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Imagine living alone and finding that you can’t leave the house at all, even to go shopping. This is the situation that faced one local resident, Mrs G.
Mrs G. had terminal cancer and osteoarthritis. She had been getting progressively weaker and able to do less. Having been ill for over ten years, she felt that she had had enough of hospitals. “My dearest wish,” Mrs G. said, “Is to stay in the peace of my own home.”
For many people getting older or developing health problems can make life a struggle. The Feelgood Factory works to help local people fix local problems. We work with the experts – local communities – to decide what is wrong and what can be done.
Our volunteers have developed practical services such as a shopping service which helped Mrs G. Each week volunteers deliver shopping to older and vulnerable people, check they are all right and have a chat.
It’s far more than a delivery service – for many it is a life line.
Over the years we have helped thousands of people to improve their health and quality of life. It’s not rocket science. The answers are in the heads and hands of normal people like you and me.
But the odds are stacked against the most vulnerable in our community and those odds are getting longer. As services and suport are cut, the problems become bigger . We need funds to help these people.
Will you help your neighbours? Will you champion your community? Can you give as little as £3 a month to enable local people find local solutions?
Friends of the Feelgood is a new initiative to recruit people who will support the Feelgood Factory on a regular basis.
ABOUT FRIENDS OF THE FEELGOOD
The Feelgood Factory is a local charity and we exist only to meet the needs of local people but we can’t do this without the support of people like you.
Friends of the Feelgood are people who want to support their community by supporting the Feelgood Factory on a regular basis.
For more details download the leaflet.
The following activities are planned for the next few months in response to the problems left over from the lockdown and the continuing Coronavirus threat. The website and social media will be updated when more details become available. Alternatively, if you are interested in anything in particular, you can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or phone 291 8010 and asked to be put on a waiting list. You will then be notified personally when we know more.
Want to get healthy to resist infection?
Phil and Malcolm will be running sessions on healthy eating to help local people improve their lifestyle. This is the most sure fire way of coping with epidemics and staying fit and it is in your hands. For those who would like to do some exercise but are not up to physical jerks, we are also restarting Chair Exercises.
Want to leave your house but feeling nervous?
For those who are finding it a bit difficult to get out of the house, we are going to be offering help in the form of a volunteer who will come to your house and take you out together with one other person in a similar situation. You may just go for a short walk or to somewhere for a cup of tea or coffee. The idea is to form friendship bubbles that will be safe but give you some company.
Worried that your child may struggle when back at school?
We are hoping to be able to run an after-school club where children can get some help with homework as well as have a fun time.
Feeling left behind when everyone else seems to have been using the Internet to keep in touch?
The Zoom Room is planned to start in Setember. These will be hands-on workshops to help anyone get to grips with mysteries such as Facebook, Skype and Zoom. If you are not online already, we will help you sort that out too.
PANDAS Sefton and Feelgood Factory have joined forces, to support new parents (antenatal and postnatal) in the local area who may be struggling with their mental health, feeling lonely or just need a little extra reassurance.
What is a PANDAS Peer Support Group?
Our peer support group is an open safe space for parents to come along for a brew and a natter.
You don’t have to have a diagnosis of a mental illness; our group is open to all parents who feel they are lonely, isolated and feeling a little low, to those who do a formal diagnosis too.
Here you are able to talk about the realities of being a parent, those anxieties that keep you awake at night, to those pj days when everything is too much & those thoughts that harass you when your already down; but here it is with no judgement, everyone here knowing those days well and saying me too.
Can I bring my children?
Yes, please do bring your children/babies along with you. You can utilise the toys, baby seats and play mats while you chat.
Do I have to pay to come along?
The group is free for all.
Who is the Group Leader?
Hello.
My Name is Dani. I am a mum of three and have lived experience of postnatal depression and anxiety. I struggled with my first two children and decided when I was well that I would offer the safe space for parents to be real. I really struggled with stay and play groups, because all the parents seemed to have it together when I clearly didn’t, so here we talk about anything - there is nothing off topic.
If you would like to know more please do email me on:
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Drop In group being held weekly on:
Monday’s 10 am-12 noon at the Feelgood Factory.
Introduction
In August 1914 life in Netherton had changed very little for more than a century. It was as it had always been, a tiny Lancashire farming village. 80% of the men worked as farm labourers, with the big farmers pretty much in charge.
By September 1939 change was on the horizon. Netherton was larger and industry in the surrounding areas had opened up more employment opportunities. Still, though the difference was slight. It would take the upheaval of the Second World War really to start the advances that created the Netherton of today.
To mark the 80th anniversary of the start of World War Two we are seeking to gather together memories of Netherton during its last quarter century as a rural community.
Why are we doing this?
Eighty years is a long time. For most people living today, Netherton is an urban area in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton in Merseyside. It is dwarfed by its neighbour, Bootle, and even more by the great city of Liverpool. Driving through Netherton today you see no fields but just houses and shops.
It wasn't always this way, though. A century ago Netherton was a small rural village in Lancashire and life was much different. People living around the Green kept chickens and pigs in their gardens and, with only one small shop in the village, they were pretty much self-sufficient. The memories of these times still exist but time is slipping by and we want to record them and pass them on so that future generations in Netherton are made aware of their heritage. Thanks to funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund we are able to do just that.
Why Netherton?
The reason we are looking at Netherton and not further afield is twofold.
1. We are a Netherton project so we are interested in our own area.
2. Netherton is typical of the rural West Lancashire villages that were, to all intents and purposes, lost forever after 1945, eventually becoming large conurbations in Merseyside. That world has gone and we want to catch the memory of it before, that too, disappears.
What are we hoping to achieve?
During the course of the next year we be will be running a series of workshops to enable local people develop the skills they need to undertake local history research. Full details of these workshops are outlined in the information leaflet about the project.
We will also be running five community events during 2020 to keep community members informed about what we are doing.
In the end we want to bring together a written record of Netherton between 1914 and 1939 and to develop an online repository for memories and photos as a way of preserving our efforts and making them accessible for others. This page is the 
first step towards this goal.
How can I help?
- We are looking for volunteers to help with the practical work including conducting interviews, photography and copying records onto a computer.
- We are also really keen to speak with anyone who has memories or memorabilia concerning Netherton before 1939.
How can I find out more?
Firstly, download the information leaflet and/or come along to one of the sessions or community days. Details of these will be announced on this page and on our main "What's On" page.
You can also sign up for regular email updates by completing the registration form. Unfortunately we cannot send these by post although you will be able to pick up a paper copy by popping into the Feelgood Factory.
Contact Details
To speak with someone about this project please ring Sandra on 291 8030 or email her on This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Up-Coming Events
Saturday 1st February, 11 a.m. until 3 p.m.
Two introduction to local and family history workshops plus free sandwich lunch. The event is free but prior booking is essential.
To book places please either ring the Feelgood Factory on 291 8010 or fill in the online booking form:
https://form.jotform.com/NethertonFeelgood/LocalHistorySaturday.