This new content will get incorporated into the A-Z Directory on the right….so the Directory therefore grows in content over time.
(Please note if you’re on a mobile device the A-Z Directory is listed at the bottom of this page).
Please come and meet Kay Maple and find out more about the group 🙂
In addition to this 2-week service being available after a hospital discharge, it is now available more generally. Please see the 2-page document below :
Cheshire East Support at Home Service A5 flyer
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Don’t miss out on shaping the Neurodiverse developments in Nantwich and Rural Care Community.
We are working with the survey results to listen properly to what you have told us matters to you, and want to keep connected, and invite you to meet up with us sometime in April. So you can continue to shape the delivery of support and because we want to take the next steps with you, please watch out for our next communications and invite!
Richard Stephenson-Evans is our Community Liaison Officer and Armed Forces Lead. He can support veterans as a priority with housing/DWP/NHS, etc.
Your GP Practice Social Prescriber can put you in contact with Richard.
IF YOU OR A FAMILY MEMBER HAS SERVED IN THE MILITARY PLEASE COME FORWARD TO LET YOUR GP PRACTICE KNOW.
In addition, as the video below shows, Op COURAGE is an NHS mental health specialist service designed to help reservists, armed forces veterans and their families, and serving personnel who are due to leave the military.
For full details of all the help available please click here to take you to the NHS page.
For those patients on a waiting list please use this website to find the expected wait time for your specialty
https://www.myplannedcare.nhs.uk/
For example, for Leighton Hospital, please choose North West region followed by Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Please come along and walk, get active, make new friends on one of our walk-leader led walks.
CURRENT DATES AVAILABLE THROUGH TO MAY 16TH 2024.
EVERY THURSDAY, 10:30-11:30, please book your free place via our Eventbrite page and select the date.
Tea at the Tower has received accreditation as ‘A Place of Welcome’ from ‘Transforming Lives Together’ (a joint venture between the Diocese of Chester and The Church Urban Fund). https://stmarysacton.org/tea-at-the-tower/
ALSO, our Sunday ‘Guided Circular Walks’ are available (1-2 hour walks across our beautiful Cheshire countryside). These walks have become very popular – and our walkers enjoy returning for tea and cakes afterwards!
The date for our Spring walks in 2024 are:
12th May, 9th June at 12:45
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https://www.stmarysnantwich.org.uk
https://www.placesofwelcome.org.uk
WE WILL SOON BE PUBLISHING A DIRECTORY OF ALL FALL PREVENTION CLASSES IN OUR CARE COMMUNITY.
Here are the details of one example run by Everybody Health and Leisure :
BSBS 2022 Flyer
Did you know that Everybody Health and Leisure can help with many health conditions? Please click on this link for full details :
Everybody Health and Leisure
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https://nantwichandruralcarecommunity.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/programme-Jan-April-2024-.pdf
Please watch the 3-minute video below on the scope of their support and how to book an appointment :
Please click on the link for a larger viewing window of the 2-page brochure below :
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Junior Exercise Referral Leaflet FINAL
Did you know that Age UK Cheshire offers many different services?
Please see the full range and diversity of support they offer by clicking here.
All our residents in Nantwich and Rural come under Age UK Cheshire (not Age UK Cheshire East).
Please bring soft-souled shoes and come and enjoy our all-ability classes for adults/juniors, plus we run classes for those with dementia, Parkinson’s and (soon) stroke rehab. For more details on each please see the links
https://nantwichandruralcarecommunity.org/category/dementia/
https://nantwichandruralcarecommunity.org/category/parkinsons/
Weekly Schedule at the Bob Hope Academy 19 Sep 23
For a much larger view of the timetable please click here to open in the separate pdf window.
For example, if you have had a baby in the last 12 months :
The library can help you with all manner of things from BLUE BADGE APPLICATIONS to classes for learning a new language.
Keep right up-to-date on their Facebook page here https://www.facebook.com/NantwichLibrary/.
https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/libraries/nearest-library/nantwich_library.aspx
Please click here to access the library of resources.
Please do join us for chat and guidance in your caring role (over coffee and biscuits!)
The only BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) accredited digital mental health service https://www.kooth.com/
No referral is required. You can sign up online, anytime.
There are no waiting lists or thresholds to access our services.
We’re completely free to use.
We’re commissioned primarily by the NHS and have been a trusted partner of the NHS for over 20 years.
Our most recent Death Cafe was hosted by Nantwich Bookshop on the evening of Wednesday 6th September.
https://nantwichandruralcarecommunity.org/events/death-cafe-nantwich-bookshop/
FOR AN UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THIS CAFE MODEL CAME TO BE, WHAT IT IS, AND THE CORE PRINCIPLES BEHIND IT, PLEASE WATCH THIS SHORT VIDEO BY THE FOUNDERS FROM 2019 WHICH MARKED THE 8TH ANNIVERSARY AT THAT TIME :
https://www.facebook.com/deathcafe
We will meet on the last Friday of the month at Barony Lodge Residential Care Home in Nantwich.
Please contact Insights Bereavement in advance to register. Thank you.
https://www.insights-nantwich.org/
Please join us for compassionate company :
Insight wednesday final (1)Please call/leave a message on 07942 337801
https://www.insights-nantwich.org/
Steph is also available for in-person appointments on the second Tuesday of the month at Audlem Methodist Church.
Stephanie Espinoza
07514 659833
stephes@heathboxcic.com
https://www.nantwichbuddies.org/services
…a WELFARE OFFICER to help with :
…a WELLBEING COACH to help with :
…a WORK COACH to help with :
PLEASE SEE THE VERY SHORT VIDEO BELOW :
Call 01625 501759 or email info@dibservices.org.uk
Coffee, cake and activities every Wednesday 2-4pm
See all the details in the poster below :
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For further details of the venue please click here http://www.festivaldraytoncentre.com/index.php
Elegant, cooling hats for health conditions in the warmer weather, plus full wig service. If you would like to meet and talk with women sharing your experiences you might like to join Kay Maple’s support group on the first Tuesday of the month at Nantwich Museum, please click here for the Support Group details.
Nantwich SFTB group 2023 leaflet
Your very own bus now awaits your bookings to two of our most popular local destinations, BRIDGEMERE GARDEN CENTRE and DAGFIELDS CRAFTS AND ANTIQUES CENTRE :
Our local Support Group meets at the Shroppie Fly in Audlem on Wednesdays at 10:30 for coffee, company, biscuits and chat! A friendly group for all and their carers.
If you need transport support to reach us then either the go-too bus or ADCA is hopefully possible for you.
It’s nice to be with others who have experienced brain injuries from different causes as we understand the difficulties, challenges and talk.
We have a luncheon every 3 months.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE EMAIL MOIRA STANISTREET: moirastanistreet50@gmail.com
Held at the Civic Hall and beginning at 10am, come along to meet local support groups and agencies to see what they do 🙂
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….On July 22nd 2023 there were 176 entrants running and walking!!
It’s the social side that everyone mentions, as much as the physical element, that results in improved health. For all the details you need please go to the Crewe Park Run page.
There are also volunteering opportunities if you would like to be involved.
Please click on this Blog posting for full details.
Additionally, here is a summary 2-page leaflet :
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The garden is now complete, fantastic!!
Well done to Mel, Jeremy and all the volunteers. Please follow our progress on our new Facebook page.
This project has taken a lot of planning over several years but we are very excited to announce that the garden will be in full swing this year!! We have become a full Community Interest Company (CIC).
You can join in with the Community Garden by making an appointment with the Social Prescriber at your GP Practice.
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Would you like to join our volunteers supporting the local community in Nantwich and surrounding rural areas?
PLEASE FIND OUT MORE AND GET IN TOUCH VIA OUR WEBSITE https://www.nantwichbuddies.org/home.
Evidence suggests there are 5 steps you can take to improve your mental health and wellbeing. Trying these 5 Steps outlined on this link could help you feel more positive.
Let’s take two of these 5 steps and highlight opportunities you might like to explore locally…..
1. CONNECT WITH OTHER PEOPLE – Join the Community Stage that meets in Nantwich
Community Stage at the Granary Arts Cafe is a safe space for all local artists to improve their confidence, show their skills and connect with others in the community…
https://www.instagram.com/communitystagenantwich/
2. LEARN NEW SKILLS – Crewe and Nantwich u3a has an incredible amount going on to “learn, laugh and live” about, all included in its membership.
Please click here for their full list of activities, SHOWN BY DAY OF THE WEEK, with current vacancies.
BEGAN 11TH JANUARY IN WRENBURY….
…….ALSO THE MENOPAUSE CAFE RETURNED ON JANUARY 13TH…..
The second and fourth Friday of each month at Nantwich leisure centre…..please do come and join us 🙂
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Kooth.com is a free, safe, confidential and non-stigmatised way for young people to receive counselling, advice and support on-line. Funded by the NHS and local authorities, it is a BACP accredited service.
A collaboration between the NHS, Everybody Health and Leisure, ANSA, Cheshire East Council, and the voluntary sector.
The beautiful Queen’s Park in Crewe is the venue for each session on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 1pm-3pm, and Fridays 9:30am-11:30am.
A Saturday session is being added to the Programme in early 2023, and there will be evening sessions from the Spring.
PLEASE FIND OUT MORE HERE : https://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/leisure,_culture_and_tourism/green-spaces-for-wellbeing.aspx.
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Green Spaces for Wellbeing Leaflet Digital
New from the NHS. Once the app is installed, enter your postcode when prompted and select “Cheshire and Merseyside”.
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Every Monday morning, 10am – noon
…..it’s a large file so will just take a few seconds to appear 🙂
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The moneyhelper.org.uk website covers Benefits, Everyday Money, Family and Care, Homes, Money Troubles, Pensions and Retirement, Savings, and Work.
Please listen to minutes 8:00 – 14:30 of the video below (which was a recent presentation to the Cheshire & Merseyside Resilience Hub) to introduce you to Money Helper :
There is a number you can ring, AND there is also live chat which receives the same degree of importance if you prefer.
The group meets in a lovely room at the YMCA in Crewe and it has grown since its first meeting in May, so instead of being fortnightly it is now meeting every Thursday 7pm – 9pm.
PLEASE SEE THE VIDEO BELOW FOR HOW A MENTELL CIRCLE WORKS :
The 2 host facilitators attending each week from Mentell are James and Nick.
To access Mentell’s service you must please register via this simple form in advance.
Your GP Practice Social Prescriber can help facilitate the link up with Mentell if you prefer.
This 10-page document below is October 2022’s Newsletter, it might take a little while to load. Please click here to open in the pdf window for larger viewing :
Mentell Newsletter Oct 2022
The Contact Hub is the first point of contact for both service users and health professionals and offers telephone advice, peer and service support, referral management and more.
The specialist team will be on hand Monday to Friday, 9.00am – 4.30pm. Accessing the Contact Hub is easy by telephone on 0300 123 4058 or by email: wchc.cehub@nhs.net
Please visit our website here for full details.
Great for the kids…..and mums and dads too! Please be patient with this large pdf file loading on screen….or you can click here for the pdf reader view.
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Every other Wednesday, 10am at Nantwich Library, please bring your own materials :
Knit & Stitch 2022Please check with the Library.
The following list was last published in September 2022. Please click through the 4-pages to see daily classes :
The weekly 3-hour session includes a light lunch and plenty of cuppas! The cost of the group is £3 and Laura and the team of volunteers would love to see you.
Thursday Club Poster 2For further details of all the ongoing support in Nantwich and Rural Care Community please visit the Dementia page in our Directory here.
To view the 2-page leaflet below in a larger format please open in the pdf window here.
eolp aug 21Your GP Practice in Nantwich and Rural can refer you to our Specialist, Deb Cartlidge, who can provide expert advice when looking after a loved one requires 24-hour supervision.
A comprehensive guide to staying independent, improving your wellbeing and choosing your care.
Click here for the virtual page-turner e-book version.
Or please click here for the full size pdf view.
Visyon is a charity that supports children, young people and their families with their mental health and emotional wellbeing.
All patients in our Care Community are able to access their services once more :
THE BEST WAY TO REFER YOURSELF IS OVER THE PHONE :
“Whether it’s the young person who calls, or a parent, we’ll be able to talk through what services we can offer and the next steps. Our office number is 01260 290000, we’re open from 9am to 5pm Monday to Thursday, and 9am to 1pm on Fridays.
After referral you will be offered an Open Access session within 10 days of the initial call.
An Open Access session is a 30-minute meeting with one of our trained members of staff to discuss what services we offer and how we can best support you.”
If you are looking for friendships, activities and maybe some away-day trips, please come along.
Move It Or Lose It is a class which is suited for people with any low level mobility or pain management issues, it can be performed seated or standing.
The Centre has many Exercise and Rehabilitation Programmes to choose from, for example their award-winning ESCAPE PAIN PROGRAMME for knee, hip and back pain…….please click through this 2-page leaflet for all the knee and hip pain details :
ESCAPE-Pain A5 Knee and Hip (1)For a full list of their specialist and general health classes, and how to access them, please visit our Everybody Health and Leisure category.
https://everybody.org.uk/locations/nantwich/
For a full list of disability activities at the Wingate Centre please click here.
If you’re a young person living in Nantwich and Rural Care Community, there’s lots of mental wellbeing support immediately available for you.
In more detail from the link above :
For full ChatHealth service details please visit the ChatHealth page.
KOOTH.COM is a free, anonymous, confidential, safe, online wellbeing service offering counselling, live chat, information and forums for children and young people. Access is 365 days a year to counsellors who are available from: 12 noon-10pm Monday- Friday, and 6pm-10pm Saturday and Sunday.
If you need urgent support for your mental health, please call the mental health helpline on 0800 145 6485 and our dedicated local staff will support you to access the help you need.
The phone line is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and is open to people of all ages – including children and young people.
Please click on our Facebook Page for our latest news.
Please see all the health services that our 6 local pharmacies offer our Care Community patients by clicking here.
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