Talks will explore the ways in which you can improve your wellbeing and support others to do so through using the ‘Five Ways to Wellbeing’. These five simple steps have been devised and used extensively to form the foundation to living and feeling well by most mental health services:

Essex libraries and Adult Community Learning are committed to supporting people embrace these steps by providing new opportunities to embed them within their everyday lives.

Connect

Adult Community Learning provides courses where you can safely make new friendships and connections with other likeminded people to increase your social network.

Libraries provide Signposting – to ways to support yourself and your community

Be Active

Adult Community Learning courses will keep your mind and body active. You won’t have to run a marathon (unless you want to), a gentle stroll such as one of our Photography Walks is just as effective.

Libraries provide Clubs and Activities – regular social events and groups for all ages including book groups, knit and natter, rhymetimes, and community teatimes

Take Notice

Adult Community Learning will encourage you to be more observant of all that surrounds you, the people, the places and your emotions.

Libraries provide Space – We have space to connect, space to relax and spend time

Learn

Adult Community Learning is a great place to learn, whether it’s for a new interest or hobby or to gain work skills

Libraries provide Reading for pleasure – regularly updated reading suggestions for all ages on our library catalogue

Give

Adult Community Learning is dedicated to people learning together so that everyone gives as much as they receive.

Libraries provide Volunteering opportunities – a variety of roles to support you and your community

Actions to Take Away

Think about each of the 5 Ways to Wellbeing and what you would like to include within your life to make you feel better everyday.