🎉 I can hardly believe I’m saying this but folkfeatures.co.uk turns 4️⃣ today!
🎊 Little did I realise, when I began the ‘lockdown start-up’, that the website would still be going strong four years later, with the help of 8️⃣ KEY PARTNERS and your DONATIONS.
🙌 By my calculations, more than 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ of YOU, the good folk of Norfolk and Suffolk, have shared your uplifting and inspiring stories during that time.
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☀️ Enjoy the rest of your weekend!
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 The return of @artistgraceadam’s art appreciation column - and this month she’s appreciating weeds!
* The skydiving dad who has helped to create the newly refurbished parents’ room at @jamespagethospital
* @mindsethr2022 consultant @gemmacranecoaching finds the key to transforming leadership and driving success
* The Shelf Pop-up Pantry - a community food hub collaboration between @thepantryinkenninghall and Citizens Advice Diss, Thetford and District
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@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 Roberta Wood on the new home for @norwich.mens.shed
🌟 Simon Graham on @norfolk.bound’s first Open Day at Little Massingham Manor next month
🌟 Andrew Brammer on the unique Public Speaking conference at @theforumnorwich next month
🌟 Nataliya Klymko on the cooperation agreement between Lviv and Norfolk, and her hopes for her home country, on Ukraine Independence Day, today
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
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@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 Graeme Byrne’s 72-hole golfing marathon for @nnhospcharity @norfolkandnorwichhospital after surviving a cardiac arrest
🌟 The free street art workshops for young people in Ipswich, in the run-up to @wildwallsfestival
🌟 Founder Dame Lorraine Curston on the funding boost for domestic violence charity @dawnsnewhorizon, thanks to @southnorfolkandbroadlandc
@ Chair @richardjbatson on 40 years of @howhilltrust
🌟 @clairehowardjewellery on new shop opening today!
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
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@gantmichelle
@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 @futureradio_norwich DJ Tom Lorenzo, preparing to do a special 24-hour broadcast marathon
🌟 @bigccharity launching a unique family support programme at @norfolkandnorwichhospital
🌟 Artist Tori Woolley (AKA @thepinkhareuk) looking forward to debut solo show at @upstairsnorwich
🌟 40 years of @thematthewprojectcharity
🌟 @neville_rowell_music on the Come Alive! variety show at @beccles_public_hall, in aid of @norfolkandwaveneymind
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@gantmichelle
@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 Kate Morfoot’s personal grief recovery pocketbook, ‘Finding Light in the Darkness’
🌟 @littlelifts_uk Charity Founder, Oa Hackett, on receiving a @britishcitizenaward at Westminster
🌟 Loren Sears on ‘love beyond vision’ with husband Rob Sears, Founder of @focus_4_fitness and @blindfocusrs YouTube channel
🌟 Menopause Yoga Teacher @michellehoward_wellbeingyoga’s latest column - which is all about building strength
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
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@gantmichelle
@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 Michelle Gant on the new Engaging Stories book, The Young Person’s Guide to Life
🌟 A Q&A with @ahicksonlovence, author of Wild East, ahead of @primadonnafestival this weekend
🌟 Ellie and Mimi, Co-founders of new hot desking space, @theseednorfolk
🌟 @louisethomasskincare’s latest column - 8 summer skin care tips
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
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@sam_freethemind
@louisethomasskincare
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@gantmichelle
@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 @artistgraceadam’s latest column
🌟 Angie and Franzi, preparing to cycle 400km from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, to Angkor Wat in Cambodia for 3 @womenvcancer charities
🌟 The new sightseeing PedalCab rides in Bury St Edmunds, run by @ecocarriersbse (starting TODAY!)
🌟 @brunsteadblooms flower farm PYO season (starting TODAY!)
🌟 Integrative Counsellor @sam_freethemind’s latest column
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
@plainspeakingpr
Jader Ltd
@sam_freethemind
@louisethomasskincare
@artistgraceadam
@michellehoward_wellbeingyoga
@gantmichelle
@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 Sam Apeh, on the first @afrifest_east, taking place in Norwich in August
🌟 @robertashton1, on the first Leiston Book Festival, taking place in the Suffolk Coastal town in September
🌟 @uniofsuffolk Business Lecturer Claire Culley, who won an award for an innovative student marketing project
🌟 Phoebe Conner, owner of @sage_folk plastic free online shop, on the pop-up stall on Norwich Market this month
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
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Jader Ltd
@sam_freethemind
@louisethomasskincare
@artistgraceadam
@michellehoward_wellbeingyoga
@gantmichelle
@mindsethr2022 (🌟 Gemma Crane’s first column for Folk Features is all about the growth mindset)
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 @jmr_healthcare Senior Support Worker Ben Gore, on cycling from King’s Lynn to Istanbul - raising more than £5000 for pregnancy loss charity, @timenorfolk
🌟 @benkendallart, on long Covid, rediscovering his love of painting during lockdown, and his debut solo show (on now at @anterosarts in Norwich)
🌟 Q&A with Alice Hardaker, the new Director of @primadonnafestival, taking place at the @foodmuseumuk in Stowmarket later this month
🌟 The 20th Pink Ladies’ Tractor Road Run, taking place in South Norfolk/North Suffolk tomorrow
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
@plainspeakingpr
Jader Ltd
@sam_freethemind
@louisethomasskincare
@artistgraceadam
@michellehoward_wellbeingyoga (do have a read of Michelle’s latest column which is all about hot flushes!)
@gantmichelle
@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
☀️ Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 @homemade_crafts_by_kate
🌟 @breanne_cook_grief_coach
🌟 Jimmy Doherty and @shiviramoutar on Jimmy & Shivi’s Farmhouse Breakfast, starting on @itv tomorrow!
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@gantmichelle
@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
☀️ Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 John Durrant, the man behind the @livingwithmentalhealthhelp blog and podcast
🌟 The new ‘An Eye For Life: Photography by John Ferguson Photography’ exhibition opening at Christchurch Mansion next weekend
🌟 Theatre blogger @lydiagreatrix on why she’s backing @ipswichregent’s donation drive to tackle homelessness, when West End show @comefromawayuk visits next month
🌟 Teenager Miriam Johannes on becoming an apprentice for @norfolkhoopstars basketball
🌟 The new @norwich.unity.hub - creating community spaces out of empty premises
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
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@gantmichelle
@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 Maggie Wheeler on 20 years of the Sing Your Heart Outproject across Norfolk
* @louisethomasskincare’s latest column looks at the role of nutrition
* @chloemayyates on Spring & Other Things, the semi-autobiographical play about mental health - about to premiere at @norwichartscentre (TOMORROW!)
* Bella Middleton, Founder of @norfolknaturalliving, on taking a stand at Chelsea Flower Show
* @andrewhill2, who cycled 900 miles along the Rhine Cycle Route to raise money for @littlelifts_uk charity and to mark wife @i.am.zoe.hill’s 5-year cancer anniversary. After cycling through six countries, he arrived back in Suffolk yesterday!
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@artistgraceadam
@michellehoward_wellbeingyoga
@gantmichelle
@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 @michellehoward_wellbeingyoga extols the virtues of journaling during menopause
🌟 Dawn Finnerty, Artistic Director of @feasttheatrepresents, looks forward to new play, Elephant touring Norfolk and Suffolk from next Thursday
🌟 Integrative Counsellor @sam_freethemind looks at grounding and breathing techniques for those experiencing anxiety and panic attacks
🌟 @khalilcmitchell shows Folk Features around new photography exhibition, Muslims: Norwich, before it opens at the @museumofnorwich on Tuesday
🌟 Jon Lee of @feelgood_icecreamco explains why he’s bringing real fruit ice cream all the way from New Zealand to @jarroldnorwich Food Hall, from this weekend
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
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Jader Ltd
@sam_freethemind
@louisethomasskincare
@artistgraceadam
@michellehoward_wellbeingyoga
@gantmichelle
@mindsethr2022
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 Graeme Simpson, on getting ready to hike the West Highland Way next month, for @norfolkandnorwichhospital ‘s Dementia Comfort charity
🌟 @artistgraceadam’s latest art appreciation column
🌟 Meet the storeowners celebrating 125 years of the @the_royal_arcade
🌟 James Andrews of @pickled.printsshop, the Norfolk-based card company
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
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Jader Ltd
@sam_freethemind
@louisethomasskincare
Grace Adam
@michellehoward_wellbeingyoga
@gantmichelle
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 A Q&A with @lucyjanehope, Creative Producer of @phoenix_dodo_butterfly_, which is premiering at @nnfest 🌟 The launch of the Compassionate Garden Group, a partnership between @stelizabethhospice @homeinsteadipswich and @grovecourtcarehome
🌟 @louisethomasskincare’s latest column, on the science behind the skin care
🌟 Lewis Boreham, the healthcare assistant who was asked to work on the Covid-19 ward shortly after starting work at Ipswich Hospital - and who is now studying for a degree in nursing
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
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Jader Ltd
@sam_freethemind
@louisethomasskincare
@artistgraceadam
@michellehoward_wellbeingyoga
☀️ Have a good weekend,
Emma
😊 Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
🌟 A personal piece from Integrative Counsellor Sam Grainger on letting go of fear
🌟 Ali Howell, a mother-of-two who is living with stage 4 bowel cancer, on how Big C’s Tackle Cancer walking football and support group provides her with a weekly goal
🌟 West End musical stars, @gavinleeofficial and @reecekerridgeuk and their messages of support for the young actors preparing to perform SpongeBob The Musical in Woodbridge
🌟 Paul Mainwaring on getting his sight back, thanks to Consultant Ophthalmologist Mr Chrishan Gunasekera at the @norfolkandnorwichhospital
🌟 Yoga Teacher and Holistic Therapist Michelle Howard, the NEW key partner and columnist for the Press Pause section!
🙏 Folk Features remains ad-free, and is supported by the following key partners:
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☀️ I hope you have a good Bank Holiday weekend,
Emma
☀️ Start the weekend on a positive note with folkfeatures.co.uk:
⭐️ Businessman and Samaritan James Ellis on 60 years of Norwich Samaritans
⭐️ Norfolk musician @hollylerski on the release of her latest album, Sweet Decline
⭐️ @littlelifts_uk’s Oa Hackett on her 10 year ‘cancerversary’ and Ten for Ten Challenge
⭐️ Jader Ltd’s David Robertson on how to communicate coding
⭐️ Executive Coach Amanda Reynolds on 10 years of Blend Associates
🙏 Folk Features is kindly supported by key partners @plainspeakingpr, JADER Ltd, @sam_freethemind, @louisethomasskincare and @artistgraceadam
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👩🏻💻 Emma
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