Wellbeing Frome

May is National Walking Month, a campaign which aims to get more people walking.

Why walking? Walking is an easy exercise, which doesn't need special equipment. Short walks are a perfect way to start and there are lots of easy ways to fit walking into your day - at work, once you clock off, with your family and at the weekend.

Need help and encouragement to get walking? We've two suggestions to share with you.

If you like using Apps, then download the NHS Active Walking Tracker from your App store. You can use the App to track your walks and set goals and the App includes hints and tips to help you achieve your goals. Look out for a pink logo with the Active 10 on it to know you are downloading the right app.

You might also like to join in with organised walks. You can join in with gentle and moderate walks in Frome, organised by the Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership. Monday walks go from the Cheese and Grain (meet at 10.15) and Wednesday walks start here from Frome Medical Practice (meet at 9.15)

All the details are available on the SASP website:

https://www.sasp.co.uk/frome-health-walks1

Start the day in a kinder way! An invitation to join a gentle online meditation on the topic of kindness, led by one of the experienced Heartspace meditators.
Suitable for everyone, no experience necessary, free of charge.

zoom link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81392956555
password: Heartspace

There is still time and space to register for a guest space at this year’s Frome Christmas Get-Together!

This free event is open to anyone who is need of company, a hot meal, warmth and support on Christmas Day. The event will be taking place at three venues on Christmas Day; Trinity Church Hall, The Cricket Club and The Key Centre between 11.30am-2pm.

If you would like to attend this event yourself or know of someone who would like to attend; you can register your place at a venue by completing a form through the Frome Library, Health Connectors or via email at: [email protected]

Have you seen the calendar of warm spaces that are available in Frome? The calendar also highlights where free or low cost food is available too.

You can see a number of places in Frome where you are welcome to go if you'd like to get out of the house for a while. Various cafes and other venues around Frome are opening their doors at different times of the day and anyone is very welcome to go along, with no obligation to spend any money.

Nobody needs to sleep rough during cold weather ❄️
Safe and warm accommodation is available for rough sleepers in Mendip tonight 🛏️
Please call 01749 677097 as soon as possible to access the services ☎️
Learn more here 👉 www.mendip.gov.uk/swep

❤

Feeling chilly?! Come and take refuge in The Good Heart. Remember it really is ok to hang out and not spend money. There is free tea & wifi, as well as games, books and childrens toys. Its also lovely and warm!!
You will always be welcome❤️

Somerset Carers Team in Frome on 14th November

The Somerset Carers team will be out and about across Somerset's supermarkets over the next few weeks, chatting to Carers about the support and advice available to them and raising awareness of the Carers service.

They will be at Asda in Frome on 14th November from 10am - 2pm so do go along and have a chat with them.

Come and join our Healthy Lifestyle group every Tuesday at Frome Medical Practice, see information below:

We are delighted our Food at Five meals will be starting inside from next week the 26th!

Pay it forward explained 💖

Its PAY-IT-FORWARD day! This felt like a good opportunity to remind everyone that Tibetan Memories, the wonderful cafe that operates from The Good Heart is a pay-it-forward cafe. This means that you can:
- Pay for an extra meal or drink for someone else who might need it in the future
- Claim a free meal or drink at any time that you are in need or unable to afford food or drink

Please help spread the word and the pay-it forward kindness!

Our Food at 5 meals are still on today!

We're delighted to be starting a Talking Café in the village of Mells, at the beautiful Walled Garden.

Running from April through to September on the last Thursday of each month, 11am until 12 noon. Our first one will be Thursday 28th April.
The Walled Garden is next to the Tithe Barn and the full address is 5 Rectory Cottages, Mells, Frome , Somerset, BA11 3PN. There is some parking on the road outside of the gardens.

Come along to meet new people, make friends and chat to a community signposter about activities, support groups and services in your community.

Our Green Health Connector, Charlotte will be there to welcome you and chat to you.

We run Talking Cafes across Mendip, for all the details please visit our website.

https://healthconnectionsmendip.org/talking-cafes-wells-shepton-frome/

Frome Kindness Festival- bookings

BREAKING NEWS!!! You can now book your tickets for Frome Kindness Festival events! All events are FREE* and some have very limited spaces. Some are in person, some online and others 'drop-in'. Please share with your family and friends and help to make this new venture a huge success! 😄🙏
Click here to go straight to the booking page:
https://www.thegoodheart.uk/events-calendar/

*with the exception of Phil Hammond at the Merlin Theatre

Come along to this weeks Talking Bench in Frome, outside the library. This week we're giving out Time to Talk resources.

Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation and it’s nearly here! Taking place on Thursday 3 February 2022, it’s the day that friends, families, communities, and workplaces come together to talk, listen and change lives.
Why talking is important
One in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem in any given year.

We want everyone to feel comfortable talking about mental health – whenever they like. Talking about mental health reduces stigma, helping to create supportive communities where we can talk openly about mental health and feel empowered to seek help when we need it.

https://timetotalkday.co.uk/

We're delighted to be back at our popular Talking Cafes again. Visit our website to find your closest venue.

Talking Cafes are a place to meet new people, make friends and chat to a community signposter about activities, support groups and services in your community.

Please share with friends and family who aren't online.

https://healthconnectionsmendip.org/support-for-you/groups-we-run/

Food at 5 still on this week and next week as normal

We wish you all a very special festive season.

It’s the final day of the Frome Kindness Advent! Thanks to everyone who has taken part in some way. We hope to do this again next year ✨If you have any suggestions, do get in touch. Have a lovely Christmas Eve everyone 😊

(P.s. with today’s suggestion, it’s up to you whether you share your wishes with that person, or just enjoy a moment of quietly sending them your love)

Bring a bit of Christmas magic to someone ✨

Day 22 ❤️

So many people in this position ☹️ Let’s all look out for each other x