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Welcome to North Somerset Wellbeing
Our service is for adults living in North Somerset (or registered with a GP in North Somerset) in need of mental health support and for their carers. We aim to help people develop skills to manage their own mental wellbeing and recovery journey; we do this by running group courses and activities using wellbeing college style techniques.
If you have any questions about our provision, please contact us at NSWellbeing@second-step.co.uk to talk through your options.
Discover what activities, workshops and courses we have coming up in our timetable below or download our latest prospectus.
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FREE online mindfulness practice
Practise mindfulness anytime, anywhere
We are pleased to announce our online guided Mindfulness practice sessions are now open for booking!
These mindfulness exercises are for everyone, whether you're new to mindfulness or you practise mindfulness regularly.
You can use these sessions first thing in the morning to reduce anxiety and get your day going, or as and when needed to manage stress and ground yourself, or how about last thing at night to calm and clear your mind for a restful night’s sleep? It’s up to you.
Book in the same way as our other activities, workshops and courses by filling in our online booking form.
When you book, we'll send you an email with a link to your chosen mindfulness practice along with a handy ‘introduction to mindfulness’ to get you off to the best possible start. You are free to keep your links forever to practise mindfulness whenever you like.
We look forward to you joining us.
Try it out – listen to our taster session Leaves on a Stream below:
For more information about the benefits of mindfulness and to find out what mindfulness sessions we offer, visit our mindfulness practice sessions page here.
Upcoming Wellbeing Activities, Workshops and Courses
We have a range of free in-person and online wellbeing activities, workshops and courses.
Places are limited, so please complete a booking form to secure your spot and a member of our team will get back to you.
| Monday | Creativity for Wellbeing 2-3.30pm every week, WSM* |
| Tuesday | Community Drop-in support & signposting (NO NEED TO BOOK) 10.30-11.30am, every week, WSM* Emotional Intensity Module - Recognising & Naming Emotions 2-3.30pm, 15 April 2025, ZOOM Emotional Intensity Module - Emotion Regulation Skills Part 1 - 2-3.30pm, 22 April 2025, ZOOM Emotional Intensity Module - Emotion Regulation Skills Part 2 - 2-3.30pm, 29 April 2025, ZOOM Emotional Intensity Module - Understanding Unhealthy Coping Behaviours 2-3.30pm, 6 May 2025, ZOOM Emotional Intensity Module - Distress Tolerance Skills Part 1 - 2-3.30pm, 20 May 2025, ZOOM Emotional Intensity Module - Distress Tolerance Skills Part 2 - 2-3.30pm, 27 May 2025, ZOOM Emotional Intensity Module - Relationships 2-3.30pm, 3 June 2025, ZOOM Emotional Intensity Module - Boundaries 2-3.30pm, 10 June 2025, ZOOM |
| Wednesday | Wellbeing Space 1-2.15pm, every week, NAILSEA* Mindful Arts & Crafts 2.15-3.15pm, every week, NAILSEA* Wellbeing Walk (Portishead) 1-2pm, 7 May 2025 Wellbeing Cafe (Portishead) 2-3pm, 7 May 2025 Wellbeing Walk (Clevedon) 1-2pm, 4 June 2025 Wellbeing Cafe (Clevedon) 2-3pm, 4 June 2025 |
| Thursday | Wellbeing Space 11.30am-12.45pm, every week, WSM* Writing for Wellbeing 2.30-4pm every week, ZOOM Carer's Cafe (WsM Museum ) 10.30am-12pm, 1 May 2025 Carer's Cafe (WsM Museum ) 10.30am-12pm, 5 June 2025 Wellbeing Walk (WsM ) 10.30-11.30am, 1 May 2025 Wellbeing Cafe (WsM ) 11.30am-12.30pm, 1 May 2025 Wellbeing Walk (WsM ) 10.30-11.30am, 5 June 2025 Wellbeing Cafe (WsM ) 11.30am-12.30pm, 5 June 2025 Forest Therapy Course Starting 5 June 2025, 2 - 3.30pm (4 sessions, 1 per week) WSM* |
| Friday | Getting to Know Stress Workshop 25 April 2025, 10.30am-12pm, WSM* ADHD Minds of all Kinds Course Starting 2 May 2025, 10.30am-12pm, (5 x sessions, 1 per week), WSM* Anxiety Course Starting 6 June, 10.30am-12.30pm, (4 x sessions, 1 per week), WSM* |
| ANYTIME | Mindfulness Practice Anytime Any day, ONLINE* |
*Please book in advance as the in-person groups held in Weston-super-Mare (4 Boulevard, BS23 1NA) and Nailsea (65 High Street, BS48 1AW) have limited places available.
"Thank you for the fantastic support provided through your groups. I don't know how I would have got through the last year without them"
What Makes Me Well
In our #WhatMakesMeWell campaign we share stories of how art and creativity has kept clients from North Somerset Wellbeing well during Covid-19.
News, resources and things to know
One of our volunteers Kara, has written a series of Covid-related blogs called 'Dear Friend' answering some of your mental health and wellbeing questions. You can find her blogs in the useful resources and ideas section below.
If you have any questions, please get in touch nswellbeing@second-step.co.uk or 0333 023 3504