Stories & updates

It was a joy for all the service users and volunteers to be told we received the Community Fund from the National Lottery.

This funding will help us continue providing vital mental health and wellbeing support, language assistance, community advocacy, health navigation, and social connection opportunities for people across Liverpool.

Thank you to National Lottery players for making this possible and helping us create stronger, healthier, and more connected communities.

Our Wellbeing Friday was packed with energy, learning, laughter and community connection.

Days like these demonstrate the power of bringing people together in a welcoming and inclusive space. From building confidence and skills to improving health and wellbeing, every conversation and activity helps strengthen our community.

A huge thank you this Volunteers' Week to all our amazing, dedicated, talented volunteers. Your time and enthusiasm is what makes us a Lets-Talk2day family.

Thank you from all of us at Lets-Talk2day.

A huge well done to Nu for delivering our weekly women's chair-based exercise sessions, which have gone from strength to strength. The group has grown steadily, with more women joining each week to improve their physical health, wellbeing, confidence, and social connections in a welcoming and supportive environment.

The popularity of the sessions means we are now looking at moving to a larger room to accommodate everyone who wants to attend — a fantastic achievement and a reflection of the positive impact the group is having within our community.

Thank you to every woman who attends each week, encourages one another, and helps create such a friendly and inclusive atmosphere. Together we are building stronger, healthier communities, one step, stretch and smile at a time.

Men's groups have been busy in both the classroom and attending events outdoors to improve mental health and wellbeing and improve their conversational English.

Sometimes supporting mental health is about creating space… space to breathe, share experiences, build friendships, and feel part of something bigger. Moments like these help reduce isolation, build confidence, and remind us that wellbeing grows through connection, community and belonging.

Join the community lunch and activity groups each Friday at St Philemon's, where the community can get together, talk about health and wellbeing, participate in some light chair-based exercise, art and crafts, and talk to others in their own language — reducing social isolation in a warm, friendly hub.

Big thanks to Feeding Liverpool and Neighbourly for assisting in food provision.

Umama delivered a talk on mental trauma, discussing what it truly means, how it can affect individuals, and the importance of recognising its signs early. We explored healthy coping strategies, the power of community support, and how empathy and open conversations can help in the healing process.

It was truly meaningful to engage with people, raise awareness, and remind everyone that mental wellbeing matters just as much as physical health.

We are pleased that our volunteers joined LCR training for Digital Champions to help in the groups, to support people getting online and removing barriers to accessing online services. Well done to you all — so proud of you, and thanks for being amazing volunteers. With their help we cover 17 different languages.

We are also part of the Good Things Foundation and National Databank, which helps provide digital SIMs to remove barriers.

We were awarded support from the North West Regional Strategic Migration Partnership (RSMP) to run a 20-week course supporting refugees from Afghanistan, Ukraine and Hong Kong.

The course provided practical ESOL support around healthcare, mental health, accessing services, improving confidence and community engagement. This project was very popular and very well attended, and it has been able to continue.

Amazing sessions providing access to Granby Adult Learning, where the ladies supported each other, discussed healthy eating and linked in with Dave, our resident support from Diabetes UK.

Great having Emma and Beth from Parkinson's UK come and hold awareness sessions with language support, providing a safe space to let people ask questions and understand about Parkinson's. Thank you for getting some leaflets translated — it helped being able to use them in future sessions.

It was great to also have Geoff, community engagement from Merseyside Police, who joined the group and discussed the Herbert Protocol — a document used to help find a missing person.

We are pleased and proud to join the Association for Male Health and Wellbeing, which will help us to support the males who access our support services. We look forward to working together to provide more holistic support and breaking barriers.

We joined together with refugees.

We are pleased and proud to be members of the Voluntary Sector North West. This means we are now part of a strategic network across the North West with other VCSE organisations, where we can share and learn best practice, giving access to vital networks and decision-makers across the North West.

As a member of VSNW, we can now engage in policy debates and influence development across the North West.

We are proud to support Race Equality Week — #REW26 #ChangeNeedsAllOfUs.

We are pleased to be running in multiple sites to enable us to reach the wider communities. Currently Toxteth Library L8 on Mondays and Wednesdays 10–2, and St Philemon's, Admiral Street L8 on Fridays (South Liverpool).

From 4th November we are also in North Liverpool at Anfield Sports and Community Centre on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am – 2pm, and fortnightly at the Community Shop, Walton Road (time to be confirmed). Please look at the timetable for regular updates.

We invited local organisations, services, community groups and wellbeing providers to get involved in our Community Health & Support Event at St Philemon's, Liverpool — with information tables, service showcases, short sessions and activities.

Held at St Philemon's, 78 Admiral Street, Liverpool L8 8BR on Thursday 10th July, 10:30am – 2:30pm. Together we can help create stronger conversations and healthier communities.

On 11th July, Ashraf stepped into the ring at the Liverpool Olympia, not just to take on an opponent, but to raise awareness and support for the work of Lets-Talk2day CIC.

Ashraf took on this challenge to help us continue providing vital mental health and wellbeing support, language-inclusive services, community activities, and practical support for people facing barriers, isolation and hardship across Liverpool.

We are incredibly grateful to Ashraf for choosing to support our work and for using this opportunity to make a positive difference in the lives of others.