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Improve your mental wellbeing with our one-day courses. We cover the Six Ways to Wellbeing and focus on solutions to issues.
We regularly run three different one-day courses:
Each course is informal and is a great alternative to a class-room based course. They run from 10am until 4pm and you will need to bring your own lunch.
Our wellbeing courses are Live Well Kent services provided by Shaw Trust on behalf of Kent County Council and the NHS.
Where we run these courses:
- Ashford
- Maidstone
- Tonbridge
- Whitstable
Wellbeing (self)
You will set your own goals to make small changes in your life, which can have profound positive benefits. This informal course is based on the Six Ways to Wellbeing and includes the benefits of:
- physical activity
- life-long learning
- mindfulness
- building resilience
- doing more of what you are good at
- healthy sleep
- having meaning in life.
Dates
- Thursday 17 January - Ashford
- Wednesday 13 February - Tonbridge
- w/c 4 February - Maidstone
Please note that we will be updating this page with further dates and venues over the course of the year.
Booking this course
You can contact us directly or through Live Well Kent - make sure you tell us what course you are interested in. Once we receive a referral form, a Live Well Kent Navigator will arrange to meet with you.
We also run an art-based wellbeing course called the Art of Wellbeing. It's currently running on Saturdays and you don't need to be artistic to join!
Wellbeing (others)
This course is all about understanding how engaging with others can improve your mental wellbeing. You will set your own goals, which are based on the Six Ways to Wellbeing and includes the benefits of:
- giving
- small acts of kindness
- connecting with others
- healthy relationships
- active listening
- gratitude.
Dates
- Thursday 24 January - Ashford
- Monday 21 January - Whitstable
- Wednesday 20 February - Tonbridge
- w/c 11 February - Maidstone
Please note that we will be updating this page with further dates and venues over the course of the year.
Booking this course
You can contact us directly or through Live Well Kent - make sure you tell us what course you are interested in. Once we receive a referral form, a Live Well Kent Navigator will arrange to meet with you.
We also run an art-based wellbeing course called the Art of Wellbeing. It's currently running on Saturdays and you don't need to be artistic to join!
Solution-focused (self)
This course will help introduce you to new ways of thinking about problems. It will help you to bypass the usual sticking points that prevent us from moving forward and flourishing. We've developed this course based on the Brief Solution-Focused theories and it includes the benefits of:
- identifying a 'preferred future'
- identifying what has worked in the past
- noticing change
- scaling
- the 'miracle' question.
Dates
- Monday 28 January - Whitstable
- Thursday 31 January - Ashford
- Wednesday 27 February - Tonbridge
- w/c 18 February - Maidstone
Please note that we will be updating this page with further dates and venues over the course of the year.
Booking this course
You can contact us directly or through Live Well Kent - make sure you tell us what course you are interested in. Once we receive a referral form, a Live Well Kent Navigator will arrange to meet with you.
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