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May 19, 2025: Your Weekly Guide to Business and Wellbeing Events in Northamptonshire

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Damian Smyth
May 19, 2025 • Estimated Reading Time: 13 minutes

Business Growth, Networking & Wellbeing Events Happening This Week*

*Below £50 entry with tickets remaining

MHNC Bid Writing Workshop
19 May 2025 10:30 – 13:30 Mind in Northampton, 6/7 Regent Square, Northampton NN1 2NQ – Free

#BusComm Kettering Business Networking Meeting – Face-to-face
20 May 2025 07:30 Telford Lodge Brewers Fayre, Rothwell Road, Kettering NN16 8FX – £18.04

The Business Room – South Northants & Milton Keynes North
20 May 2025 12:00 – 14:00 The Fox & Hounds, 44 High Street, Whittlebury NN12 8XJ – Free

Northampton Business Buzz Networking
21 May 2025 10:00 – 12:00 Barratts Club, Kingsthorpe Road, Northampton NN2 6HT – £13.55

The Business Room Wellingborough
21 May 2025 12:00 – 14:00 The Stanwick Hotel, West Street, Stanwick NN9 6QY – Free

Online Open Mic – May's Property Millionaire Mastermind
21 May 2025 18:00 – 19:30 Online – Free

NN Clear Speakers Launch Event
21 May 2025 19:00 – 21:00 Corn Market Hall, 42 London Road, Kettering NN15 7QA – Free

Workbridge Networking Breakfast Meeting
22 May 2025 07:00 – 09:00 Workbridge Café Shop, Bedford Road, Northampton NN4 7AD – £5

Towcester Business Buzz Networking
22 May 2025 10:00 – 12:00 Towcester Mill Brewery, Chantry Lane, Towcester NN12 6YY – £13.55

Small Business Virtual Round Table – Talking Payments & Cashflow
23 May 2025 08:30 – 09:30 Online – Free

Reading Faces, Perfecting Products: Emotion-Led Design & Innovation
23 May 2025 11:00 – 12:00 Online – Free

Weekly Business Networking Events

Northampton Breakfast Business Networking Event
Every Monday (not bank holidays) 09:30‑10:30 BST
Online
Free

BNI Weekly Events:

BNI Ignite Business Networking Event: Tuesdays - 06:45 - 09:00 - The Turnpike, Harpole Turn, Weedon Road, Northampton, Northants, NN7 4DD - £15

BNI Pioneer Online Business Networking: Wednesdays - 09:30 - 11:30 - Online - £15 (We’re growing! Why not come along as a guest and grow your business through referrals?)

BNI Pavilion Business Networking Event: Thursdays - 06:30 - 08:30 - Holiday Inn Northampton, an IHG Hotel, Bedford Road, Northampton NN4 7YF - £15

BNI Prosperity Business Networking Event: Thursdays - 06:45 - 09:45 - Kettering Golf Club, Headlands, Kettering NN15 6XA - £15

BNI Luminate Business Networking Event: Thursdays - 07:40 - 09:40 - Daventry Town Hall, Daventry - £15

BNI Sterling Business Networking Event: Thursdays - 11:30 - 13:30 - Nene Whitewater Centre, Bedford Rd, Northampton NN4 7AA - £15

BNI Lighthouse Business Networking Event: Fridays - 06:45 - 08:45 - Northampton County Cricket Ground, Wantage Rd, Northampton NN1 4TH - £15

Please send your upcoming events to [email protected]

Health and Wellbeing

ONLINE SEMINAR – Inner Child: Stuck in Childhood
16 May 2025 17:00 – 18:00 Online – £15

ONLINE SEMINAR – Emotional Separation from Parents
17 May 2025 14:00 – 15:00 Online – £15

Roller Ball Making Workshop using doTERRA Essential Oils
18 May 2025 14:00 – 15:00 Cooper Drive, Wellingborough NN8 4UW – £11.55

Women's FREE Safety & Self-Defence – 12-Week Workshop
19 May 2025 18:30 – 19:15 St John Community Hall, Edith Road, Kettering NN16 0QA – Free

iDiscover – What Makes a Good Trainer?
21 May 2025 09:30 – 16:30 Isebrook Castle Unit, Irthlingborough Road, Wellingborough NN8 1LP – Free

Tai Chi Class
21 May 2025 13:00 – 14:00 Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Road, Northampton NN1 1DP – £9.38

Tai Chi Classes – May, June, July 2025
21 May 2025 19:00 – 22:00 Northampton Museum & Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Road, Northampton NN1 1DP – £9.38

Using Lived Experience to Improve Services – What is Co-Production?
22 May 2025 09:30 – 12:30 Doddridge Centre, 109 Saint James' Road, Northampton NN5 5LD – Free

Group Coaching for Awakening Women with Creative Dreams
22 May 2025 16:00 – 17:00 Online – Donations

Pytchley Sacred Sound Bath Evening
22 May 2025 19:00 – 20:00 Pytchley Village Hall, Church Road, Pytchley NN14 1EL – £15

Sound Bath Meditation with Evelyn Frain
22 May 2025 19:45 – 20:45 West Haddon Village Hall, The Green, West Haddon NN6 7AN – £16.96

Geddington Gong Sound Bath Evening
23 May 2025 19:00 – 20:15 Geddington Village Hall, 5 Queen Street, Geddington NN14 1AA – £15

Gong Bath (Wellness at The Roade House)
24 May 2025 14:00 – 15:00 The Roade House Hotel, Cafe Bar, Restaurant & Yoga Studio, 16 High Street, Roade NN7 2NW – £25.63

Weekly Health and Wellbeing

Healing Breathwork | Accelerate emotional and physical healing • Northampton
Mondays (not bank holidays) 18:00 - 19:15 GMT Online – £15

Tai Chi Class
Wednesdays 13:00 - 14:00 GMT Northampton Museum and Art Gallery, 4-6 Guildhall Road, Northampton NN1 1DP – £9.38

Breathwork - Free Weekly Class • Northampton
Wednesdays 18:00 - 18:30 GMT Online – Free

Pranayama Breathing Free Class • Northampton
Wednesdays 18:00 - 18:30 GMT Online – Free

Local Success Story: Patient Recreation Club (PRC) at St Andrews Wins Hope Award for Volunteering

PRC, led by Ken Ainsworth

When the doors to the Patient Recreation Club (PRC) swing open each Thursday evening, you can almost measure the change in atmosphere. For two precious hours, the only agenda is connection, creativity, good-natured fun and laughter.

This is precisely what Ken Ainsworth and his volunteer team set out to achieve when they revived the PRC after Covid. Tables were laid out for crafts, a corner was reserved for board-game battles, and the much-loved PAT dog-tail-wagging therapists in their own right, made their rounds, collecting strokes and sneaky treats in equal measure.

Ken’s secret isn’t complicated: consistency and genuine respect. By opening the club every single week, holidays, staff shortages, power cuts and all, he gives patients something reliable to look forward to, and a positive stepping-stone in their care journey. Volunteers echo that sense of purpose; new recruits often remark that they receive just as much encouragement as they give.

Running on a shoestring budget, the PRC thrives thanks to donated supplies and the occasional home-baked batch of something tasty. Yet the weekly miracle isn’t what’s on the tables, it’s who gathers around them: individuals rediscovering identity, resilience and hope.

And then of course, there is Ken and his merry band of volunteers and, most of all, the patients whose courage makes every Thursday night matter. The PRC isn’t just a club; it’s a testament to what compassion, creativity, and a determined community can do, one game of Connect 4, one shared smile, one gentle pat of a therapy dog at a time.

Worthy winners indeed.

Can you help?

Calling Local Businesses & Community Leaders – Stand with Us for Mental Health on 11 June

St Andrew’s Healthcare is about to embark on its biggest fund-raising journey yet: “The Hope for Mental Health Appeal.” Launching publicly on Wednesday, 11 June 2025, the appeal will fuel two vital missions:

  • Enhancing every patient’s experience – from therapeutic spaces to creative activities that spark joy and recovery.

  • Driving pioneering mental-health research – so the breakthroughs discovered in Northampton can change lives nationwide.

We can’t do it alone. That’s why we’re inviting decision-makers from local companies, Rotary clubs, PTAs, parish councils, charities and schools to join us at the launch event and become champions of hope.

Why attend?

  • See the vision first-hand – meet clinicians, researchers and, most importantly, hear patient stories of transformation.

  • Shape genuine community impact – explore partnership options tailored to your organisation’s CSR goals.

  • Network with fellow leaders committed to building a healthier, more resilient Northamptonshire.

How you can help today

  1. Share the invitation with owners, directors, headteachers, committee chairs or anyone who can open doors.

  2. Let us know who’s interested – simply comment below or email [email protected] with names and contact details.

  3. Save the date – 11 June – and watch this space for venue and agenda updates.

Your company’s presence could be the spark that funds a breakthrough therapy, finishes a sensory garden or backs a study that rewrites best practice in mental-health care.

Together, let’s turn hope into action. We can’t wait to welcome you on 11 June and show you how your support will change lives.

Thank you in advance for standing with St Andrew’s – and for keeping hope at the heart of our community.

Sporting Fixtures

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Football: MEN: No fixtures this week

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