The 'Living Well' Event

A free public Mental Health Wellbeing event is being staged in Torbay to provide information and raise awareness on mental health issues in the region.

The ‘Living Well’ Event invites you to “Make the connection between your physical and Mental Health” on Saturday 16 May 2015 - during National Mental Health Awareness Week - from 10am to 3pm at Paignton Library.

Raising awareness of how work stresses, anxiety, sleep deprivation, lack of social activities and exercise can impact on physical and mental health will be central to this event, and you can even find out more about ‘How to look out for someone at work or at home” over a free cream tea.

Local independent health & social care consumer champion Healthwatch Torbay - based at Paignton Library - are working alongside Torbay and Southern Devon Health and Care NHS Trust (TSDHCT), South Devon and Torbay Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Devon Partnership Trust (DPT) to stage the free public event, which will include activities such as:

• An opportunity for people to ask questions directly to mental health experts, including a GP, Psychologist, Pharmacist, Psychiatrist, Mental Health Nurses and Mindfulness practitioners.
• Advice and Taster sessions including Bay walks, Tai Chi, Zumba, smoking cessation, eating well, Interactive quizzes, volunteering and BMI checks.
• Rolling Information Talks on a variety of issues, including stress, anxiety, panic, low moods, OCD, phobia, medication advice and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.
• Information stands from a variety of local services, including Healthwatch Torbay, Depression and Anxiety Service, Bipolar group, mental health employment support, post-traumatic stress, Veterans services, Time for change, DPT pharmacist, , pre-birth & post-natal depression, drug and alcohol services.
• An opportunity to meet with those who commission and provide mental health services and discover how they are using public feedback to make changes to those services.
• Free cream tea from 11am (limited availability) for visitors, and more activities planned on the day.

For more information on mental health issues please visit www.mentalhealth.org.uk. For more information on the ‘Living Well’ event at Paignton Library, call free on 08000 520 029 or visit www.healthwatchtorbay.org.uk.

For more information visit http://www.healthwatchtorbay.org.uk/