Don't forget that on Monday 20th January, 10am til 11am, Samia will be at Acklam Library helping to beat the Monday blues with a healthy cooking workshop! These are always popular, so book your place by calling 01642 817810 or emailing [email protected]!

A timely reminder that, tomorrow, the Community Action Day at Regeneration of Communities returns for 2025! Saltersgill Allotment tomorrow, from 10am to 1pm: Book your place by emailing [email protected] and join Laurissa and the crew in volunteering on this amazing project!

The latest Community Eco Shop is hot off the press as the Eco Shops in and around our local area return to some semblance of normalcy with their opening times! For more information, or to find your closest eco shop, visit ecoshop.org.uk/find-an-eco-...!

Communities Growing Together is well underway with their January events, a list of which you can find attached. Contact [email protected] for further details of these events, or to be added to the mailing list!

A lovely little event taking place on Monday 20th January, from 10 til 12 at Acklam Community Hub and Library: A special 'Exhibition & Coffee Morning' of #MyBoroMyShirt!

The Big Garden Birdwatch is later this month, but the Big Schools Birdwatch runs all month! From 7 January to 14 February 2025, schools can register and count the birds on their grounds and provide vital assistance to the RSPB to see how our nation's birds fare. www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

Our friends over at Regeneration of Communities are hosting another Willow Weaving workshop next Friday, January 17th, from 10am to 3pm. Free to attend, with a free lunch to boot: Learn new skills and interact with like-minded individuals! Email [email protected] to book your space now!

As our Active Travel team can happily tell you, Bikeability training can boost confidence in cycling: Well, now the research confirms it! Analysis shows that Bikeability training shows links between confident cycling at an early age and fewer road incidents. www.bikeability.org.uk/blog/new-ana...

Over at the Eston Leisure Centre, on the second Wednesday of every month, the Tees Valley Walking and Cycling Hubs' experts will be there to help give your bike a gander and make sure it's comfortable and safe for you to ride! www.facebook.com/teesvalleywa...

Beat Blue Monday with a Cooking Workshop! Monday 20th January, 10am to 11am, at Acklam Library! Book by calling 01642 817810 or emailing [email protected], and join Samia on a healthy eating workshop to banish the blues!

A lovely initiative shared from Middlesbrough Libraries, encouraging people to take Blue Monday (Monday 20th January) back by embracing a warming palette, whether through holistic activities or colourful clothing! www.facebook.com/BoroLibrarie...

🎵Head over to the grocery, the grocery, everybody shops at the grocery! 🎵 Our friends at Community Grocery Middlesbrough, located behind St. Barnabas Church in Middlesbrough, have reopened their doors once more for the New Year! www.facebook.com/CommunityGro...

Good morning and welcome to another week, folks! We're slowly getting back to normal, just rubbing our eyes and plodding along into the new year. If your kids are looking to get back into the swing of things, then Linx Youth Project has some fantastic Youth Clubs to check out!

As those heady days of the Christmas and New Year holidays slowly dissipate (Boo!), we're starting to return to the realm of normalcy. Some Eco Shops will be opening today and/or tomorrow, while others return next week. Find out when your local eco shop returns using the handy list attached.

The Middlesbrough Christmas Bike Build takes place tomorrow! If you've purchased a boxed bike and need help assembling it, then the team at the Middlesbrough Walking and Cycling Hub will be there to put it together for you!

...And over at Easterside, there'll be Christmas cooking with a healthy twist on Monday 16th December from 10am! Call 01642 513150 to book your space, but be quick as spaces are limited!

There's limited spaces left for the Christmas Family Movie Night tomorrow from 3.30pm to 6pm, over at North Ormesby Hub! Call into the Hub on Derwent Street and grab your ticket today: £1.50 per child, with snacks, drinks and a gift included!

A new year approaches: You know what that means! The Big Garden Birdwatch is around the corner! Sign up and, between January 24th-26th, count the birds that land on your patch and submit them to @rspb.bsky.social so they can see how garden birds are faring! www.rspb.org.uk/whats-happen...

🎵To the grocery, the grocery, it's quiz time at the grocery 🎵 Community Grocery Middlesbrough is hosting a Christmas Quiz next Saturday, 21st September, at 7pm in the St. Barnabas Church Hall. Food and tea/coffee included in the price, but you can bring your own drinks too!

🎵To the grocery, the grocery, everybody shops at the grocery 🎵 Community Grocery Middlesbrough's hamper giveaway is on til Friday: Pop into the grocery and shop with them to be entered into the prize draw! Find out more via their post below! www.facebook.com/CommunityGro...

Check out this bike building session at the Middlesbrough Walking and Cycling Hub on Grange Road in Middlesbrough! Taking place this Friday, 13th December between the Road Safety Team at Middlesbrough Council, Cleveland Fire Brigade UK and ourselves!

It's Tuesday: You know what that means!The Eco Shop at Corpus Christi Primary School Middlesbrough has returned for another week! It's in the Sports Building at the School, and there'll be drinks, refreshments and a Christmas Raffle alongside the usual Eco Shop filled with a variety of goods!

Still awaiting confirmation of which species we'll receive for Week 2: Meanwhile, we still have a few FREE hazel whips left! First come, first serve from our offices here on Sandy Flatts Lane in Acklam, from 9am to 5pm weekdays. Come on down: One per household, no prebooking required!

We're getting to that time of year again, and that means many of the Eco Shops around the area are posting their expected festive opening times. We've got a redux of a list posted earlier right here, with some amended times!

There's still a few spaces left for the North Ormesby Hub Christmas Family Movie Night! Just £1.50 per child, this Friday from 3.30pm! Booking is required, and there's drinks, snacks and a gift included! Call into the Hub on Derwent Street to book your spot!

Good morning and welcome to another week, folks: We're inching closer to Christmas every passing day! Gary here was on more adventures on Friday, cooking up a storm at Corpus Christi Primary School Middlesbrough including these lovely pastries!

Just 15 spaces remaining for the North Ormesby Hub Christmas Family Movie Night on Friday 13th September from 3.30pm! £1.50 per child, with drinks, snacks and a gift included. Ages 3+: Book by visiting the Hub on Derwent Street, TS3 6JB.

As we get closer to Christmas, it's also a time when many begin to slowly start winding down for year's end. Eco Shops may close their doors over the festive period: You can find a comprehensive list of expected eco shop closures for Christmas, and their reopening times, in the attached image.

The In Out of the Cold initiative is still looking for donations before it takes place at Middlesbrough Town Hall on Monday 16th December: Wanted donations include winter coats, clothing, toiletries and more. Find out more at middlesbrough.gov.uk/housing/home...!

Gary's a bit busy today: Having earned his stripes on Bikeability, Gary is now working with Climate Action Middlesbrough to write carbon reports and environmental action plans, as well as completing audits for organisations who are looking for support on their journey towards Net Zero.

Gary was out at St Therese of Lisieux Catholic Primary again today, assisting with teaching Bikeability to some amazing pupils who earned their certificates with flying colours, helping them to cycle safely and rule the roads with confidence and care!

Some fantastic photos from today's cooking session with our usual guests of local volunteers who work alongside us on Communities Growing Together! We cooked up a Butternut Squash soup for them today, alongside some Mincemeat Biscuits and some mulled apple punch...

Today's the day when we'll be at the Community Living Room in Hemlington, at the Tees Valley Together CIO Eco Shop to provide affordable warmth help and advice for those who need it the most! We'll be there from 11am through to 2.30pm.

Fresh off earning his Level 2 Bikeability Badge, Gary joined our Active Travel team today as they delivered bikeability lessons in Ingleby Barwick to St Therese of Lisieux Catholic Primary!

There's a dance class for everybody thanks to those fine folks at TeesDance! From Afro-Beats to Family Dancing, there's plenty of dancing lessons, funded by MFC Foundation and You've Got This, to go around in the local area! More info via the post below! www.facebook.com/teesdance/po...

Gary, the Sustainability Gonk, sees all. He knows all. He knows if you haven't been sustainable in your food and gift choices, and he judges... ..We think because we can't see his facial expressions beneath the hat and beard. He might be grinning for all we know.

Gary's going on tour! Gary the Gonk, who has recently earned his Level 2 Bikeability badge, will be off on various escapades throughout December, and hopefully we'll be getting some photos of him out and about, accompanying the team as we look to finish off 2024 on the right foot!

A reminder that the Trees on Tees Residents Giveaway kicks off TODAY, and we're giving away Hazel trees! 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, here at our offices on Sandy Flatts Lane in Acklam. One per household: Must collect from our offices as we can't deliver them!

Air Fryer Christmas Treats is the name of the game this Wednesday, 4th December, at St. Barnabas Church Hall from 1.30 to 3pm! Samia will be cooking up quick and easy treats, both sweet and savoury, to tantalise your tastebuds!

Good morning and welcome to another week, and the final month of 2024 is upon us. As we make headways to the end of the year, we're still busy supporting our local community : For the people of Hemlington, we'll be at the Community Living Room on Wednesday from 11am to 2.30pm.

Our next Affordable Warmth Drop-In Session is confirmed for Wednesday 4th December, taking place from 11am to 2.30pm at the Community Living Room in the Viewley Centre in Hemlington, alongside Tees Valley Together CIO.

Spaces are going quickly for the Christmas Family Movie Night at North Ormesby Hub. Drinks, snacks and a gift are included, for just £1.50 per child for a ticket! With only around 40% of tickets remaining, call into the Hub office, or the Library itself, on Derwent Street to secure yours today!

As part of the Tees Valley Combined Authority Trees on Tees initiative, we've registered to provide trees for residents to collect. Residents can sign up their details at teesvalley-ca.gov.uk/treesontees/ to receive your free tree, with a variety of trees potentially available.

Just a reminder that the warm space at The Community Hub at Easterside is open today, as it is every term-time Thursday, from 10.30am to 12.30pm. Open to all, to get out of the fairly bitter cold we're experiencing today! Activities, refreshments and more available!

A reminder of the Grocery Cafe that takes place tomorrow morning, as it does every Thursday morning, at St. Barnabas Church in Middlesbrough: 10am to 12pm, providing an open, friendly and warm space away from the cold, as well as affordable refreshments.

A reminder that, next Monday, Samia will be at The Community Hub at Easterside to deliver another fantastic cooking session, teaching you how to make quick and healthy pizzas. Call 01642 513150 or pop into the hub in Easterside to book your place.

Community Grocery Middlesbrough is offering free memberships through to the end of November: Operating behind St. Barnabas Church, the Community Grocery is a fantastic means of getting household brands of toiletries, groceries and more for a low cost. www.facebook.com/CommunityGro...

Middlesbrough Council's 'In Out Of The Cold' initiative returns this year, offering donations of items such as warm clothing and toiletries to those desperately in need. Drop off points include the community hubs at Acklam, North Ormesby and Newport, alongside various other locations. [1/2]

Don't forget that every Tuesday, Kids Kabin takes place at The Community Hub at North Ormesby from 3.30pm to 4.30pm. Free activities to broaden the minds of 7-13 year olds and get them involved in creative, practical activities! Contact Sue at 07581891581 for more information!

Communities Growing Together, in partnership with Climate Action Middlesbrough and Groundwork North East, are organising an event for Tree Planting Week. Come along and help plant a fruit tree in the Edible Garden orchard at Berwick Hills or do a bit of pruning.