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5 Ways to Wellbeing is a great opportunity for everyone to join together in Cheshire West and Chester to make positive changes to their health and the way they feel about themselves.
Building small actions into your daily life can make you feel good, and feeling good is an important part of being healthy.
There are five ways to wellbeing that are proven to make a real difference to your life so throughout 2010 and beyond we will be asking you to build these into your daily routine:-
with the people around you. With family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. At home, work, school or in your local community. Think of these as the cornerstones of your life and invest time in developing them. Building these connections will support and enrich you every day.
Go for a walk or run. Step outside. Cycle. Play a game. Garden. Dance. Exercising makes you feel good. Most importantly, discover a physical activity you enjoy and that suits your level of mobility and fitness.
Be curious. Catch sight of the beautiful. Remark on the unusual. Notice the changing seasons. Savour the moment, whether you are walking to work, eating lunch or talking to friends. Be aware of the world around you and what you are feeling. Reflecting on your experiences will help you appreciate what matters.
Try something new. Rediscover an old interest. Sign up for that course. Take on a different responsibility at work. Fix a bike. Learn to play an instrument or how to cook your favourite food. Set a challenge you will enjoy achieving. Learning new things will make you more confident as well as being fun.
Do something nice for a friend, or a stranger. Thank someone. Smile. Volunteer your time. Join a community group. Look out, as well as in. Seeing yourself, and your happiness, linked to the wider community can be incredibly rewarding and creates connections with the people around you.
Evidence shows that building these actions into your daily life can add 7.5 years to your life!
These suggestions are taken from the Foresight project Mental Capital and Wellbeing published in October 2008. The project commissioned the centre for wellbeing at nef (the new economics foundation) to develop "five ways to wellbeing" - a set of evidence-based actions to improve personal wellbeing.
Are you looking to order additional resources for your project? We are keen to promote 5 Ways and have a limited number of resources. If you would like to order your own materials from your printers, please use the templates above so that we can develop a 5 Ways brand. We will update this page with any changes or new templates. Please contact Alison Paul on 01244 650430 if you need to discuss.
West Cheshire Together for Health & Wellbeing Thematic Partnership hosted a 5 Ways to Health & Wellbeing "Master Class" on 27th January (prior to the quartlery meeting of West Cheshire Together LSP . The guest speaker was Professor Carey Cooper, Distinguished Professor of Organisational Psychology and Health, Lancaster University Management School and supporting paperwork can be viewed below:
A Five Ways to Health and Wellbeing Practitioners event was held on 17th February to develop our understanding of the five ways to health and wellbeing - its application, its implications and how we can embed it into our work lives. The supporting paperwork / slide presentations can be viewed below.
Wellbeing can be described as people’s experience of their quality of life. It relates to how people feel and they function on both a personal level and in relation to other people.
Supporting People, in partnership with Public Health, Area Partnership Boards and Adult Social Care, Health and Wellbeing, held a number of 5 Ways Experience Events during May and June 2011. These were designed for participants to develop an understanding of 5 Ways to Health and Wellbeing and to explore how we can practically embed 5 Ways into our lives and that of our customers To Make it Real.
Ellesmere Port seminar: 24th May 2011 - Presentation slides 1 ( PDF 813 kb) - Presentation slides 2 ( PDF 619 kb) Winsford seminar: 14th June 2011 - Presentation slides 1 ( PDF 135 kb) - Presentation slides 2 ( PDF 195 kb) Chester seminar: 21st June 2011 - Presentation slides 1 ( PDF 1.08 mb) - Presentation slides 2 ( PDF 373 kb) Northwich seminar: 30th June 2011 - Presentation slides 1 ( PDF 851 kb) - Presentation slides 2 ( PDF 249 kb) - Grozone Interim Report January 2011 ( PDF 176 kb)
Five to Strive....A direct way to making a difference and creating confident communities. For more information please click on:- http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/adults_and_social_care/five_to_strive_project.aspx
Cheshire West and Chester Council Adult and Social Care webpages http://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/adults_and_social_care/my_life,_my_choice/tell_me_about/health_and_well_being/wellbeing.aspx
New Economics Foundation - a tumblelog http://neweconomics.tumblr.com/
Robertson Cooper website http://www.robertsoncooper.com/
Professor Cary Cooper blog http://carycooperblog.com/
Mindfulness Report http://www.livingmindfully.co.uk/downloads/Mindfulness_Report.pdf
Stress Management Society website http://www.stress.org.uk/