Seated cricket sessions are hitting the spot in our community hubs!

by Alison Sharples | Aug 9, 2023 | Blog

We have teamed up with Worcestershire Cricket to offer free seated cricket at three of our community hubs across the city. The seated cricket sessions; designed to improve participants’ physical health, hand-eye coordination, dexterity, and body strength; are perfect...

Three women’s projects are taking huge strides together in the city.

by Alison Sharples | Jul 24, 2023 | Blog, JOY

For the last 11 weeks this group of women have been running together weekly, to get moving for 30 minutes and improve their wellbeing. The women are all part of our JOY Project at Worcester Community Trust and have been following the ‘Run30’ running programme devised...

Snack & Chat is a ‘lifeline‘ for elderly women isolated following lockdown

by Alison Sharples | Jul 5, 2023 | Blog, WCT Stories

Told by Sharon, Snack & Chat Project Manager at Worcester Community Trust. The name of the person in this story has been changed to protect our client’s identity. Lily’s daughter contacted me on behalf of her mother. She was trying to find somewhere...

New job clubs open to support people into employment or training whilst improving their wellbeing.

by Alison Sharples | Jun 26, 2023 | Blog

Our brand-new wellbeing job club and support service is now open in Worcester to support people who are looking to work towards gaining employment or training. The service, managed and run by Worcester Community Trust, is offering free weekly wellbeing job clubs...

Warm hubs become welcome spaces for the summer months at our community hubs across Worcester.

by Alison Sharples | Jun 26, 2023 | Blog

With the winter now thankfully a distant memory, we have been reflecting on the usage of our community hubs as warm spaces during the colder months. The warm hubs ran from five of our hubs – Ronkswood Hub on Canterbury Road, Warndon Hub on Shap Drive, Tolly Hub on...