5 Ways to Wellbeing
Halton Borough Council: 5 Ways to Wellbeing Award
The 5 ways to wellbeing are simple activities you can do in your everyday live to improve your mental health and wellbeing.
The activities are:
- Be Active
- Connect
- Keep Learning
- Give
- Take Notice
Be Active
Being active isn’t just about our physical health it helps us to feel good too. Something as simple as going outside for a walk can boost our mood. Discovering something you really like doing is the most important bit. For more information on how physical activity can boost your mood visit NHS-mental benefits of exercise
For information on what’s available in Halton visit
Connect
Spending time with the people around us, friends, neighbours or family improves our sense of belonging and helps us feel good. For more information on how connecting helps our wellbeing visit NHS- benefits of connecting
For information on opportunities to connect with others in Halton visit:
- Support for over 18’s Community wellbeing officers at Wellbeing Enterprises provide personalised one to one support to improve your wellbeing
- Halton Community Centres
- Halton Libraries
- Adult Learning
- Active Halton
- Sports Clubs
- The Brindley
- Norton Priory
Groups and clubs for children and young people
- Active Halton
- Sports Clubs
- Leisure and Activities for children and young people
- ?Girl Guiding
- Scouts
Want to meet new people but need a bit of help getting started?
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Keep Learning
Learning new skills can give you a sense of achievement and new confidence, so why not sign up for that cooking course, learn to play a musical instrument or figure out how to fix your bike? For more information on how learning something new can boost your wellbeing visit NHS- benefits of learning
For information on what’s available in Halton visit:
Groups and clubs for children and young people
Arts and culture
Give
Doing something for someone else gives us a lift, helping a friend or a stranger could make their day. Just giving a smile might be enough and that simple act of kindness can go a long way to making you feel good to. For more information on how giving can boost your wellbeing NHS- benefits of giving
For opportunities to give in Halton
- ?Halton CAB Volunteers
- Time to Change Champion tackling mental health stigma
- Halton Haven Volunteers
- Parkrun Widnes volunteers
- Parkrun Runcorn Volunteers?
Take Notice
It’s not often we stop to take notice of the world around us, think about how we are feeling or try to live in the moment. It may have been a while since you were curious or took some time to be aware of everything happening around you. For more information on how taking notice (mindfulness) can boost your wellbeing NHS- benefits of mindfulness
Free apps that can help you to take notice and be mindful:
Activities to help you be more mindful: