St Helens
St Helens Wellbeing Service Quarterly Newsletter
St Helens Wellbeing Service have produced their new quarterly newsletter, which has information on some of their teams’ activities.
If you have any clients / patients / family members (or yourself perhaps) who you feel would benefit from attending the service, please signpost / refer them to the service on the contact details below, so they can support their holistic wellbeing too.
You can read their full newsletter in the attachment below.
Contact details:
Have Your Say: St Helens Community Workshop -16th August
Do you live in WA9 or WA10? Do you care about your community? Do you have ideas about what community means?
Researchers from the Heseltine Institute at the University of Liverpool are doing some work on what community means to people in the St Helens area. They have carried out a survey of local people, and are now hosting workshops to try to understand how people feel about their local area.
The workshop will involve some discussion and activities and will take no more than an hour. Free refreshments will be available.
Holiday Activities and Food Programme - St Helens Borough Council
Funded by the Department for Education, the St Helens FREE holiday activities and food (HAF) programme was a huge success last summer, providing healthy food and enriching activities for primary and secondary school-aged children eligible for benefits-related free school meals.
St.Helens Mind - Allotment Family Open Day
St Helens Mind has an Allotment Family Open Day this Friday 29th July 11 am to 3pm, so people can meet the team, enjoy the fab surroundings and find out more about them.
The allotment, Sound of Mind Singers, Cinema group and Music group are there for anyone who might benefit from trying something new, meeting other people, having a laugh and therefore boost your wellbeing.
St Helens Summer Couch to 5k - Book your Place
Registration for the St Helens Summer Couch to 5k programme is now open!
The programme started on Monday 11th July and runs for 10 weeks, at a cost of just £15. Sessions take place Mondays and Wednesdays, 6-7pm on the track at Sutton Leisure Centre. You can attend 1 or both sessions (the session is repeated twice in a week).
Third Sector Trends 2022 in North West England
So far 4,445 voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises have joined the study.
St Helens Community Survey from Heseltine Institute
University of Liverpool researchers have launched a survey to hear how St Helens residents feel about where they live. Working with St Helens Council, the researchers are keen to understand which local services, facilities and amenities residents use, how they access them, and what might be improved.
Free Course In Crown Green Bowling For St Helens Residents
Learn the basics of bowls with fun and friendly Bowl for Health group sessions. Suitable for newcomers, with all equipment provided - anybody can join in and no previous experience required!
Sessions take place at Black Horse Bowling Club Bowling Club (Ruskin Sports Village, WA10 6RP) from:
1.00pm to 2.30pm Friday 8th July 2022 (for 6 weeks)
Cafe & Kitchen Assistant - TANGO
The aim of T.A.N.G.O. is to reach out, serve and help those in need in the community, by building trust and fellowship, mirroring Christian values.
The Scriptural basis of T.A.N.G.O.is to be found in the book of Isaiah chapter 58, for example as in ‘The Message’ version:
Free Wednesday Walking Sports Session for Older Adults
St Helens Sports Development are delivering new and free walking sports sessions over the spring/summer at Victoria Park in St Helens. The session is part of their Fit Forever programme, which provides fun and social physical activity sessions to older adults across St Helens.
The session will be starting Wednesday, 25th May. If you have any further questions, please contact Gemma Ireland GemmaIreland@sthelens.gov.uk