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January 2022
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Time to put yourself first
Your January health and wellbeing update has lots of helpful tips, free courses and useful resources to help you improve your health, whether that’s now or in a few months’ time. Don’t be drawn in to the ‘New Year New You’ concept or compare yourself to others, be kind to yourself and make sure it’s the right time for you to be setting yourself a new goal.
Throughout this year we will continue to offer free services for the local community such as:
Get Active Courses
Strong & Steady Courses & Workshops
1-2-1 Wellbeing appointments (including the Wellbeing Package)
Weight Off Workshops, Smoking cessation & Alcohol reduction
WOW!
If you're worried about your weight and want to make positive lifestyle changes, our Weight Off Workshops might be for you! Our FREE 12 session programme runs all year round, via telephone or face to face group work.
Courses are running in Henfield, Storrington and Billingshurst.
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New moves!
Places are filling up fast on our FREE Get Active courses! From learning to run to targeting your legs bum and tum, kick start your journey to feeling healthier and having fun!
All our courses aim to guide you through your first steps to getting active within a friendly and supportive environment.
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Pre-diabetes session
Don’t miss out on the chance to sign up to our next pre-diabetes session. We will support you to set small, manageable goals to improve your health and wellbeing and help you take more control of reducing your risk of diabetes.
Friday 14 January, 9.30am at the Wellbeing Centre
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Emotional Eating Workshop
Our Emotional Eating and Unhealthy Behaviours workshop focuses on identifying the reasons for emotional eating, triggers and barriers, and what steps you can put in place to overcome these challenges.
It can also be applied to any unhealthy behaviour patterns such as excessive drinking or smoking.
Monday 31 January 9:30 – 11:30am
Please note: This workshop is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice. If you suffer from an eating disorder or a mental health issue that affects your eating habits, this workshop may not be appropriate for you and you should contact your GP for advice.
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Let's Talk About Sleep
This short talk will look at factors affecting sleep and highlight the reasons why we are finding it difficult to fall asleep and stay asleep through the night. We will show you how to work out your best sleep time and figure out what type of sleeper you are and how many hours you really need.
If you would like helpful tools and advice to support you getting a good nights sleep, please register your interest.
Please note: This talk is suitable for people who have mild to moderate sleep issues. If you suffer with insomnia or any health conditions that are affecting your sleep, you should contact your GP.
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Alcohol Support
January is 'Love Your Liver Awareness Month'. January is often a time when people take stock after the Christmas period. Many people increase their alcohol consumption and gain weight during the festive season - the two biggest risk factors for developing liver disease.
If you've been finding it difficult to control your drinking recently and want advice and support to cut down, we can help.
Our Alcohol support service provides a series of one to one sessions to support people who may be drinking a bit too much and want to cut down or stop drinking altogether to enjoy a healthier lifestyle.
It is a confidential, non-judgemental service with no group work involved.
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App of month
Dry January
Take part in Dry January to ditch the hangover, boost your energy and save some money, while doing your body a lot of good.
Going sober is also a good way to reset your relationship with alcohol and drink more healthily year-round.
You can sign up at Alcohol Change UK or you can download the DryJanuary app to keep track on your progress throughout the month.
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Cervical Screening
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week 2022 will take place from 17-23 January.
We know many women find cervical screening a difficult test, and Covid-19 has made it more challenging for some, but attending regular appointments is vital to making sure you're safe and well.
Cervical screening is not a test for cancer, it's a test to help prevent cancer and it's one of the best ways to protect yourself from Cervical Cancer.
Whether you're due for a screening or need to make an appointment and want to find out more information or get support, you can find plenty of information on the NHS website and from charities such as Jo's Cervical Cancer Trust:
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National Obesity Awareness Week
10 - 16 January
National Obesity awareness week aims to draw attention to the issue of obesity and encourage people to keep active and eat a healthy diet to avoid becoming obese.
Whether it’s being more physically active or keeping a closer eye on what we eat, even small changes can go a long way to promote healthy living.
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Thank you!
The Wellbeing Team are continuing to provide free one-to-one advice, guidance and support over the phone and face to face and we love getting your feedback. From losing weight to stopping smoking, reducing alcohol consumption or improving mental wellbeing, here are some of the positive comments we've had in 2021.
What's going on at our Wellbeing Centre?
Neighbourhood Wardens
Based within the community, our neighbourhood wardens work alongside partner agencies to improve the quality of life for everyone and promote community cohesion and resilience.
Tuesday 4 January 10am - 11.30am
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Conversation Starter Project
Find out more about the Walk and Talk weekly meet ups in Horsham Park. They encourage and welcome anyone wanting to connect and enhance their emotional and physical wellbeing.
Thursday 6 January 1-2pm
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Horsham Matters
Horsham Matters is a charity that aims to relieve hardship through the provision of essential services (food, fuel and shelter) in order to make a positive, long-lasting impact on people's lives.
Thursday 6 January 12pm - 12.45pm
Thursday 27 January 12pm - 12.45pm
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West Sussex Fire and Rescue Service
The Fire service information, including recruitment, safety advice and training courses.
Each year around 1000 fires start from faulty electric blankets, so come and visit us for FREE electric blanket testing. Reduce the risk of fire and ensure your blanket meets safety standards.
Wednesday 12 January 10am-4pm
Call 03458729719 to book an appointment.
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Community Link Team
Helping residents feel safe and independent in the Horsham District. They provide technology-enabled care (often known as telecare or telehealth) devices and a 'Checking on You' telephone service.
Thursday 13 January 10am-1pm
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Community Fridge
The Horsham Community Fridge offer excess food from local businesses, supermarkets and allotments, that would otherwise be wasted, and is available to everyone in the Community. Come along and choose five items to save it going to landfill!
Tuesdays 10 - 11am and Thursdays 1 - 2pm.
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Find out about all our events we have coming up throughout the month by visiting our 'What's on' page
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