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Newsletter archive

11 January 2019

Find all the past and present newsletters from Second Step.

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Take notice: how to expand your world in 2019

10 January 2019

The importance of taking notice of what is around you

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Seb

There’s no greater feeling – Seb’s volunteer story

9 January 2019

Starting with Second Step was straightforward: I met with one of the Volunteer Coordinators, then completed my training.

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Kindness is the oil that takes the friction out of life

7 January 2019

Aliya Mughal talks about supporting the work of mental health charities and mentoring on the Get Connected programme.

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We’re at #19 in Bristol’s Charity Advent Calendar

20 December 2018

Second Step and specifically its new Hope Project, has been featured in Bristol 247 as part of their run up to Christmas.

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Securing funding for our new North Somerset Wellbeing Service

19 December 2018

Chief Executive, Aileen Edwards, was on BBC Radio Bristol’s Breakfast Show talking tabout securing funding for our new North Somerset Wellbeing Service.

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