and Communication course and our trip down to Ouseburn Trust! Get in touch for more info ℹ️

New Courses - Enrolling Now 📣 We’re really pleased to announce 3 new courses/opportunities coming up at Converge Northumbria this semester. - Theatre and Communication 🎭🗣️

New Logo! We’re so proud to unveil our new official logo. Converge started off at @yorkstjohn.bsky.social with our previous logo representing Converge York for 17 years and here with us at @northumbriauni.bsky.social University for 8. We felt it’s time for something new. @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

Hello and welcome to our @bsky.app account !👋🏼 We thought it would be a lush idea to properly introduce ourselves for our first ever post on here. You can also find us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram. If you’d like more information visit our website - www.northumbria.ac.uk/about-us/aca...