At the Living Well Hub you can access a range of health services, as well as wellbeing and mental health support, advice for families and carers, healthy lifestyle guidance, coffee mornings, and more!
Some services need an appointment, but many are available to just drop in. To find out who's at the Hub this month take a look at our timetable below. You can also follow us on Facebook or pop in for a chat.
Monday focus: Healthy lifestyles and women’s health
- Department for work & pensions: 9am to 12pm - Training and benefit advice
- Domestic abuse: 1pm to 3.30pm - Confidential support for victims
- Gambling Harms: 2nd March:9am to 12pm - Support for people suffering with the effects of gambling (1st Monday of the month)
- Healthwatch Warrington: 10am to 2pm - About Me and Men’s Mental Health Feedback
- Homelessness and Housing: 9am to 12pm - Support and advice for housing issues
- IDVA Drop in for Males: 1.30pm – 4.30pm - Safety planning and emotional support. Advocacy with services and professionals. Guidance around legal options.
- Keyring: 11am to 3pm - Safe place to come make new friends, have some support to complete forms, make phone calls, do some activities, link into other organisations.
- Livewire Weight Management: 9.30am to 11.30am and 2pm to 6pm - Support for those with a BMI over 30.
- Macmillan Cancer Support: 9.30am to 12pm - Support for anyone affected by cancer
- Long-acting reversable contraception. (LARC) 9th March- 6pm to 8pm - Please ask staff for a referral form. (Appointment Only)
- Merseycare Learning Disability Wellbeing Group: 1pm to 4pm - Peer support group for those living with learning disabilities
- IPS Employment Support for Women Drop In: 2nd and 16th March, 1.30pm – 4.30pm - Support women who have a mental health condition to achieve meaningful full-time or part-time employment.
- Pathways. Substance Misuse Support: 9am to 12.30pm - Support for those affected by excessive use of drugs and alcohol.
- Police Community Support Officer Surgery (PCSO): 6th March - 1.30pm - 2.30pm and 23rd March, 10am to 11am - Your opportunity to sit and speak to your local Police Community Support Officer
- Strong Girls Group: 16th March - 6.30pm - 8.30pm - Supporting women through miscarriage, still birth and fertility. Self-refer via: [email protected]
- Talking Point: 1pm to 4pm: Connecting you to the support you need.
- Treasure Her: 2nd, 16th 30th March 6:15pm to 8pm
Women’s Wellbeing group. Peer support for women. Come for a brew and a chat. Treasure@treasureyourwellbeing.co.uk
Tuesday focus: Ageing well & Dementia
- Age UK Mid Mersey: 3rd March - 1.30pm to 3:30pm - Helping people 50+ to live well (1st Tuesday of the month)
- Dementia and Delirium Support: 1pm to 3pm - Support provided by dementia nurses.
- Dementia, Still Me group: 3rd and 17th March - 1.30pm to 3pm - Memory Games and chat (1st & 3rd Tuesday)
- Dementia Rep 24th March: 1.30pm – 3pm - Support and advise for those affected by dementia.
- Healthwatch Warrington: 10am to 2pm - Homecare Feedback
- Hearing Aid Battery Collection: 9am to 12.30pm - Collect replacement hearing aid batteries.
- Lifetime Dementia Café: 10th March, 1:30pm to 3pm - Support and dementia friendly activities (2nd Tuesday of the month)
- Livewire Healthy Lifestyles: 9.30am to 12pm - Active aging dementia-friendly exercise advice.
- MND Drop in: 11am – 1pm
- Odd Fellows Coffee Morning: 20th January: 10.30am to 12pm - Helps people stay connected and supported through friendship and social activities
- Warrington Carers Hub: Craft group, 3rd March 10am to 12pm - One-on-one support for unpaid carers.
- Warrington Borough Council: 3rd, 17th, 3st March 9.30am – 12pm
Wednesday: Children and Families
- Dad Matters/Homestart: 9am to 1pm - Support for dads to help bond with their family.
- Department for Work and Pensions: 9am to 12.30pm - Work, training and benefits support .
- Early Help Link Worker: 4th and 18th March, 9am to 12pm. Support for family needs.
- Early Years Childcare Team: 4th and 18th March - 9am to 12pm. Free childcare funding advice.
- Health Visitor Baby Weigh in: 9.30am to 11.30am Wellbeing and weight checks by Bridgewater.
- Healthwatch Warrington: 10th March -10am to 2pm - NHS Independent complaints advocacy service (ICAS)
- ‘Get to Know’ Youth Drop in, 11th and 25th March 5pm – 8pm
- IDVA Drop in for Males: 1.30pm – 4.30pm - Safety planning and emotional support, Advocacy with services and professionals, Guidance around legal options
- More than Men: 11th and 25th March 1:30pm to 3:30pm - Support for dads and partners – this is a collaboration with Dad Matters
- My HAPS: - 4th and 18th March, 7pm to 8pm
Health Anxiety Peer Support. Individuals can share their stories and learn coping strategies together. [email protected] for more info and to reserve a place. - Oral Health: 18th March - 10am to 12pm
Children's oral health support by Bridgewater NHS FT (3rd Wednesday of the month). - 0 – 5 SEND Stay and Play: 10am to 11:30am
Sing, play and have fun with your child with a children's centre rep. - Warrington Autistic Neurodiverse Support (WANDS) group: 4th and 18th March - 6pm to 8pm
Puzzle games, and crafts, as well as the chance to connect with others in an inclusive environment - Warrington Women’s Aid: 10am to 12pm – Drop in offering support and advice to any children and families who may be experiencing DV.
- Warrington Wellbeing: 1:30pm to 4:30pm - Offering support and advice to families
Thursday focus: Ageing Well and Falls
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Activity Angels Jigsaw club: 19th March - 10.30am to 12.30pm Information on activities to help with mental health and isolation
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Age UK Mid Mersey: 19th March - 9.30am to 11:00am - Digital Offer (3rd Thursday of the month)
- Warrington Disability Partnership: 9am to 12.30pm - Support for the disabled and those living with long-term conditions.
- Livewire Healthy Lifestyles: 10am to 12pm - Health checks and fitness advice
- Living Well Hub Coffee Morning: 10am to 11:30am - A collaborative coffee morning with aging well partners. Quizzes, Bingo, Chair exercises and general coffee and chat.
- Macmillan Cancer Support: 9.30am to 12pm - Support for anyone affected by cancer
- Warrington Visually Impaired People: 5th March - 9.30am – 12pm support people, along with their families & friends, come to terms with sight loss.
- Warrington Voluntary Action: - 5th and 19th March, 9am to 12.30pm - Help to reduce loneliness and connect people
Friday: Children and Families
- Community Catalyst: - 6th March, 10am to 12pm - Free support for individuals looking to start their own business offering care to people in their local community
- Dad Matters: 9am to 12.30pm - Support for dads to help bond with their family.
- Early Help Link Worker: 13th and 27th March 9am to 12pm. - Support for family needs.
- Early Years Childcare Team: 13th and 27th March - 9am to 12pm - Free childcare funding advice
(Alternative Wednesdays and Fridays, Please ask staff for more information) - Headspace Mental Health and Resilience course, 2-3pm
- Health Visitor Baby Weigh-in 9.30am to 11.30am Wellbeing and weight checks by Bridgewater.
- ‘Get to Know’ Youth Drop in 20th March 3pm – 5pm
- Infant Feeding Support Group: 10am to 12pm - Support by Bridgewater NHS
- IPS Employment Support Drop In: 13th and 27th March 1.30pm – 4.30pm - Support people who have a mental health condition to achieve meaningful full-time or part-time employment.
- Livewire Back on Track: 1.30pm to 2.30pm- Live Wire helping young people to get Back on Track with new mentoring project
- Maternity Clinic Advice: 9.30am to 12pm - Maternity support provided by Warrington Hospital.
- Macintyre: 27th March- 11am to 2pm - Join us for some fun with a monthly quiz.
- Play and Sensory Drop In: 9am – 11.30am, promote activities running from the hub for disabled children and adults or those with additional needs.
- Stay and Play: 10am to 11:30am - Sing, play and have fun with your child with a children's centre rep.
- Talking Point: 9:30am to 12.30pm - Connecting you to the support you need.
- Foster carer support group: 13th March - 9.30am to 12pm - Information and support about fostering for your local authority.
- Read to Relax group: 1pm to 2pm - Reading group provided Warrington Borough Council mental health outreach team.
- WBC Youth service: 1pm to 4pm - Offering a range of activities to support the personal and social development of young people.
- YP Substance: 1pm to 4pm - The Ways is a free and confidential Drug and Alcohol service for young people aged 10-18.