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We’re brightening up your January with Health and Wellbeing Week – once again our libraries are offering a wide range of free activities to help improve your mental and physical wellbeing, from Monday 22 to Sunday 28 January. |
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Health and Wellbeing Week activities
Our larger libraries will be holding health and wellbeing marketplaces 10am to 4pm at:
- Storyhouse Chester—Monday 22 January
- Neston Library—Tuesday 23 January
- Ellesmere Port Library—Wednesday 24 January
- Winsford Library—Friday 26 January
These are free drop-in sessions, providing you with the opportunity to connect with a wide range of local and community organisations, learn about their work, and how they can provide support.
Other highlights include:
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Wellbeing Walks followed by refreshments at Blacon Library, Chester Library at Storyhouse, Ellesmere Port Library, Great Boughton Library, Helsby Library, Little Sutton Library, Malpas Library, Neston Library, Tarvin Library, Upton Library, Weaverham Library and Winsford Library
- Creative, mindfulness and craft workshops at Ellesmere Port Library and Chester Library at Storyhouse with Fallen Angels
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Drive safely for longer workshops at Ellesmere Port Library, Hope Farm Library, Little Sutton Library, Northwich Library at Weaver Hall Museum, Sandiway Library, Weaverham Library and Winsford Library
- Crafting memories with End of Life Partnership at Neston Library
- A mindful creativity workshop promoting positivity, connection and wellbeing with Radiate Arts at Chester Library at Storyhouse and Northwich Library at Weaver Hall Museum
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Tai Chi taster session at Ellesmere Port Library
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Mindfulness for Wellbeing at Lache Library
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Local History Talks at Neston Library, Helsby Library and Upton Library
- Introducing Cyanotype workshop with Open Eye Gallery at Hope Farm Library and Little Sutton Library
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The Darkest Evening, A Murder Mystery by Ann Cleeves at Neston Library
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Refreshment, Exercise and Chat (REC) - gentle chair exercises at Sandiway Library
To find out about all the fantastic wellbeing events and information sessions, visit the library events page.
Tickets to bookable events are available at www.ticketsource.co.uk/cwaclibraries
Our regular library activities will still be taking place including adult crafts, scrabble clubs, adult colouring, Knit and Natter sessions, family history support, wellbeing coffee mornings, reading groups, rhymetimes and storytimes.
We offer an extensive range of resources to help raise awareness about mental health whilst also providing access to information that will enable people to lead happier and healthier lives.
Go to our dedicated mental health awareness page for lots of information and advice from a whole host of health organisations, which provide support for children, young people and adults.
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We all know that borrowing books can help you save money (it’s also a great way to be more sustainable!). Why not check our 2023 calculator and see how much you’ve saved over the year? And can you beat this for 2024?
Head to our online catalogue to find out: Cheshire Libraries Catalogue (koha-ptfs.co.uk) (you’ll need to log into your account first).
Saved a fortune? Let us know on social media @cwaclibraries
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Do your bit to help save the environment and money this year, by donating unwanted children’s fancy dress costumes at Barnton, Blacon, Frodsham, Hope Farm, Lache, Little Sutton, Neston, Northwich, Sandiway, Wharton and Winsford libraries.
You can also drop into any of those libraries and collect a donated costume.
Donated costumes will be quickly checked and put out for collection (no donation or payment required) from Thursday 1 February to Wednesday 6 March.
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This winter visit your local library for a warm and friendly welcome.
During opening times libraries are part of the Council’s Warm, Welcoming Spaces network, providing a space for you to stay warm and safe.
Some Warm Welcoming Spaces sites will be open all day and some for shorter periods. Details of opening times can be found on each library’s webpage.
Alongside our wide range of books, eBooks, eAudiobooks and eMagazines, there are also refreshments and free access to WiFi as well as public computers and newspapers. Everyone is welcome to join in with library events and activities that are taking place.
Find out more about Warm Welcoming Spaces here, and share the details with your friends, family and neighbours.
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We’re excited to be welcoming interactive dance theatre show The Greatest Robot Ever to Ellesmere Port Library on Monday 19 February! It’s a brand new, rhyming story created by The Knotted Project and Hawk Dance Theatre. The show is perfect for children 3-8 years and their grownups.
For more information and to book visit The Greatest Robot Ever at Ellesmere Port Library event tickets from TicketSource.
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Little Things
Fearne Cotton
Stress is a normal part of life, but it can be overwhelming. The habits, tools, and advice in these pages will help you cope better, to understand your own worries, and to pause and respond rather than react (we've all done it!). By focusing on small steps, practising self-awareness and getting creative with the exercises and simple ideas, daily tricks and practical tools in the pages of this little book, we can counterbalance our hectic world and unlock daily happiness.
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Happier Hour
Cassie Holmes
The most precious commodity we own isn't money. It's time. We are allotted just 24 hours a day, and we live in a culture that keeps us feeling 'time poor' - like we never have enough. Since we can't add more hours to the day, how can we experience our lives more richly? Based on Professor Cassie Holmes's wildly popular MBA class at UCLA, 'Happier Hour' demonstrates how to immediately improve our lives by changing how we perceive and invest our time. Holmes provides empirically based insights and easy-to-implement tools that will allow you to spend your hours optimally and feel confident in your choices.
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The Home Herbal
Andrew Chevallier
A herbal medicine-making guide for modern life that starts with you. Learn how to make over 100 easy herbal remedies at home that will improve both your mental and physical wellbeing. Organised by everyday needs and ailments, this intuitive, beautifully illustrated guide will help you better understand your physiology and find just the right herbal restorative. Covering everything from poor sleep, common colds, and menstrual problems to low mood, heart health, and safe dosages, this book is your indispensable companion to self-healing with herbal remedies.
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Walk Yourself Happy
Julia Bradbury
Join Julia Bradbury as she leads you through the walk of our lifetimes. There's a lot of talk about how we all must connect more with nature. But what does that mean? How do you do it? And what does it do for you in return? Can something as simple as going for a walk really improve your life? The simple answer is: YES. 'Walk Yourself Happy' will explain the elemental link between our own health - both physical and mental - and the natural world.
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