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:

Wednesday 2 April

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Event type: Coached Access, Event type: Independent Access, Textiles & Fashion Design Wednesday Group, 10:00 – 13:00 (started on 19/02/2025)
Event Type: Social Networks,
Core Arts
Core Arts

Create a collection of textiles ranging from garments to soft furnishings. Learn the skills of appliqué, embroidery, crochet, knit and printmaking to create artwork you can wear, use or display.


Please click here to register to the waiting list - Please complete the registration form adding the following Group Course Code 701Sq00000JYCs7IAH
 
In Progress: 19/02/2025, 26/02/2025, 05/03/2025, 12/03/2025, 19/03/2025, 26/03/2025, 02/04/2025
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Event type: Coached Access, Event type: Independent Access, Free Zumba, 10:30 – 11:30 (started on 05/02/2025)
Event Type: Physical Health,
African Community School
Aspland & Marcon Estate Community Hall 38 Marcon Pl, Amhurst Road, London E8 1LP

Take part in our Zumba classes, have fun and improve fitness Zumba is a fun dance and exercise workout featuring different types of steps, including salsa and meringue, which have easy-to-learn instructions and are combined to create a workout for the entire body. Suitable for complete beginners.



Please click here to register to the waiting list - Please complete the registration form adding the following Group Course Code 701Sq00000I79VkIAJ
 
In Progress: 05/02/2025, 12/02/2025, 19/02/2025, 26/02/2025, 05/03/2025, 12/03/2025, 19/03/2025, 26/03/2025, 02/04/2025
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Peer Pathway Presents – Creative Writing for Mental Health – Wednesdays 15:00 to 17:00 (started on 02/04/2025)
Event Type: Social Networks,
Mind in the City, Hackney and Waltham Forest
The Hub - 15A Homerton Row

This non-judgemental workshop is designed for those of us navigating mental health challenges. Who are on a path to recovery. Deepening our connection with our emotions and each other. As a group, we will use creative writing to express ourselves clearly and make sense of our experiences with anxiety. This will allow us to reflect on how this has shaped us. What it has taught us, and most of all, how we can move onward. At the end of this six weeks course, our work will be more than just words on pages. This workshop will go one step ahead, and bind all our pieces together and create a small book that captures lived experiences, stories and reflections. This would not only be a gift to ourselves, but a gift to others who may find comfort and solidarity in our words. This will be a testament to the power each of us hold and how our words could help others.


Please click here to register to the waiting list - Please complete the registration form adding the following Group Course Code 701Sq00000LF2yJIAT
 
In Progress: 02/04/2025, 09/04/2025, 16/04/2025, 23/04/2025, 30/04/2025, 07/05/2025

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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