Wellbeing Norfolk & Waveney

Wellbeing Norfolk & Waveney offer help and support to improve wellbeing and manage stress, low mood and anxiety. We aim to reduce the onset of mental ill health, prevent deterioration and promote recovery by offering a range of flexible services tailored to meet your specific needs. Our services, provided in community settings throughout the region, include a wide range of workshops and courses, talking therapies, including counselling and cognitive behavioural therapy, and access to social networks. In Norfolk and Waveney, our peer supporters – known as Ambassadors – provide an important extension of the services we offer, promoting wellbeing and helping others. Over 16? Self-refer at https://www.wellbeingnands.co.uk/get-support/self-referral Registered with us? Email your query to [email protected] Feeling at risk to yourself or others? Urgently contact your GP, NHS 111 or Samaritans on 116 123

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***Wellbeing Roadshow Cancelled*** It is with regret that we have had to take the decision to cancel our Wellbeing Roadshow on Friday 2nd March at the Dereham Memorial Hall. The safety of our staff, volunteers and organisations that were willing to be a part of the day is our first priority. We will hopefully reschedule for a later date so please keep a look out for a new date. If you need any further information please contact [email protected] or [email protected]. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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Join Norwich Mind and Wellbeing at Dereham Memorial Hall on 2nd March for a chance to meet and take part in activities based around the Five Ways to Wellbeing https://buff.ly/2CcEpQG #Wellbeing #mentalhealth

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Our South Norfolk Associates have been busy this week connecting with the local Norfolk library Services and with the ‘Lets get creative Group’. Our Associates have been learning how the 5 ways to wellbeing can improve your mental health. If you would like further information on our Associate programme please contact us, we would also like to invite you to our Wellbeing and MIND Roadshow event on Friday March 2nd. Please follow the link for more details. This is a free event and we invite you along with your family and friends: https://www.wellbeingnands.co.uk/courses/search/wellbeing-mind-roadshow/ #wellbeing #mind #connectingpeople #wellbeingsocial #fivewaystowellbeing

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Join Wellbeing tomorrow morning for a jog and a coffee at Eaton Park Norwich #running #wellbeingsocial #wellbeing

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Wellbeing is more than just feeling happy, it means feeling able to cope when things get tough. Wellbeing Norfolk and Waveney provide a rage of support. This video shows how the Wellbeing Service has helped 3 service users #mentalhealth #wellbeing

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Mindfulness can help people manage their mental health. There are thousands of apps for Mindfulness and Norwich Mind have been taking a lot at which are best http://bit.ly/2BHpduy #mindfulness #mentalhealth #wellbeing

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Wellbeing Norfolk & Waveney provide support for people with common mental health and emotional issues, such as low mood, depression or stress. In this video we hear three stories from three different service users on their journey into the Wellbeing Service.

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BBC Voices Training for the Wellbeing Team

Some of the Wellbeing team have been working on a project to produce short videos on what the Wellbeing service is providing and how it can help people. We were able to take part in some BBC Voices (based at Norwich Forum) film training; the films that we created during this training will soon appear on our Website and social media.

We arrived at the BBC in the Forum in Norwich excited to learn about filming and editing. BBC Voices is a media workshop and production unit for film, music and radio. The team provides film making and radio editing workshops and sessions to individuals, groups, businesses, schools and colleges throughout the Eastern region.

It was great to be inside the BBC having viewed it so many times from outside windows within the Forum. We worked with Wendy and Gary, they made us feel very welcome and at ease and provided us with a 2 hour workshop on operating recording equipment and some tips on interviewing techniques.

After the workshop we were let loose in Norwich to go and start our films. Our first project was to film our Peer Support Workers who support our Service Users using their own lived experience of anxiety and depression. We wanted to capture the ‘Peer Support ‘role in what they do, what inspired them and what they love about their roles. They all did exceptionally well answering all the questions fully and giving their own experiences.

After filming we watch the films that we had created, we were all really pleased with the content and had a few giggles with some of the edits that will need to be made. We all had a great day and highly recommend the training to anyone interested in film making.

Next week we will be back at the BBC filming our service users so that they can provide their valuable input from their experience of receiving support from a Peer Support Worker and how it has helped them. Editing will then begin to merge all of our content into some short films; I can’t wait to see the finished product!

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The Wellbeing Service in partnership with Norwich & central Norfolk Mind were at the forum on Saturday celebrating the ‘Festival of Cultures’. Staff & Ambassadors were on hand to talk about our service and offer assistance. The day was a great success with many fun filled activities to participate in. We would like to thank everyone who took the time to come over and chat to us. #wellbeingservice #mind #festivalofcultures #norwichforum #wellbeing

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Today we have our ‘Successful Study’ online workshop at 5pm. If you have exams coming up & are feeling overwhelmed then our online workshop can guide you through exam stress, understanding the study trap & ways to manage. For more details: www.wellbeingnands.co.uk/courses #studying #exams #examstress #gcse #alevels #successfulstudy #wellbeingnandw