The Thursday Club provides an informal meeting place and outings for isolated people affected by mental health problems. It meets at the Quaker Meeting House, 1 Archbold Terrace, Jesmond on Thursday evenings throughout the year, except for August and two weeks over Christmas, when the Club does not run.

The Thursday Club was established in 1962. It has a membership of approximately 50 people of varying ages.

Activities include:

• social evenings between 7 p.m. and 9 p.m., with tea and coffee
• trips to the cinema and theatre
• day or evening outings to various venues, for example, the Metro Centre, Sunderland Illuminations and seaside resorts
• annual barbecue
• Christmas dinner
• meal evenings
• quizzes, pool, bingo and other games.

The Thursday Club is staffed by a mixture of Quaker volunteers and social workers from Newcastle City Council.

If you would like to join the Thursday Club or know someone who you would like to refer please contact:

Dominic Laval
Social Work Department
St Nicholas Hospital
Jubilee Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE3 3XT

Tel +44 (0)191 223 2709

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CSV Training & Enterprise North East help with the financial administration of The Thursday Club. For further information contact:

Kath Patton
CSV Training & Enterprise North East,
MEA House
Ellison Place,
Newcastle upon Tyne,
NE1 8XS

Tel +44 (0)191 232 6616
Fax +44 (0)191 230 0180
E-mail: kpatton@csv.org.uk
Website: www.newnet.org.uk/csv

CSV is a company limited by guarantee registered in England under no. 1435877 and is a registered charity no. 291222

Our thanks to CSV Virtual Volunteering Project and the virtual volunteer Osama Abulatifa for helping us produce this webpage.