City and Hackney Wellbeing Network

Holistic support to improve physical and mental health

Are you struggling with your mental health and is it impacting many different areas of your life?

From 01 July 2023, the City and Hackney Wellbeing Network will be offering a service specifically for people who have been struggling with their mental health for a long time, experiencing difficult life experiences, or who are finding it difficult to get support.

We also have Open Access events open to all residents of City& Hackney. Meet people in the community and support and maintain your wellbeing.

Upcoming Courses in April:

Thursday 3 April

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Event type: Coached Access, Event type: Independent Access, Personal Development Group, 14:30-16:30 (started on 13/02/2025)
Event Type: Daily Living,
Centre for Better Health
1a Darnley Road

Do you sometimes feel forgotten or unseen? Do you struggle to communicate your feelings with others? Do you often find it hard to connect with others? Would you like to explore in a safe environment your social anxiety issues? By participating in a Gestalt Personal Growth and Development group you may find opportunities to explore these issues and more in a supported space, such as: -Developing a greater awareness of how you relate to yourself and others -Discover patterns you have developed for dealing with your life and decide if these are working for you -Work with what are sometimes experienced as 'difficult emotions' including fear, vulnerability, anxiousness, anger and sadness -Learn ways of giving and receiving clear comments about yourself and others -Develop your self-awareness by regularly meeting over 10 weeks with the same group of people Personal Growth and Development groups are a safe, supportive space which offer an opportunity for you to explore personal issues alongside other people who also want to understand themselves better.


Please click here to register to the waiting list - Please complete the registration form adding the following Group Course Code 701Sq00000IAvqfIAD
 
In Progress: 13/02/2025, 20/02/2025, 27/02/2025, 06/03/2025, 13/03/2025, 20/03/2025, 27/03/2025, 03/04/2025, 10/04/2025, 17/04/2025
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Event type: Coached Access, Event type: Independent Access, Online – Managing Change – 14:30 -16:30 (started on 06/03/2025)
Event Type: Mental Health,
Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest
Online

The group will be an online 6-week creative therapy group. Exploring the theme of change and how we manage it. We will do this using art, storytelling, music, embodiment, group discussion, connection and community building. This group has been designed thinking about how we adapt to change, how times of transition can be challenging, and creative methods have been shown to help in constellating and processing these feelings.


Please speak to your Mental Health Coach to be referred to this group
 
In Progress: 06/03/2025, 13/03/2025, 20/03/2025, 27/03/2025, 03/04/2025, 10/04/2025
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Event type: Coached Access, Event type: Independent Access, Understanding and Managing Anxiety (UMA), 14:30 – 16:30 (started on 03/04/2025)
Event Type: Mental Health,
Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest
12 Orsman Road, Haggerston, N1 5QJ

The group will last 6 sessions and it will explore anxiety, helping us to understand it and better manage it. The sessions will cover what anxiety is and how our body, thoughts and behaviours can be affected by it. We will explore different tools and techniques to learn how to manage stress symptoms and lower down anxiety levels, to make the experience of anxiety more tolerable and functional. We will integrate tools and techniques coming from CBT, Compassion-focused therapy and Mindfulness.


Please speak to your Mental Health Coach to be referred to this group
 
In Progress: 03/04/2025, 10/04/2025, 17/04/2025, 24/04/2025, 03/04/2025, 01/05/2025, 08/05/2025
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Event type: Coached Access, Event type: Independent Access, Understanding and Managing Anxiety (UMA), 14:30 – 16:30 (started on 03/04/2025)
Event Type: Mental Health,
Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest
12 Orsman Road, Haggerston, N1 5QJ

The group will last 6 sessions and it will explore anxiety, helping us to understand it and better manage it. The sessions will cover what anxiety is and how our body, thoughts and behaviours can be affected by it. We will explore different tools and techniques to learn how to manage stress symptoms and lower down anxiety levels, to make the experience of anxiety more tolerable and functional. We will integrate tools and techniques coming from CBT, Compassion-focused therapy and Mindfulness.


Please speak to your Mental Health Coach to be referred to this group
 
In Progress: 03/04/2025, 10/04/2025, 17/04/2025, 24/04/2025, 03/04/2025, 01/05/2025, 08/05/2025
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