 Welcome to our September newsletter!
 Free offers, support, and local events to help you feel good, get connected, and live well in Bradford district.
Grab a cuppa and read on, or click the links to jump to the stories you're most interested in!
Free Training
LW Academy Mental Health First Aid Refresher Course. Restore Recovery College - Six week courses.
Spotlight On: Your Health Matters
Get Ready to Quit Smoking with Stoptober! Know Your Numbers Week. Healthy Minds.
Active Bradford District
We Are Undefeatable Launch New FREE App! September is Sustainable Travel Month.
Children & Young People
Bradford District's Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) Local Offer. SEND Drop-in Event. Fun Autumn Activities.
Community Voice
Nourishing Communities Scheme. Keighley Walking Festival. Black History Month – October 2025. Volunteers Help Revive Bowling Park.
Free Training
Living Well Academy
 Adult Mental Health First Aid Refresher Training
If you are a certified Mental Health First Aider you need to take a refresher course within 6 months of your 3 year renewal date.
Thur 9 Oct: 10am – 2pm, online (TEAMS)
Living Well Introduction to Mental Health
For anyone who would like to know more about mental health.
Thur 23 Oct: 10am – 11am, online (TEAMS)
Restore Recovery College - Six Week Courses
Anger Management
Learn techniques to help you understand where your anger comes from and how to take back control.
Starts Wed 24 Sept: 12noon – 2pm
The Community Shop Tong Street, Avenue Retail Park, BD4 9RQ
Manage Your Stress
Understand the causes of your stress and learn useful techniques to manage day to day stress.
Starts Tue 23 Sept: 12noon – 2.30pm
The Salvation Army, Holmewood, St Margarets Avenue, BD4 9BD
Trauma and You
Recognise trauma, make sense of it and find healthy coping strategies.
Starts Tue 23 Sept: 10am – 12noon
The Sutton Centre, Kyffin Place, BD4 8NB
Mindfulness Yoga
Reduce stress and anxiety, improve self-esteem and improve symptoms of low level depression.
Starts Thursday 25 Sept: 12noon – 2pm
TFD Centre, Broadstone Way, Holmewood, BD4 0BH
Call 07538 218491 or click the button below to book and find out more.
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Spotlight On: Your Health Matters!
Get Ready to Quit Smoking with Stoptober!
 Did you know that if you quit smoking for the 28 days of Stoptober, you're five times more likely to quit for good?
Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do for your health and the benefits start almost immediately:
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After 8 hours: Harmful carbon monoxide levels in your blood are reduced by half.
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After 48 hours: Your senses of taste and smell begin to improve.
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After 2 to 12 weeks: Your circulation gets better.
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After 3 to 9 months: Lung function can increase by up to 10%.
This Stoptober let’s quit together. You don’t have to go it alone - getting the right support makes all the difference.
Support That Works
The FREE Living Well Stop Smoking Service is here to help smokers across the Bradford district. It offers personalised support from expert advisors who will work with you to find the best ways to manage cravings and quit for good.
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Free 12-week complete vaping kits – available for anyone who wants to swap to stop.
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Prescribed Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) – prescription charges may apply if you usually pay.
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1:1 support – with our expert quit smoking advisors
You can also find free tools and resources from NHS Better Health including:
It’s Never Too Late to Quit. Even if you’ve tried before, give it another go. Join thousands of others this Stoptober and take the first step towards a smoke-free future.
Call the Living Well Stop Smoking Service on 01274 437700 or email stopsmokingservice@bradford.gov.uk
8 - 14 Sept: Know Your Numbers Week
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Free blood pressure checks at pharmacies in your local area. |
High blood pressure rarely shows symptoms. But if left untreated it can increase your risk of a heart attack or stroke. Find out how to get checked, understand what your numbers mean and how to manage your risk here.
Healthy Minds
 Healthy Minds offers mental health advice and support for young people, parents, carers, diverse communities, and LGBTQ+ across Bradford, Airedale, Wharfedale, and Craven.
Explore the website for urgent help, practical tips, and inspiring films on managing stress, sleep, and wellbeing.
Check out four new walkthrough videos designed to help adults and young people make the most of the site.
Adult female walkthrough
Adult male walkthrough
Young person female walkthrough
Young person male walkthrough
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Active Bradford District
We Are Undefeatable Launch New FREE App!
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Helping people with long term health conditions find enjoyable, accessible ways to get moving. |
Whether you’re just starting out, returning to activity, or looking for something new, the free We Are Undefeatable app is designed with you in mind.
Co-created with award-winning health tech provider Good Boost, it offers tailored exercise programmes you can complete anytime, anywhere – no matter where you are on your journey to getting active.
September is Sustainable Travel Month!
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Modeshift Month is a month-long celebration of all things walking, wheeling, cycling and journey sharing. |
This is the perfect opportunity to choose realistic travel alternatives to driving, to improve health and help to build safer communities.
Scavenger Hunt Trail for children, to encourage them to walk to school.
Visit the Cycling UK website for activities happening in Bradford district.
Walking Works, to encourage workplace health initiatives.
Sept 22 is World Car Free Day
September is Catch the Bus Month
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Children & Young People
Bradford District's Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEND) Local Offer
 Bradford District Local Offer can help families find information, services and activities for children and young people aged from birth to 25 years, with special educational needs, and/or disabilities (SEND) or who are neurodivergent.
Visit the SEND Local Offer
Check out the One Minute Guides
Join the Bradford district SEND Local Offer Facebook Group
Sign up to receive the Bradford district Local Offer monthly newsletter
SEND Drop-In Event
 Do you care for a child or young person with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities?
SEND teams work closely with health visitors and school nurses and can offer specialist advice and support on:
- sleep
- emotional wellbeing
- toileting
- development
- signposting to sensory resources
- and much more…
Come along to a drop-in session:
10am - 12pm. Fri 26 Sept & Fri 12 Dec at Farcliffe Family Hub, Bradford, BD8 8QH.
Fun Autumn Activities!
 Autumn is here and with it there are lots of opportunities to enjoy what the season has to offer; colourful leaves, wild and windy days, sunshine and even splashy rainy days!
Go for a Welly Walk: whatever the weather, pull on your wellies and a raincoat and go for a lovely autumnal walk. Don’t avoid the rain and mud but embrace and enjoy it - splash in some muddy puddles, squelch through mud and fallen leaves, feel the rain on your face and look out for scampering squirrels and rainbows!
Build a Den: make use of fallen sticks and branches that have come down in the windy weather to build a den in the back garden, your local park, or the woods.
Make some Nature Art: Challenge each other to make the best natural, or wild art. Gather fallen leaves, twigs, feathers, seeds, conkers, pine cones, grasses, pebbles and even mud and then find your inner artist and arrange it in a collage or a pretty design in your space.
Celebrate Apples: Autumn is the perfect time to pick and use apples and there are always activities going on in Bradford to help you to learn about apples, cook with apples or even help to make apple juice! BEES Community Orchard Apple Day Sunday 12 Oct: 12noon – 4pm, Bowling Park Allotments, Bowling Park Drive, BD4 7ES.
Look for a local park, greenspace or wood close to you.
JU:MP (Join Us : Move Play) Bradford have lots of ideas to keep children and families active, fit and healthy at all times of the year!
Make a promise to yourself to be active every day with the Living Well 20 Minute Movement. It can improve your mental and physical health, help to relieve stress, help you to sleep better and generally feel better overall!
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Community Voice
Nourishing Communities Scheme
 Living Well has launched ‘Nourishing Communities’, a new food voucher scheme to help Bradford families facing food insecurity.
Delivered by Inn Churches through their FoodSavers programme, the scheme offers vouchers for fresh fruit and veg to use at Darley Street Market and other locations across the district.
Gunther from Roswitha’s Deli said,
“It’s great to see people spending in the right way. Buying good quality ingredients and cooking from scratch. It’s much better than food that is high in fat, sugar or salt, it helps to build healthier eating habits.”
Vouchers will be available from various locations across Bradford for people with long term health conditions who are experiencing food insecurity. After an initial referral and assessment, families will receive a number of vouchers which can be used to buy fresh fruit and vegetables.
Wellnest
A dedicated space designed to nurture wellness, sustainability, and social impact.
FoodSavers Cookery School
Fun, friendly and welcoming courses suitable for complete beginners, people with all abilities, people who already enjoy cooking and people who are yet to be convinced.
FoodSavers Network
Save money on your weekly shop. Save food from going to landfill. Save in a recognised Credit Union scheme.
Keighley Walking Festival 13 - 27 Sept
 This annual event, organised and funded by Keighley Town Council, offers an even wider range of guided walks this year with something suitable for most ages and fitness levels – and they are all FREE!
Please click the button below to see the full schedule or pick up a printed copy from Keighley Civic Centre.
October is Black History Month
Join BRAVE for a joyful weekend that celebrates the power, beauty, and brilliance of Black culture through the arts, taking place on 18 and 19 October.
BRAVE brings together a vibrant mix of professional artists, community performers, and local creatives for an unforgettable celebration of Black roots and voices.
Volunteers Help Revive Bowling Park
 A team from N-Gen Energy Solutions joined forces with Friends of Bowling Park to give the park a fresh boost. Led by volunteer George Taylor, they painted benches, repaired the Three Bears picnic table, and refreshed signage.
Urban Ranger Kristian Eastwood and local volunteers also pitched in, clearing rubbish to create space for future community workshops and wellbeing sessions.
Bowling Park was chosen for its close ties to N-Gen’s nearby Birkshall Gas Site, part of a major low-carbon hydrogen project.
For more information about volunteering opportunities with Better Place Bradford visit – Volunteering as a Ranger
For more information about plans for the hydrogen production plant visit Bradford Hydrogen
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