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Free Hartlepool wellbeing day brings music, activities and local support under one roof
Hartlepool’s World Mental Health Day gathering will combine free activities, practical support and community awards at the Centre for Independent Living.
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Free six-week dance fitness programme launches in Redcar
Vibe Dance Fitness is bringing six free Friday sessions to Newcomen Methodist Church Community Hall in Redcar, with beginners and adults returning to exercise especially welcome.
Hartlepool veterans hub keeps a free weekly place open for ex-service families
A free veterans hub at Victoria Park is giving former service personnel and their families a regular place to meet, get practical support and stay connected.
Yarm day party turns 70s, 80s and 90s hits into fundraiser for local wellness centre
A four-hour daytime party at The Keys in Yarm will raise money for Yarm Wellness Centre, with DJ Nige playing music from the 1970s, 80s and 90s.
£5 Afrobeats class brings welcoming Wednesday-night dancing to Stockton
Dance Beats returns to ARC Stockton on Wednesday evenings, offering an adults-only Afrobeats dance class focused on fun, confidence and accessible movement rather than perfect steps.
Thursday Tai Chi sessions return to ARC Stockton this September
ARC Stockton’s weekly Tai Chi sessions return on Thursday evenings in September, offering an established, welcoming class for adults who already know the basics.
Stockton’s £5 dance class puts beginners, access and community before perfection
ARC’s weekly Move It and Shake It sessions return in September with gentle, adaptable dance-based exercise for adults of all fitness levels.
Age UK Teesside lines up three September social sessions for older people in Middlesbrough
Community socials, a wellbeing drop-in and a sing-along are all on the September calendar through Age UK Teesside’s Phoenix Project and WISE programme.
The quiet return on kindness: why helping other people can help us too
Across Teesside, thousands of hours are given freely to community projects every year. Research suggests those acts of help may benefit the people giving them too, although the science is more nuanced than the slogans.
Why Teesside keeps singing together
From Middlesbrough Town Hall to Stockton Globe, community singing is thriving across Teesside. A growing body of research suggests the appeal may be about much more than music.
What Teesside's parks, beaches and river might be doing for our heads
A walk through Albert Park, along Redcar seafront or beside the Tees can feel restorative. Research into green and blue spaces suggests there may be something real behind that feeling.
The underrated joy of making things: why Teesside's craft tables and Fab Labs matter
From a free craft group in Redcar to 3D printers and sewing machines in Hartlepool, Teesside has places where people can make things together. Emerging research suggests that creative activity may support wellbeing too.
There is more good happening on Teesside than you think. And noticing it matters.
Bad news is very good at getting our attention. But research suggests the stories and information we repeatedly consume can affect how we feel, and Teesside has far more good happening than the headlines sometimes suggest.
Hartlepool's Highlight hub celebrates official opening after 82,000 visits
Hartlepool’s waterfront Highlight hub passed 82,000 visits soon after opening, combining pools, a 100-station gym, family facilities and NHS clinic rooms.