Community Connectors
Building on the Connectedness Programme that trained people as Community Connectors to tackle loneliness and isolation across city, we have developed the programme a step further enabling organisations, businesses and services to become a Community Connector Organisation.
You can find out about our full programme and how you can get involved below.
Who are our Community Connectors?
Community Connectors are people who use a peer support model to link others in their local community with activities and services that can help improve their quality of life. Through local knowledge and awareness, this sharing of information can support organisations directly in connecting people with their communities.
Who are our Community Connector Organisations?
Community Connector Organisations are provided with support, information and resources by our Peer Community Coordinators. This will support work across the City of Sunderland to increase knowledge and awareness of community services and activities that support the mental health of the people of Sunderland. We will provide you with 8 steps to becoming a Community Connector Organisation, find out about them below.
The 8 steps of a Community Connector:
Online Network
Peer Community Coordinators
Wellbeinginfo
Ray's Corners
Community Connectors Workshop
Wellbeing Plus Newsletter
Networking Opportunities
Further Training
Community Connector's Online Network
Our Online Network provides you with a place to connect with other local organisations, share your knowledge with them and ask questions as you have them to reach across the knowledge base available through the programme. Whether you’re looking to; start a new partnership, work on a join funding bid, find a particular organisation, or start a collaboration on a piece of work or event, this is your place to connect!
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Whether you’re looking for a corner in a supermarket, factory, office, hairdressers or anything in between, we want to hear from you.
Send us an email using the form and a member of our team will get back to you as soon as possible with more information to discuss setting up your corner.
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Hi everyone! l would like to introduce myself, my name is Sue and I’m your Peer Community Coordinator. Looking forward to hearing from you.
Hi everyone! Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year.
Washington Mind will be soon releasing some dates for fully funded training. We have some Grief/TSWT available, please use link to book you place – https://washingtonmind.org.uk/events/the-stories-we-tell-and-are-told-grief-training/
Look forward to seeing you all!
Hi everyone! Washington Mind are offering ALWL/Suicide prevention training. Following training is only for those working or volunteering in any Warm Space providers across the City of Sunderland. Please use link below to book your place.
https://washingtonmind.org.uk/events/a-life-worth-living-course-face2face-washington-mind/
Hi guys, let me introduce myself… I’m Lee Milburn, one of the Peer Support Community Connector’s with Washington Mind.
Over the past couple of months we’ve been out in the community, delivering Ray’s Corner’s and trying to get all of you warm hearted warm space beautiful people to sign up to the Connectedness program & claim their space on this fab website to showcase all the wonderful work you do! So come on guys, over with over 170,000 visitors last year, what better place to showcase everything you do!!
Have a great weekend all… see you on the other side!!
Hello there!
Hope you all had a great bank holiday weekend. Washington Mind have lots of new groups starting in the Life House, Walk fit, Megs Moves, Trimmed Toned & Toddles and Womans Space. Would be lovely to see some new faces. Call 0191 4178043 for more info.
Have a great week everyone.
Hello Everyone! As some of you may know, it is Mental Health Awareness Week 2023, next week from the 15th to the 21st of May! There are lots of events going on in the local community to spread awareness of this years theme, Anxiety! Take a look whats on in your local area here… https://wellbeinginfo.org/events/
Hi everyone! Welcome to our online networking space where you can connect with other local organisations. Whether you’re looking to:
– Start a new partnerships
– Work on a joint bid
– Find a particular organisation who can provide additional support to your clients
– Or start a collaboration on a piece of work or event
This is your place to connect!
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