Gloucester Community Networking
Better Together
Better Together
Gloucester Community Networking (GCN), is a small ‘Not for Profit Organisation’, that facilitates the networking between individuals and organisations for the betterment of all!
To 'strengthen' and 'build NETWORKS' between people in NEED and potential RESOURCES to meet those needs within the diverse communities in Gloucestershire.
Need: There has been an increased 'need' of people with Mental Ill Health due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Meeting this Need: GCN has built 'networks' of 'resources' by providing FREE First Aid 4 Mental Health training in our communities.
GCN set up a marquee next to St John's Ambulance in order to promote GCN's First Aid 4 Mental Health (FA4MH) along with a separate Mindfulness space for anyone who needing a quiet space to rest or reflect.
GCN was invited to take part in the annual 'Glos Retro' day where we put up a display to commemorate the 70th Anniversary of the Battle of Imjin River, in the 1951 Korean War. We met Chang Hee Kwan, the President of Korean Veterans Association..
Below are the presentation slides (in video format) created by GCN that is showing at the Churchdown Community Centre during the Covid-19 Vaccincation Programme. The aim of this presentation is to provide people with useful information regarding Mental Health and details of Organisations that can be of help.
Based in Worcester, founder of Plantamamita, Liuva, originally from Peru, creates and sells unique plant arrangements and has a stall in the Gloucester Quays Market, which takes place on the first Saturday of each month in the old car park opposite TGI Fridays & Bills.
Rather than simply sell plants in pots, Liuva creates some truly beautiful creations by mounting all manner of interesting plants in various ways! Liuva's methods are so wonderful and inspriring in the way she manages to bring the beauty of the outdoors into your home for you to enjoy. Each creation is sure to be a real talking point with friends and family!
Take a look at their website by clicking on the link below or pop down and take a look at the beginning of each month. Liuva and her daughter will be only too happy to help you choose something you'll love!
Our three main projects for 2021 are shown below. Click anywhere inside each Project Box for more information.
FA4A aims to provide General First Aid & Mental Health courses at discounted prices:
First Aid At Work Qualifications »
First Aid for Mental Health Qualifications »
Tailor made Awareness Courses for:
WORS aims to provide resources for Schools, Colleges, Youth & Elderly Groups and Public Events covering:
GIVS aims to strengthen and build on the networking of support for Veterans, Military Service personnel and their families in Gloucestershire in partnership with the following organisations :
Suicide Prevention Partnership »
Veterans' Hub in Churchdown (Location: TBC)
Businesses that have helped GCN
The Big Yellow Storage Company, on Eastern Avenue Gloucester, has very generously provided GCN with two storage rooms (1 x 15foot sq & 1 x 25foot sq) for 24 months for FREE.
GCN has a collection of WW1 and WW2 uniforms and the Books from the ‘Geoff North -‘War’ & ‘Conflict’ Research Library and these items need to be kept in an environment that needs to be both secure and easily accessible.
The friendly staff at the Gloucester Store have been extremely generous and have been very helpful in ensuring we can access these storage containers whenever we need to using their Security Codes and Padlocks.
Click HERE for information on other Organisations that have helped GCN.
One of the main projects GCN has been concentrating on since 2018 is named "Glos100" and ran throughout 2018 to mark the centenary of the end of the First World War. We are thrilled to announce that we helped raise over £5,000 for various charities, such as:
We have unfortunately had to cancel further WW1 and other events since March 2020, due to the Covid-19 restrictions. However, GCN was able to commemorate Victory over Japan » day that halted the ongoing and bloody battles but at the same time heralded in the age of the Atomic Bomb, which indiscriminately killed millions of Japanese civilians in Hiroshima » and Nagasaki »
You can find a complete list of WW1 related events that have taken place by visting our Glos 100 Press Release page »
