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Feeling stressed, anxious, low or struggling to sleep? Every Mind Matters can help with expert advice, practical tips and personalised actions to help stay on top of your mental wellbeing.

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Why you need vitamin D

To keep bones and muscles healthy, everyone should consider taking a daily vitamin D supplement in autumn and winter, when we cannot make vitamin D from sunlight.

And some people who are at risk of not getting enough vitamin D should take them all year round.

Just 10 micrograms a day is all you need - it's the same for kids and grown-ups.

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Take steps to improve your health. Lose weight, boost your mood, get active and quit smoking with Better Health. Try our free NHS tools and tips to get you started.

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Local Offer is a website in Swindon for children & adults who have support needs, giving you correct information and advice at any time

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Local Offer is a website in Swindon for children & adults who have support needs, giving you correct information and advice at any time.

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Range of free wellbeing audio podcats

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Podcasts for your wellbeing | Mental Health Foundation

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Good mental health for all. Dedicated to finding and addressing the sources of mental health problems.

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Fearne's HAPPY PLACE podcast, now in its ninth series with over 40 million downloads, builds on the success of the top 10 bestseller HAPPY where Fearne draws on her own experiences and shares advice from experts on how to work through feeling blue to finding joy each and every day.

Whatever your reason may be for feeling lost or frazzled from the pressures of this fast paced life, there are ways to put one foot in front of the other and help you unlock that inner happiness.

In this series Fearne delves into this subject further through chatting to inspiring individuals who have either made a change in their own lives or who help people every day to find a different way of looking at life.

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Free App that allows you to scan food packaging barcodes for sugar, fat and salt content

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We’re here to help your family be healthier and happier. Find out more about what’s really in the food we eat and how to make healthier food swaps to cut back on the sugar, salt and fat in your family’s diet.

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A point of contact for information, advice, signposting and support to improve health and well being.

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Homepage for Live Well Swindon. Find out different services that can help you and give advice to look after yourself, stop smoking or manage active lifestyle.

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Peer Mentoring, volunteering and Student placements

We provide opportunities for people from all walks of life to get involved in our service. There are Peer Mentoring opportunities for those who have been through Recovery and want to use their experiences to help others. We also encourage people to volunteer who have not been through treatment but still wish to get involved with the service.

We also provide opportunities for student placements from a range of associated fields, such as Social Work. Please contact us for information.

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Lift Psychology runs a free course to help people address the psychological side of making lifestyle changes.

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Lift Psychology is now open to new referrals. Clients can book a telephone appointment by calling 01793 836836 between 9am and 5pm.

Following government guidance, all our face to face groups are cancelled until further notice, but we are now able to offer a reduced number of virtual courses. Please see our Upcoming Courses list for details.

Life can throw up all sorts of difficulties and even day-to-day life, both at home and at work, can be stressful. We offer many types of support for a variety of issues, ranging from general stress to low self-esteem and anxiety.

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Swindon LIFT Service | Swindon LIFT Service

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Lift Psychology is now open to new referrals. Clients can book a telephone appointment by calling 01793 836836 between 9am and 5pm. Following government guidance, all our face to face groups are cancelled until further notice, but we are now able to offer a reduced number of virtual courses.

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Organised activities for older people, also a men's and women's weight loss and physical activities programme for football fans and their friends.

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By playing the National Lottery, you're helping people across England play sport and get physically active. That's because two-thirds of our funding comes from the lottery. Thank you to everyone who has ever bought a ticket for supporting us in building a healthier, happier nation.

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A great way to monitor an increase in walking. Either get a free app on your smartphone or a pedometer to count your steps and try to increase them each week

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Take care of your mind

Looking after your mind is just as important as looking after your body, but it can be easily overlooked.

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General health and fitness guidelines for adults aged 19 to 64, including tips on how to achieve 150 minutes of moderate intensity activity a week.

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Swindon Travel Choices - Helping You Make Travel Choices

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Offers free 5k run or walk for individuals or families in Lydiard Park or Sevenfields on Saturdays

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parkrun is a free, community event where you can walk, jog, run, volunteer or spectate. parkrun is 5k and takes place every Saturday morning. junior parkrun is 2k, dedicated to 4-14 year olds and their families, every Sunday morning. parkrun is positive, welcoming and inclusive, there is no time limit and no one finishes last.

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Swindon has fun, free, organised, guided rides of varying distances and difficulties including for women only and families

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Free bike rides to join, and great cycle routes to explore, from British Cycling and HSBC UK.

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Child and adult cycle training, bike maintenance courses and local clubs

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Swindon Cycle Campaign works in partnership with public, private and voluntary sector organisations to contribute to the increase in numbers of people cycling in the Borough of Swindon.
Key objectives include:
1. Raising the profile of the importance of cycling for health and the environment.

2. Campaigning for the improvement of existing routes and infrastructures and the provision of new routes and opportunities to develop cycling.

3. Educating and informing Swindon residents about the benefits of cycling.

4. Supporting existing cycling programmes to develop.

We achieve our objectives by: ·

1. Providing a forum to represent and be a 'voice' for the views and concerns of all cyclists in the borough.·

2. Creating links and networks with other cycling groups and seek representation at a strategic level within the Swindon Borough Council

3. Having a social media presence offering cycling information relevant to the people of Swindon.

4. Working with Swindon Borough Council and all relevant local authorities to create cycle friendly pleasure route maps to allow cyclists an opportunity to see the Borough and its environment by cycle.

5. Applying for funds to create opportunities to develop our objectives.

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Promotes a range of inclusive sessions, disability sports clubs and Special Olympics opportunities

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This is a community website with the aim to compile an up to date list of all inclusive and disability physical activity sessions in Swindon. Click here for the Active & Inclusive Swindon Timetable March 2022 Participation in sport and physical activity is great for your health & well being. We are…

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Strength and Balance for Older People (Otago)

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There are 6 outdoor gyms - all free. There are instructions for exercise at each site. These are located at Mead Park, Cambria Bridge Recreational Ground, Quarry Road Recreational Ground, Tovey Way, Shaw Ridge and Eastbury Way Recreational Ground

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Good news! The Active Swindon Challenge is now live, with a new app-based approach that will allow residents, workers and visitors to compete as individuals or teams and gain points that contribute towards prizes and rewards.

How do I play?

The Active Swindon Challenge app is now available to download in the Apple App store and Google Play. Once you download the app and register, competitors can record journeys in the app where the car has been left behind in favour of walking / running, cycling / scooting, and taking public transport.

Now that it is available on both platforms, we will officially launch the challenge and kick start the prizes!

You will gain points for the journeys you make - whether it's the commute, walking to school, popping to the shops, nipping around a friend's house or taking the dog for a walk. The points will build up and you can watch your progress on the individual and team leaderboards.

Q+A

Where is my verification email?

If you don't receive a verification email, please check your junk mail folder / promotions folder (Gmail).

How do I earn points?

Points are awarded on distance travelled, but there are more points on offer if you have put more effort into the journey. For example, you will gain:

20 points per mile for walking and cycling

7 points per mile for taking a bus or train

1 point per mile for going by car

Additionally there are 10 additional points if you replace a car journey, and 50 additional points for completing one of the sub-challenges.

How do you define "replacing a car journey"?

This is subjective, but if you could have made the journey by a car, but went by sustainable transport, then you have replaced the car journey with walking, cycling or taking public transport. For example, if you are walking the dog, or heading out purely to walk or cycle for exercise, then no, you did not replace a car journey. If you are going to a destination, and could have got a taxi, a lift or taken your own car, but chose not to, then we think this classifies as replacing a car journey.

What are the sub-challenges?

To keep up your interest, we have various challenges sprinkled through the period - such as making one off journeys by bike, taking public transport a certain number of times in a given period, or even being the designated driver at weekends! You can join up to 5 challenges simultaneously and if you successfully complete the challenge, you will gain 50 extra points and be entered into a prize draw. If you don't complete the challenge, it will simply expire.

When does the challenge start and end?

We have launched the Active Swindon Challenge on 18th January 2022 and the app is ready to download on both iOs and android devices. We apologise that it has taken us longer to launch than anticipated, but there were some glitches to iron out to make sure it's as great as it can be.

The challenge will initially run through the rest of January, February, March and April. After this time you will still be able to log your journeys and compete on the leaderboards, but the prizes will be on pause until the next "flash challenge" period later in the summer.

What are the prizes?

We know you enjoy the thrill of a little reward here and there so we will randomly reward two lucky players with t-shirts, waterbottles and "Tony's Chocoloney" chocolate each week. There's also an additional weekly prize draw to win a £50 Love to Shop voucher.

Between launch and the end of April, there will be specific mode or time-limited challenges to join. Competitors successfully completing each challenge will gain fifty additional points, and go into a prize draw to win a delicious hamper of goodies from local deli, Bloomfields.

Later in 2022 we are adding the additional challenge of having to track down QR codes to scan all over the borough. This will give you an opportunity to explore new places around Swindon. Each scan of a QR code earns the participant an entry into the weekly QR prize draw.

Can I play if I don't live in Swindon?

Yes, you can download the app and log journeys from anywhere in the UK, but only journeys made in Swindon will be eligible to win prizes. This means that people who live outside the borough but who work in Swindon, or visit Swindon and log journeys here will be eligible for prizes.

Beyond April?

We will keep the app operational beyond April so you can continue to motivate yourself by recording journeys and competing on the leaderboards. However, we'll pause the prizes and challenges, and evaluate the game so far. We intend to bring back "flash challenges" through the year, and longer term will encourage local businesses to get behind the challenge and offer players additional treats, such as money off their products.

We'll update this page regularly so call back soon to find out more!

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Good news! The Active Swindon Challenge is now live, with a new app-based approach that will allow residents, workers and visitors to compete as individuals or teams and gain points that contribute towards prizes and rewards. How do I play? The Active Swindon Challenge app is now available to download in the Apple App store and Google Play.

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Stay active with this walking trail

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Created in 2022 by South Swindon Parish Council for recreation and conservation, the South Swindon Green Trail roughly follows the boundary of the Parish. The approximately 8 mile / 13 km circular Green Trail goes via Shaftesbury Lake, Coate Water, Croft Wood, East Wichel, Rushey Platt, Cambria Bridge, the Town Centre, Fleming Way, Magic Roundabout and Marlowe Avenue. The Green Trail explores historical transport links, local history and the natural world of South Swindon, and has been designed to be enjoyed as a complete circuit, or in sections with alternative routes suggested from each. Information boards are provided at Cambria Bridge Road and Shaftesbury Lake.

You can download and print out a map with abridged notes for each section, or read the full guide to each section by clicking the links above.

There are six sections relating to the development of Swindon: Canal Reservoir, Motorway, Railway, Canal, Magic Roundabout and Post-World War Two.

You can start and finish your walk at any point: this online guide follows the Green Trail clockwise.

The route has been developed and improved for everyone to enjoy, however following wet weather some sections of the Green Trail may be muddy, and therefore less suitable for wheelchairs, pushchairs or bikes - appropriate footwear should be worn. Some sections not suitable for cyclists or horse-riders - please plan your route carefully. The Green Trail is wheelchair accessible apart from the Old Town Railway Track to the concrete road, and some areas of the motorway section of the trail.

When using the Green Trail, please adhere to the following Code:

Keep to the Green Trail or follow appropriate public rights of way.

Keep dogs on a lead.

Clean up after your dog and use the waste bins.

Take your litter home.

Guard against all risk of fire.

Take special care when crossing roads.

Cyclists and horse-riders please give way to walkers.

Be aware of your surroundings if you are walking alone on the quieter sections of the Green Trail.

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Feeding Swindon- What To Do With Your Food

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Feeding Swindon- What To Do With Your Food

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Mental Health support

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Telephone support for those in need

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People contact us with all sorts of concerns and what might be a small issue to you may be huge to someone else.

You could be going through something new or have been struggling to cope for some time, either way, we're here if you feel you need some extra support.

If what's getting to you isn't on this list, please still get in touch.

Common reasons people contact us are:

relationship and family problems

loss, including loss of a friend or a family member through bereavement

financial worries

job-related stress

college or study-related stress

loneliness and isolation

depression

painful and/or disabling physical illness

heavy use of or dependency on alcohol or other drugs

thoughts of suicide

We won't make decisions for you, and we'll support the decisions you make.

You are the expert on your own life. Our advice or opinions are not important.

If you want advice, we may be able to give you contact details for organisations that specialise in helping with specific problems and situations.

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Provides opportunities for the local community to get involved in sport and physical activity

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Looking for a club or a new sport/activity to try? Use our Activity and Club Finder to find out what opportunities are available in your area!

Whether you are a coach, activator, facilitator, instructor, leader, teacher, trainer, staff or volunteer, we offer a range of courses and CPD to suit the varied roles involved in sport and physical activity.

The Wiltshire School Games are back... featuring face to face and virtual events! Find out how your school can get involved.

About WASP

We are your Active Partnership for Swindon & Wiltshire! We work in partnership with national and local organisations to provide opportunities for communities across the county to get involved in sport and physical activity.

All the latest activities and opportunities to get involved with!

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@parkyogauk is back on the 1st of May in Swindon, Salisbury, Devizes and Trowbridge! 🧘‍♂️🧘‍♀️

We could suggest so many reasons to get involved, but we think it's better to hear it from the thousands of people who took part last year 👇

@Active_Trow @SwinSportsForum @SalisburyCC

Looking for something to do this Easter weekend? Why not become a TAGTAP AR BOSS!

Explore your local area, discover new places and you may even find some surprises along the way...

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RT @abb_pe: @WiltsSport massive thank you for allowing @AbbeyfieldEDU to be part of the Rik Grover leaving presentation today. Rik has taught many Abbeyfield Students their first responders award #firstaid its been great working with you 😎🤩💯

Come and be part of the exciting GOGA Programme in #SouthWiltshire

Find out more about the programme, including how to get involved as a PARTICIPANT, VOLUNTEER, or BOTH on our FREE OPEN DAY on Saturday the 7th of May!

#GOGAWiltshire #Inclusiveactivity

We are so excited to be working with @parkyogauk to offer FREE Yoga sessions in 4 locations across Wiltshire.. Salisbury, Swindon, Devizes, and Trowbridge.

Find more info, and read feedback from people who took part last year on our website: wiltssport.org/park-yo...

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On this page you can listen to a series of mental wellbeing audio guides to help you boost your mood.
You can listen to them privately, in your own time, to help you through feelings such as anxiety or a low mood.

If you're not sure how you're feeling, try our mood self-assessment.

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Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Wellbeing Programme

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Swindon Stories- Children's Happiness and Wellbeing book list

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Swindon Stories- Children's Happiness and Wellbeing book list

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Most people recover from mental health problems without needing to go into hospital. There are a number of specialist services that provide various treatments, including counselling and other talking treatments. You may also need help with other aspects of your life - for example, claiming benefits or dealing with housing problems. Often these different services are coordinated by a community mental health team (CMHT).

CMHTs are usually based either at a hospital or a local community mental health centre. Some teams provide 24-hour services so that you can contact them in a crisis. If you are already in contact with a CMHT you may find it useful to keep their number by your phone in case you need it. Otherwise you should be able to contact your local CMHT via your local social services or social work team.

Other kinds of community mental health team include Crisis and Home Treatment teams, which provide you with help in your own home and can come out to see you in an emergency or help you get into hospital if you need inpatient treatment.

You may also find it helpful to contact your nearest Citizens Advice Bureau for advice about benefits, debt problems, legal issues and local services. The Citizens Advice Bureau website has a directory listing its local offices.

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Most people recover from mental health problems without needing to go into hospital. There are a number of specialist services that provide various treatments, including counselling and other talking treatments. You may also need help with other aspects of your life - for example, claiming benefits or dealing with housing problems. Often these different services are coordinated by a community mental health team (CMHT).

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Reading Well books on prescription scheme

Working together with The Reading Agency, our Public Health Department, LIFT Psychology and the Clinical Commissioning Group, the Swindon Libraries and Information Service provides books to help people with a range of common health problems.

A list aimed at adults dealing with common mental health issues such as stress, anxiety, depression, anger and much more.

A list aimed at children from 5 to 11, helping them to cope with worries, fears and difficult issues in a very gentle way. Suitable for parents, carers, schools and others settings.

A list for people living with dementia and carers to help people understand the issues and to help them lead fulfilling lives.

A list specifically for young people giving advice on things such as bullying, ADHD, body image and stress.

A list for long term health conditions such as diabetes, stroke, heart disease and sleep problems.

These books are available in all five core Swindon Libraries; Central Library, North Swindon Library, West Swindon Library, Highworth Library and Park Library and can be borrowed by anyone however, a healthcare professional may prescribe you a book from one of the collections.

Additionally some collections may be available in the Community libraries too. Please check with your local library.

How does the prescription work

A prescription may be issued by a doctor or other health professional and then book can be borrowed from your local library.

If you are not a member, you will be asked to join the library when you take your prescription in. The Library is free to join, visit the join library webpage to find out more details.

If the book you have been prescribed is on loan, you will be offered a free reservation so we can get the book to you as quickly as possible.

Further information

Prescription books can be kept for three weeks and an extension may be possible if no one else is waiting for the book. Some of the books contain assessments and/or diary sheets, so you will ned to make a copy before filling them in.

The books on the list can often be helpful, but they may not work for everyone. If you are still experiencing difficulty or distress then you need to go back to whoever prescribed the book or visit your GP for further advice.

For further details, contact your local library or email librariesoutreach@swindon.gov.uk.

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