NT LIFE Recovery College

24/12/2025

Thank you so much to Sam and the team at Dunelm North Shields | Community Support for donating such lovely gifts to NT LIFE this Christmas. ❤️

The sheer kindness of the canny folk of Shields and beyond, buying gifts for total strangers from the Gift Tree, is absolutely heartwarming and we are so grateful to be part of this community ❤️

Thank you and merry Christmas to you all 🎄❤️🎅❤️

21/12/2025

Christmas can be lush for some, but also lonely or sad for others, so while we’re closed, here are some numbers you can call or text if you’re struggling.

Please ask for help, you’re not a burden, you deserve to be helped and these people are professionals who won’t judge you.

Be safe ❤️

20/12/2025

Silent Night, NT LIFE style 😁

Written by the guys during Games Day, it was great to see everyone joining in to sing it (and not caring that they had no time to practice). It just shows what being around like minded people can do for your anxiety levels ❤️

Thanks everyone for being good sports and giving it a go 👏👏

(I have other recordings which will be added when I have time lol 😂)

20/12/2025

On the 12th Day of Christmas, NT LIFE gave to me…. a Christmas Party!! 🥳

Shenanigans…. Just a video of shenanigans…. 🙈😂

Thank you to all the staff, volunteers, participants, referrers and collaborators for making this a fantastic year - we hope we’ve done you all proud 😁

We’re closed now, until the 5th of January, for a well earned break to recharge our very worn out batteries so that we come back on top form for the exciting year ahead in 2026.

Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy new year to you all, love from all at NT LIFE 🎅🎄❤️🥳

20/12/2025

On the 12th Day of Christmas, NT LIFE gave to me…. a Christmas Party!! 🥳

We did it - most of us made it through, limping to the finishing line 🙈🤣

Thank you to Henderson magic for coming along and wowing us with his brilliant wizardry 🪄🧙‍♂️

And thank you to Sambuca Cassia for the amazingly delish pizzas 🍕

We’ve had a fabulous December, making memories, welcoming new participants into the fold and hopefully making you chuckle and feel a bit brighter along the way ❤️

Massive thank you to all the staff, volunteers, participants, referrers and collaborators for making this a fantastic year - we hope we’ve done you all proud 😁

We’re closed now, until the 5th of January, for a well earned break to recharge our very worn out batteries so that we come back on top form for the exciting year ahead in 2026.

Merry Christmas and a healthy, happy new year to you all, love from all at NT LIFE 🎅🎄❤️🥳

17/12/2025

Day 11, the last day before the last day 😁

Hot chocs with squirty cream, marshmallows and a Cadbury Twirl…. This isn’t just any hot chocolate, this is NT LIFE hot chocolate ☕️ 😋

Eeh mind, we’ve laughed today…. Not sure whether everything was funny or if hysteria has set in 🤪

We’ve chatted, laughed, played Christmas bingo (Jackie the ledge’s celebrations were boss!! 🤣), sung our NT LIFE 2025 Christmas song 🎶 (you’ll get to hear it soon….) and played Santa’s sack (you’ll had to be there 🙈)

All in all, we had a fab day and laughed ourselves stupid, but as I always say, laughter is the best medicine 💊 😂

Tomorrow is our last day - are you ready to paaaaarrrrtttyy?! 🥳🎉🙌❤️

16/12/2025

Day whatever of NT LIFE’s 793 Days of Christmas 😮‍💨 and it was Christmas Wrapping Day!! 🎁

Oh. My. Goodness. We have a new ‘bestest crafterer’ at NT LIFE…. me!! It’s me!! Julie!!!! I am absolutely amazing!! Who even knew?! Well not me, that’s for sure coz I’m generally a tad lacking in patience for such shenanigans 🙄🙈

However, today I am a craft master (as can be seen in the video evidence below 👇

That’s a wrap (boom boom 🤭😂) for crafting, as tomorrow is Hot Chocs Day and Thursday is our spectacular Christmas Party Day 🥳🎉

15/12/2025

Honestly, thank you to North Shields 800 for putting this parade on for us on Friday evening!! What a way to welcome us to Howard Street!! 😂

Well…. It might not have actually been for us, but it passed right past our door so we’re claiming it 😁

Fab ending to the year long 800th birthday celebrations of our lush town, well done to everyone involved 👏❤️

15/12/2025

Eeh I’m slacking on my photos of our NT LIFE’s 12 Days of Christmas - it’s hard when we’re not crafting🙈😂

I literally have 1 pic of our Jingle Jangle Let’s Untangle drop in on Thursday AND IT’S OF ME!! 😂 Eeh well it’s the first time I’ve been a winner this year so needed a pic of me with my prize 😁

Today we had Jingle Jammies and Movie Day, where we basically sat in our pj’s all day, watching a Christmas film. We watched ’The Christmas Chronicles’, which was just the right mix of cheese and Christmasness 🧀🎅 Guess who we got pics of today…. me and Jess!! Working super hard!!

It’s a hard job, but someone’s gotta do it 🤷‍♀️

Lush job today everyone for getting into the spirit of it and wearing your pj’s too - you rock 🤘

10/12/2025

There’s still a little bit of time to nominate your favourite charity (us, obvs 😂) Please nominate and share as the more nominations, the greater the chance of us being drawn!! Thanks guys ❤️

Nominate a charity for a Movement for Good award now.