Café 71
In crisis? Need to talk? Café 71 can help. Open 10am to midnight 365 days a year. If you are age 18+ and feeling distressed or in crisis contact Café 71 on 01244 393139 or drop in to 71-77 St Anne Street, Chester, CH1 3HT.
Chapter – Mental Health
A new monthly evening wellbeing group, called Belong starts on Wednesday 6th September 2023 in Tarporley and then on the first Wednesday of every month. This is for anyone over the age of 18 who is experiencing mental ill health and would like to engage with others.
Patients can self-refer via the Chapter website or you can contact Sally Challoner who will be running the group – sally.challoner@chaptermentalhealth.org
Please visit the Chapter website for more information about them, their groups and what they offer.
Dementia Café
Dementia café at Tarporley Community Centre commencing Tuesday 11th April 2023 at 11.30am-1pm and then the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. Drop-ins welcome.
Information and advice in a relaxed setting for people affected by dementia. Your local dementia cafe provides a safe and supportive place for you to:
- discuss your own dementia diagnosis or someone else’s and think about what it means for the future
- get answers from health and social care professionals and other voluntary organisations
- meet and learn from other people in similar situations
To find out more please contact the Alzheimer’s Society:
email: cheshire@alzheimers.org.uk
Tel: 0300 369 0570
Health & Well-being Services from Healthbox
Healthbox are offering the following classes:
- Healthy Hearts – Ellesmere Port
- Living with Long Term Conditions – multiple venues across West Cheshire
- Parkinson’s Exercise Classes – Chester
- COPD Aqua Classes – Ellesmere Port
- Falls Prevention – Northwich, Winsford, Chester, Ellesmere Port
- Healthy Lungs – Tattenhall, Chester, Ellesmere Port
- Healthy Bones – Chester
If you are interested in any of these classes please contact Healthbox by e-mail info@healthboxcic.com or ring 0151-355 0205.
Natural Health Service, Cheshire
FREE and local activities to boost wellbeing.
Neuro-Therapy – Access to Exercise
Did you know that physical activity, even in small amounts, can help people living with neurological conditions to manage chronic symptoms? Not only this, but exercise can be an empowering tool to improve and support everyday life. As part of their Access to Exercise programme, Brio Leisure are working in partnership with The Neuro Therapy Centre to develop activities across Brio Leisure centres that are tailored to those living with neurological conditions.
Parkinson’s Café, Tarporley
Are you or anyone you know affected by Parkinson’s? Would you like to meet others for a chat? You will receive a warm welcome at the Parkinson’s Café Tarporley.
Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of each month 1.30-3.30 pm in the School Room at the Baptist & Methodist Church on the High Street.
Please contact: alistairtranter@btinternet.com For further information.
parkrun – Delamere Forest
Parkrun organise free, weekly, 5 km timed runs in pleasant parkland and surroundings. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy to take part in.
The Chief Medical Officer’s advice is for ALL adults to get at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity or 75 minutes of high intensity activity per week – and just 10 additional minutes can make a clinical difference, reducing the impact of chronic health conditions.
We are delighted to announce that we have become a parkrun practice. Our nearest run is Delamere Forest.
Rural Community Services West Cheshire
Rural Community Services West Cheshire (RCS) is a local charity who provide a range of services for older people in the rural communities of West Cheshire.
Services include:
OPAL Clubs (older people at leisure) – clubs for older people who are finding it difficult to get out and about to take part in social activities in their community without support.
Kelsall OPAL Club
Opal Breaktime Plus is a service that provides carers in rural west Cheshire with carer breaks and opportunities to take up new interests or reconnect with past ones.
Self Management Courses
Self-management can support people with any kind of long-term health condition. The programme aims to provide you with the skills and confidence to manage your condition better on a daily basis. It will help you work with your doctor, nurse or other health professional to regain more balance and control in your life.
- Offers practical solutions to the challenges of day to day life with a long-term condition
- Helps you make the most of meetings with the health care team
- Invites you to work towards goals you identify in the management of your condition
- Enables you to work with your health professional to prepare an individualised plan for managing your condition
The programme is run over 6 weekly sessions with each session lasting 3 hours. It is facilitated by trained tutors, who both live with a long-term condition/s.
How can it help you?
- Increase your skills to manage your health condition
- Meet others and share similar experiences
- Increase your confidence in the daily management of your condition
- Feel more able to work together with health professionals as an equal partner
People who have taken part in similar programmes say that it has helped them to:
- Feel confident, balanced and more in control of their life
- Manage their condition and treatment together with health professionals
- Be realistic about the impact of their condition on themselves and their family
- Use their new skills and knowledge to improve their experience of living with their condition