Alive Activities
@aliveactivities.bsky.social
Alive is an award-winning UK charity enriching the lives of older people and their carers in Bristol, North Somerset, South Glos., and across the UK.
🔗: aliveactivities.org
📧: info@aliveactivities.org
🔗: aliveactivities.org
📧: info@aliveactivities.org
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🌟 #ImprovingConnectionsFund spotlight 🌟
Alive Activities's Share and Repair Café created intergenerational spaces where older people could share skills, knowledge and lived experience, from crafts and cooking to tai chi, meditation and home maintenance.
Alive Activities's Share and Repair Café created intergenerational spaces where older people could share skills, knowledge and lived experience, from crafts and cooking to tai chi, meditation and home maintenance.
January 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
🌟 #ImprovingConnectionsFund spotlight 🌟
Alive Activities's Share and Repair Café created intergenerational spaces where older people could share skills, knowledge and lived experience, from crafts and cooking to tai chi, meditation and home maintenance.
Alive Activities's Share and Repair Café created intergenerational spaces where older people could share skills, knowledge and lived experience, from crafts and cooking to tai chi, meditation and home maintenance.
Behind the scenes of our filming with This Morning!📸💖
We're so proud of our very own TV stars Isobel and Nicola for helping to share the magic of our Lullaby Circle sessions live from Glebe House Care Home yesterday.
Watch the feature here: www.itv.com/.../josie-me...
We're so proud of our very own TV stars Isobel and Nicola for helping to share the magic of our Lullaby Circle sessions live from Glebe House Care Home yesterday.
Watch the feature here: www.itv.com/.../josie-me...
January 20, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Behind the scenes of our filming with This Morning!📸💖
We're so proud of our very own TV stars Isobel and Nicola for helping to share the magic of our Lullaby Circle sessions live from Glebe House Care Home yesterday.
Watch the feature here: www.itv.com/.../josie-me...
We're so proud of our very own TV stars Isobel and Nicola for helping to share the magic of our Lullaby Circle sessions live from Glebe House Care Home yesterday.
Watch the feature here: www.itv.com/.../josie-me...
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We’re thrilled to announce we have awarded seven incredible organisations Core Funding to support their vital work.
First up, we’re shining the spotlight on @aliveactivities.bsky.social. ⭐
Stay tuned over the next few days as we reveal the rest of the inspiring recipients!
First up, we’re shining the spotlight on @aliveactivities.bsky.social. ⭐
Stay tuned over the next few days as we reveal the rest of the inspiring recipients!
November 17, 2025 at 11:00 AM
We’re thrilled to announce we have awarded seven incredible organisations Core Funding to support their vital work.
First up, we’re shining the spotlight on @aliveactivities.bsky.social. ⭐
Stay tuned over the next few days as we reveal the rest of the inspiring recipients!
First up, we’re shining the spotlight on @aliveactivities.bsky.social. ⭐
Stay tuned over the next few days as we reveal the rest of the inspiring recipients!
We have big news! For one week only, all donations towards our community gardening groups are DOUBLED. With one donation, you can make twice the impact. 🙏
Thanks to the folks at @biggive.bsky.social, donations we receive until 9 Dec are being matched £1 for £1.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Thanks to the folks at @biggive.bsky.social, donations we receive until 9 Dec are being matched £1 for £1.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 3, 2025 at 11:05 AM
We have big news! For one week only, all donations towards our community gardening groups are DOUBLED. With one donation, you can make twice the impact. 🙏
Thanks to the folks at @biggive.bsky.social, donations we receive until 9 Dec are being matched £1 for £1.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Thanks to the folks at @biggive.bsky.social, donations we receive until 9 Dec are being matched £1 for £1.
donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
We're thrilled to bring back our popular Autumn & Winter themed activity sessions for another festive season! 🍂❄️
Book now to try our new Drumming Circle and Tai Chi sessions, or revisit a familiar favourite.
Email info@aliveactivities.org to book now and find out more or call 07861 385 543.
Book now to try our new Drumming Circle and Tai Chi sessions, or revisit a familiar favourite.
Email info@aliveactivities.org to book now and find out more or call 07861 385 543.
October 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We're thrilled to bring back our popular Autumn & Winter themed activity sessions for another festive season! 🍂❄️
Book now to try our new Drumming Circle and Tai Chi sessions, or revisit a familiar favourite.
Email info@aliveactivities.org to book now and find out more or call 07861 385 543.
Book now to try our new Drumming Circle and Tai Chi sessions, or revisit a familiar favourite.
Email info@aliveactivities.org to book now and find out more or call 07861 385 543.
Join us! For South Gloucestershire residents aged 55+ who may be experiencing memory difficulties, awaiting or adjusting to a dementia diagnosis, and their care partners.
Contact us to find out more and express your interest: 07861 385 543 or julie@aliveactivities.org
Contact us to find out more and express your interest: 07861 385 543 or julie@aliveactivities.org
October 22, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Join us! For South Gloucestershire residents aged 55+ who may be experiencing memory difficulties, awaiting or adjusting to a dementia diagnosis, and their care partners.
Contact us to find out more and express your interest: 07861 385 543 or julie@aliveactivities.org
Contact us to find out more and express your interest: 07861 385 543 or julie@aliveactivities.org
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🍺Unveiling our resident-brewed centenary beer, Hundred Not Out! 🍺
In collaboration with @aliveactivities.bsky.social and Wiper and True, this beer marks 100 years of St Monica Trust and was brewed from hops grown and harvested by our residents.
👇 Read more: www.stmonicatrust.org.uk/our-expertis...
In collaboration with @aliveactivities.bsky.social and Wiper and True, this beer marks 100 years of St Monica Trust and was brewed from hops grown and harvested by our residents.
👇 Read more: www.stmonicatrust.org.uk/our-expertis...
Probably the best resident-brewed beer in the world - St Monica Trust
St Monica Trust residents are raising a glass to the successful launch of their own beer.
www.stmonicatrust.org.uk
October 20, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🍺Unveiling our resident-brewed centenary beer, Hundred Not Out! 🍺
In collaboration with @aliveactivities.bsky.social and Wiper and True, this beer marks 100 years of St Monica Trust and was brewed from hops grown and harvested by our residents.
👇 Read more: www.stmonicatrust.org.uk/our-expertis...
In collaboration with @aliveactivities.bsky.social and Wiper and True, this beer marks 100 years of St Monica Trust and was brewed from hops grown and harvested by our residents.
👇 Read more: www.stmonicatrust.org.uk/our-expertis...
NEW DATE! Our free decoupage workshop with Helen will now be Friday 31st October. Can you make it? 🖌
Learn the art of decoupage and join us for lunch too as part of our series of Share & Repair free community workshops.
Email natalie@aliveactivities.org to book your place.
Learn the art of decoupage and join us for lunch too as part of our series of Share & Repair free community workshops.
Email natalie@aliveactivities.org to book your place.
October 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
NEW DATE! Our free decoupage workshop with Helen will now be Friday 31st October. Can you make it? 🖌
Learn the art of decoupage and join us for lunch too as part of our series of Share & Repair free community workshops.
Email natalie@aliveactivities.org to book your place.
Learn the art of decoupage and join us for lunch too as part of our series of Share & Repair free community workshops.
Email natalie@aliveactivities.org to book your place.
Unleash your imagination and explore creative storytelling and playfulness at our new FREE intergenerational storytelling workshops alongside a professional storyteller. 📚✨
Email mel@aliveactivities.org for more information and to book a place.
Email mel@aliveactivities.org for more information and to book a place.
September 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Unleash your imagination and explore creative storytelling and playfulness at our new FREE intergenerational storytelling workshops alongside a professional storyteller. 📚✨
Email mel@aliveactivities.org for more information and to book a place.
Email mel@aliveactivities.org for more information and to book a place.
Unleash your creativity at our FREE over 50s intergenerational art sessions this Autumn! 🎨
Please email mel@aliveactivities.org to book a space or for more information.
Please email mel@aliveactivities.org to book a space or for more information.
August 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Unleash your creativity at our FREE over 50s intergenerational art sessions this Autumn! 🎨
Please email mel@aliveactivities.org to book a space or for more information.
Please email mel@aliveactivities.org to book a space or for more information.
Georgie has volunteered with us over the past year at our therapeutic gardening sessions at Lawrence Hill Health Centre. She is now headed off to do some travelling and we would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ for everything she’s done!
aliveactivities.org/get-involved...
aliveactivities.org/get-involved...
August 11, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Georgie has volunteered with us over the past year at our therapeutic gardening sessions at Lawrence Hill Health Centre. She is now headed off to do some travelling and we would like to say a huge ‘thank you’ for everything she’s done!
aliveactivities.org/get-involved...
aliveactivities.org/get-involved...
It's incredibly tough right now for charities like ours. Receiving no government or public funding, we rely on donations to keep our vital services alive.
Light up later life with us by donating today or sharing our appeal: aliveactivities.org/get-involved...
Light up later life with us by donating today or sharing our appeal: aliveactivities.org/get-involved...
July 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
It's incredibly tough right now for charities like ours. Receiving no government or public funding, we rely on donations to keep our vital services alive.
Light up later life with us by donating today or sharing our appeal: aliveactivities.org/get-involved...
Light up later life with us by donating today or sharing our appeal: aliveactivities.org/get-involved...
We have received an Award of Excellence as Number One Charity of the Year for Older People at the 2025 E2 Media Awards! 🏆
Coinciding with the anniversary of our founder, Tim Lloyd-Yeates, who passed away ten years ago, we opened the trophy on his memorial bench at our dementia-friendly allotment.
Coinciding with the anniversary of our founder, Tim Lloyd-Yeates, who passed away ten years ago, we opened the trophy on his memorial bench at our dementia-friendly allotment.
July 15, 2025 at 11:31 AM
We have received an Award of Excellence as Number One Charity of the Year for Older People at the 2025 E2 Media Awards! 🏆
Coinciding with the anniversary of our founder, Tim Lloyd-Yeates, who passed away ten years ago, we opened the trophy on his memorial bench at our dementia-friendly allotment.
Coinciding with the anniversary of our founder, Tim Lloyd-Yeates, who passed away ten years ago, we opened the trophy on his memorial bench at our dementia-friendly allotment.
Some of the kind messages sent from older to younger LGBTQ+ people from our intergenerational letter exchange project! ❤🌈
Our Letters To My Younger Self project fosters magical intergenerational connection through writing letters, sharing poems, making drawings and even creating music playlists.
Our Letters To My Younger Self project fosters magical intergenerational connection through writing letters, sharing poems, making drawings and even creating music playlists.
June 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Some of the kind messages sent from older to younger LGBTQ+ people from our intergenerational letter exchange project! ❤🌈
Our Letters To My Younger Self project fosters magical intergenerational connection through writing letters, sharing poems, making drawings and even creating music playlists.
Our Letters To My Younger Self project fosters magical intergenerational connection through writing letters, sharing poems, making drawings and even creating music playlists.
The fantastic folks at Womble Bond Dickinson are cycling 77 miles as part of Bike Bath on the 15th June to raise money for Alive.
Please sponsor them if you can here: www.justgiving.com/page/wbd-sum...
Wishing our cyclists the very best of luck - thank you so much!
Please sponsor them if you can here: www.justgiving.com/page/wbd-sum...
Wishing our cyclists the very best of luck - thank you so much!
WBD's fundraiser for Alive
Help Scarlett Hanks raise money to support Alive
www.justgiving.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The fantastic folks at Womble Bond Dickinson are cycling 77 miles as part of Bike Bath on the 15th June to raise money for Alive.
Please sponsor them if you can here: www.justgiving.com/page/wbd-sum...
Wishing our cyclists the very best of luck - thank you so much!
Please sponsor them if you can here: www.justgiving.com/page/wbd-sum...
Wishing our cyclists the very best of luck - thank you so much!
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On the first day of Dementia Action Week, we held our annual Cuppa for a Cure at the Alive Allotments to raise money for vital dementia research ☕🪴
Our hot drink & cake sale, alongside Alive's plant sale, raised £100 to help fund vital dementia research! 🍰
#Cuppa4aCure buff.ly/X8XDfv3
Our hot drink & cake sale, alongside Alive's plant sale, raised £100 to help fund vital dementia research! 🍰
#Cuppa4aCure buff.ly/X8XDfv3
May 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
On the first day of Dementia Action Week, we held our annual Cuppa for a Cure at the Alive Allotments to raise money for vital dementia research ☕🪴
Our hot drink & cake sale, alongside Alive's plant sale, raised £100 to help fund vital dementia research! 🍰
#Cuppa4aCure buff.ly/X8XDfv3
Our hot drink & cake sale, alongside Alive's plant sale, raised £100 to help fund vital dementia research! 🍰
#Cuppa4aCure buff.ly/X8XDfv3
We’re thrilled to announce the return of our Toddlers That Came To Tea intergenerational tea parties at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.
There are still spaces left for the party in June, so email mel@aliveactivities.org for more information and to book your FREE space.
There are still spaces left for the party in June, so email mel@aliveactivities.org for more information and to book your FREE space.
May 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We’re thrilled to announce the return of our Toddlers That Came To Tea intergenerational tea parties at the Bristol Royal Infirmary.
There are still spaces left for the party in June, so email mel@aliveactivities.org for more information and to book your FREE space.
There are still spaces left for the party in June, so email mel@aliveactivities.org for more information and to book your FREE space.
A fantastic morning at in Chepstow last week, distributing 50 free Athens and Budapest Tabletop Travels boxes. We had a jolly time and it was so great to be part of such a busy and well attended coffee morning.
Discover more about the sensory travel boxes here: www.tabletoptravels.co.uk
Discover more about the sensory travel boxes here: www.tabletoptravels.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 8:37 AM
A fantastic morning at in Chepstow last week, distributing 50 free Athens and Budapest Tabletop Travels boxes. We had a jolly time and it was so great to be part of such a busy and well attended coffee morning.
Discover more about the sensory travel boxes here: www.tabletoptravels.co.uk
Discover more about the sensory travel boxes here: www.tabletoptravels.co.uk
"We need to talk about dementia more." In light of #DementiaActionWeek, our CEO Isobel Jones shared a story about her recent opportunity to raise dementia awareness outside of work: at her local rowing club.
Have a read here: aliveactivities.org/we-need-to-t...
Have a read here: aliveactivities.org/we-need-to-t...
May 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
"We need to talk about dementia more." In light of #DementiaActionWeek, our CEO Isobel Jones shared a story about her recent opportunity to raise dementia awareness outside of work: at her local rowing club.
Have a read here: aliveactivities.org/we-need-to-t...
Have a read here: aliveactivities.org/we-need-to-t...
Our second Let's Talk Dementia event with Bristol Dementia Action Alliance and @alzheimersbrace.bsky.social was a brilliant opportunity to highlight dementia and to show the support, advice and care that is available to those affected by it.
Read more: aliveactivities.org/lets-talk-de...
Read more: aliveactivities.org/lets-talk-de...
May 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Our second Let's Talk Dementia event with Bristol Dementia Action Alliance and @alzheimersbrace.bsky.social was a brilliant opportunity to highlight dementia and to show the support, advice and care that is available to those affected by it.
Read more: aliveactivities.org/lets-talk-de...
Read more: aliveactivities.org/lets-talk-de...
Community Call Out! We’re looking for donations of baby blankets, baby mats and bunting to support our wonderful Lullaby Circle project: bringing together babies and care home residents for sessions of singing and cuddles.
Find out more here: aliveactivities.org/lullaby-circ...
Find out more here: aliveactivities.org/lullaby-circ...
April 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Community Call Out! We’re looking for donations of baby blankets, baby mats and bunting to support our wonderful Lullaby Circle project: bringing together babies and care home residents for sessions of singing and cuddles.
Find out more here: aliveactivities.org/lullaby-circ...
Find out more here: aliveactivities.org/lullaby-circ...
Talking on air about the benefits of technology and dementia, it was great to hear our CEO Isobel Jones on Radio Bristol last week.
Listen to the full feature here: aliveactivities.org/tech-dementi...
Listen to the full feature here: aliveactivities.org/tech-dementi...
Tech & Dementia: BBC Radio Bristol – Alive Activities
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April 1, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Talking on air about the benefits of technology and dementia, it was great to hear our CEO Isobel Jones on Radio Bristol last week.
Listen to the full feature here: aliveactivities.org/tech-dementi...
Listen to the full feature here: aliveactivities.org/tech-dementi...
Did you catch us on The One Show?
Our Hoppiness Project with @hellobrigstow.bsky.social hit the small screen this week.
Be sure to watch it on iPlayer here: aliveactivities.org/hoppiness-th...
Our Hoppiness Project with @hellobrigstow.bsky.social hit the small screen this week.
Be sure to watch it on iPlayer here: aliveactivities.org/hoppiness-th...
March 27, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Did you catch us on The One Show?
Our Hoppiness Project with @hellobrigstow.bsky.social hit the small screen this week.
Be sure to watch it on iPlayer here: aliveactivities.org/hoppiness-th...
Our Hoppiness Project with @hellobrigstow.bsky.social hit the small screen this week.
Be sure to watch it on iPlayer here: aliveactivities.org/hoppiness-th...
This week marks one year of our film with England football players, raising awareness of dementia.
Partnering with @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social and Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service, we invited players to try on the Empathy Suit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l0L...
Partnering with @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social and Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service, we invited players to try on the Empathy Suit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l0L...
England football team experience what it’s like living with dementia
YouTube video by Alzheimer's Society
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March 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
This week marks one year of our film with England football players, raising awareness of dementia.
Partnering with @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social and Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service, we invited players to try on the Empathy Suit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l0L...
Partnering with @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social and Bristol Dementia Wellbeing Service, we invited players to try on the Empathy Suit.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l0L...