{"id":577,"date":"2022-09-19T16:01:55","date_gmt":"2022-09-19T16:01:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/?page_id=577"},"modified":"2025-03-09T14:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T14:11:19","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"292\" src=\"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/renewpic-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1013\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/renewpic-1.png 756w, https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/renewpic-1-300x116.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to the Renew Wellbeing North weekly blog page to keep you updated with all things Renew across the North of England and sometimes nationally! I am Fiona Firestone, if we haven\u2019t already met, I am the co-ordinator for the North of England and I live in East Lancashire with my husband, Mark and 6 very naughty cats.&nbsp; If we zoom, there is a very good chance you might meet them!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is why I\u2019m passionate about Renew Wellbeing:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renew Wellbeing (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.renewwellbeing.org.uk\">www.renewwellbeing.org.uk<\/a>) helps churches open spaces of welcome and inclusion in partnership with mental health teams to improve mental and emotional wellbeing.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renew spaces are simple cafe style spaces run by local churches where hobbies and activities are shared or co-produced. Each cafe space is attached to a quiet room or prayer space where inner habits of wellbeing are shared. Each church partners with a mental health professional from the local council or other suitable organisation to ensure good inclusive practices for safe spaces where it&#8217;s OK not to be OK can be&nbsp;sustained. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Being prayerful \u2022 Being present \u2022 Being in partnership<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renew Wellbeing provides information, inspiration, training, and ongoing support to local churches as well as developing a simple national strategy for many small safe spaces to be made available through churches and councils working together.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read a short&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hope1513.com\/2022\/01\/17\/renew-wellbeing-by-ruth-rice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blog on the Hope 15:3&nbsp;<\/a>website written by Ruth in which she shares her story and the beginnings of Renew Wellbeing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This page will feature any events taking place relating to Renew Wellbeing, so check in each week to keep up to date.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If you click on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.renewwellbeing.org.uk\/our-centres\">OUR CENTRES<\/a>, you will be linked to the map on the main Renew Wellbeing website of our centres across the UK.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can also use the contact tab to message me with any questions that you may have<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Renew Wellbeing North weekly blog page to keep you updated with all things Renew across the North<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-577","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=577"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/577\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1014,"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/577\/revisions\/1014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rwnorthblog.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}