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By Active Communities - the Birmingham and Solihull LDP on 28th September 2023

Active Communities Learning Festival

The Active Communities Programme is funded by Sports England in six of the most deprived areas of Birmingham and Solihull. It aims to increase physical activity in those deprived communities that are statistically least likely to be active. Six years

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By Roger Higman on 25th July 2023

Fun in the Sun at the Woolfest

There was fun in the sun at the Woolfest last month as 250 people came together to celebrate of all things woollen in Buckfastleigh, South Devon. Woolfest was co-organised by the Network of Wellbeing, the Share Shed and the Woolly

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By Mirella Ferraz on 21st March 2023

The Power of Community Fridges in Tackling Waste and…

At the Network of Wellbeing, our vision is of people and the planet thriving together. We achieve that by connecting people, supporting projects, and inspiring action. While researching further projects for us to support, our project manager, Mirella Ferraz, looked

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By Mirella Ferraz on 4th July 2022

New Reuse Project for Wellbeing of People and Planet

At the Network of Wellbeing (NOW), we’re proud to have set up the Share Shed – A Library of Things, offering useful items at low cost for people to borrow. As the project developed, we launched a mobile version of

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By Rochelle Buisson on 28th June 2022

Communities Addressing Loneliness and Building Wellbeing

Earlier this month, together with Eden Project Communities, we marked Loneliness Awareness Week and Month of Community by co-hosting ‘Communities Addressing Loneliness and Building Wellbeing’. During this online event we were joined by Kim Leadbeater MP, Linzi Cason from Empowerment

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By Mirella Ferraz on 24th January 2022

UK Sharing Libraries Network: Strengthening a Movement

All over the world, sharing projects are providing people an opportunity to access things, rather than own them. This contributes to a much fairer and sustainable distribution of resources, while avoiding a lot of waste and creating potential for communities

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By Rochelle Buisson on 30th September 2021

World’s First Mobile Library of Things Shares Lessons Learned

Set up by the Network of Wellbeing (NOW) in 2017, the Share Shed – A Library of Things has pioneered a new way of offering useful items for people to borrow at a low cost, via a travelling library of

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By Florence Scialom on 19th August 2021

On the Road to Compassion + Mindfulness: The Heart…

The Heart Movement Bus is a free, accessible and mobile community space creating opportunities for people to experience the benefits of mindfulness and compassion practices. The Bus was launched earlier this year and has spent the summer travelling across the

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By NOW on 8th April 2021

World’s First Mobile Library Of Things is Reopening!

Why buy when you can borrow – it’s better for you and for the planet too. That’s the idea behind our project the Share Shed, reopening soon and celebrating it’s 4th Birthday today! The Share Shed is a mobile library

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By Mirella Ferraz on 25th June 2020

World’s First Mobile Library of Things To Be Launched…

On average, an electric drill is used for up to 13 minutes in its whole lifetime. How many electric drills might your community, or even the street where you live, have? What if rather than owning a drill, we were

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Supporting Greater Wellbeing for All: A City Wide Approach

ShareFest Brings Together People to Share, Repair, Swap and…

Buy Less, Share More: The Share Shed Is Expanding

Active Communities Learning Festival

Fun in the Sun at the Woolfest

The Power of Community Fridges in Tackling Waste and…

New Reuse Project for Wellbeing of People and Planet

Communities Addressing Loneliness and Building Wellbeing

UK Sharing Libraries Network: Strengthening a Movement

World’s First Mobile Library of Things Shares Lessons Learned

On the Road to Compassion + Mindfulness: The Heart…

World’s First Mobile Library Of Things is Reopening!

World’s First Mobile Library of Things To Be Launched…

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