wildasabeeswing

Cycling 2,000 miles along the @CanalRiverTrust for @Humankind_UK to raise awareness about mental health & addiction recovery ️🥰🌻🌈💜🚲

[Humankind @Humankind_UK]

✨ Happy #VolunteersWeek! ✨

❤️ Volunteers' Week celebrates the amazing contributions volunteers make to communities across the UK.

🎉 This year we’re excited to be celebrating the 40th anniversary, from Monday 3 to Sunday 9 June.

#VolunteersWeekEng

[Humankind @Humankind_UK]

We are delighted to announce that today we have legally merged with @rfmentalhealth combining 105 years of specialist experience to give better support to the people who use our services. https://t.co/aZZ7vEorbd

[Forward Leeds @forwardleeds]

🌈Happy Pride Month! 🌈

Every June, we celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan—a pivotal moment in the fight for equality and liberation.

The Stonewall riots, which began on June 28, 1969, marked the beginning of the Gay Liberation.

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

#AlexasRecoveryRide total mileage completed is now 119 miles - I just realised that's 191km, I evidently should have chosen km for my measurements, you live, you learn ✊️😅🌻🚲

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

🥳 Yay! I completed the first #100miles of my 2,000 mile #charitycycle for @Humankind_UK along the @CanalRiverTrust by cycling from #Rochdale to #Manchester via #rochdalecanal on Fri 31 May.

Ride 7 was 20.15 miles / 32.43 km in total. Map shows the main route

@forwardleeds

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

Here's a cute pic of Sorrel Kitten photoboming my pride earings photoshoot earlier 🤩

@CanalRiverTrust
@forwardleeds

#mentalhealth #addictionrecovery #lgbtpride #recoverycommunity #writingrecovery #recoverypride #kindness #activism #queer #recoveryactivist #AlexasRecoveyRide

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

HAPPY #LGBTQ #PRIDE Month! ✊️🥰🌈

To celebrate I'll be wearing these fab #rainbow earrings on my #RecoveryRide throughout June 😁

I'll also be reflecting on #prideinrecovery and sharing more about the awesome #LGBT support services that are part of @Humankind_UK

[Humankind @Humankind_UK]

🌈 ✨ Happy #PrideMonth 2024! 🌈 ✨

We’re joining many others in celebrating Pride Month, keep an eye out for updates on our channels. 👀

To find out what support we offer on our website. 👇
https://t.co/e257SrR83A

[Humankind @Humankind_UK]

Well done to @NYHorizons for supporting 100 people through their Telephone Recovery Service!👏

TRS is a supportive system where people talk with someone, over the phone, who has been through similar experiences with drug or alcohol use.

Read more. 👇
https://t.co/NrNwWS7krO

[Humankind @Humankind_UK]

Exciting news: we’re merging with @rfmentalhealth next year to form a single charity supporting people facing multiple disadvantage.

Drugs and alcohol, mental health and housing - people’s needs don’t fit into neat boxes. By coming together, we can do so much more.  🧵 (1/3)

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

#catsofinstagram #catmom #jazzandsorrel #sorrel2024 #kittensofinstagram #traveling #canalandrivertrust #addictionrecovery #mentalhealth #slowtravel #mindfulness #wellbeing #charitycycle #alexasrecoveryride

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

I'm packed for tomorrow's #RecoveryRide & enjoying resting with 12 week old Sorrel.

I'm currently on 99 miles of my epic journey along the @CanalRiverTrust, tomorrow I'll reach my first #100mile goal & I've got fun #sober plans for celebrating!

@Humankind_UK
@forwardleeds

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

#AlexasRecoveryRide 6 was 14 miles along the @CanalRiverTrust and I am now on 99 miles #cycled for this #charity ride in total, which means that ride 7 will mark my first 100 miles of this 2,000 mile journey ✊️😁🌻🌈💜🚲 https://t.co/hJuzCMtg2L

@Humankind_UK
@forwardleeds

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

#AlexasRecoveryRide 6 Sat 25 May was incredibly special. I joined @MrWilsonsSecond #opalscomet as part of its @CultureDale2024 journey from #Hedben to #Mytholmroyd. Taking in and reflecting on their moving songs of grief and hope.

@CanalRiverTrust
@Humankind_UK
@forwardleeds

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

Eventually I continued through the #caldervalley along the #CalderandHebble and the tranquil #caldergreenway to #sowerbybridge and traveled up the #halifaxtrails to the old town centre of #Halifax, where I climbed the cobble roads feeling transported back to #AnneLister time.

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

The songs prompted affective reflections on living with and recovering from #addiction & #mentalhealth issues during #Lockdown2020 and how far I and we have all come since then. I enjoyed chatting with fellow pilgrims and creators of this amazing floating #artwork along the way

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

Ooohhh I also found out that the Kindness Cafe and Basement Project in #Todmorden are part of @Humankind_UK when I was asking them if I could leave some of my info hearts for #AlexasRecoveryRide with them! ✊️😊💜🌻

@forwardleeds

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

Friday 24 May #AlexasRecoveryRide 5 #Todmorden to #Hebden via a tiny detour to #Rochdale was a fun ride full of surprises as I mistakenly #cycled in the opposite direction I intended & found the summit of the highest UK #broadcanal at 600 ft above sea level

@CanalRiverTrust

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

After #cycling in the wrong direction for 13 miles, I caught the train back to #Todmorden from #Rochdale and corrected course, cycling to #Hebden via the #CalderandHebble. In total I cycled 20 miles. Yes, that's right, the detour was longer than the ride I planned 🤣

[wildasabeeswing @wildasabeeswing]

I love all the #kindness signs in #Todmorden and getting to visit the Kindness Cafe - Kindness at the Old Co-operative Society - a fantastic #recovery project & #recoverycommunity space. I am #greatful they let me share some of my #origami info hearts with them ✊️🥰💜🚲