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Be Well is here to help you find a way to live and feel well whatever twists and turns life brings. We can even help you get on top of work, family and money worries. When you come to Be Well, you’ll be assessed by one of our trained coaches. They’ll talk to you about the help you need and the goals you want to achieve, and set you up with the most appropriate person in the team to get you to where you want to be.
Just call us on 0161 470 7120
Monday to Friday - 9am to 5pm
Be Well is for anyone who lives in Manchester, or whose GP surgery is based there.
When a medical approach isn’t enough to help you find a way to live and feel well – you can be invited to come to us by a wide range of groups and organisations in your community as well as by local health, housing and advice workers.
When you come to Be Well, you’ll be assessed by one of our trained coaches. They’ll talk to you about the help you need and the goals you want to achieve, and set you up with the most appropriate person in the team to get you to where you want to be.
You’ll then have regular one-to-one sessions – either face-to-face or over the phone. Together with your worker, you will talk through any changes you would like to make in your life; and ways to keep you motivated along your journey.
Through coming to Be Well, you’ll feel motivated to make changes that stick and you’ll have learned some new ways of staying on the right track.
It might be that you have one particular issue that’s central to you. Because Be Well is a partnership of local organisations, we also have coaches who specialise in certain areas:
Our team are based all over Manchester in different places, so you can meet them at the doctors, in a community centre, or even a fire station.
Be Well is a partnership is made up of The Big Life group, Pathways, Citizens’ Advice Manchester, One Manchester, Wythenshawe Community Housing Group and Southways and Northwards Housing.
In addition, nine organisations host our team, to make sure that they’re available in convenient community locations. These are: Barlow Moor Community Association; Benchill Community Centre; BHA For Equality; Ethnic Health Forum; the Gaddum Centre; Healthy Me Healthy Communities; Mind; Old Moat Learning Hub; and the Tree of Life Centre, Mustard Tree, Wai Yin Society, LGBT Foundation, Football Club United of Manchester.
Funded by Manchester City Council, Slimming World vouchers give you 12-weeks free membership of Slimming World’s weight loss groups.
Just hit the vouchers button at the top of this page for details of how to claim this offer. Once you claim the offer you’ll get a special contact number and offer code for Slimming World. Then when you call Slimming World, they will check you meet all the conditions of the offer, answer any questions you have and help you find a group that suits you.
We are currently supporting some fantastic projects with funding from The Manchester Social Prescribing Development Fund.
Find out about the project in your area and how to get involved below.
Venue: The Pankhurst Plot, Chorlton, Manchester, M2 7HH
Support your health and wellbeing with weekly gardening sessions, including sowing seeds and building bug hotels. Connecting with nature, each other and learning new skills.
Find out more about this project and how to refer from nerissa@wearemud.org or call 0745 032 3795.
Venue: Walks start and end at Rainbow Haven, Abbey Hey Lane, Abbey Hey, Manchester.
A supported walking and movement group for refugee and asylum-seeking women. Twelve free movement sessions, exploring outdoor space and supporting wellbeing.
Find out more about this project and how to refer from kati@rainbowhaven.org.uk
Venues:
Fitness and exercise introduction classes to support people’s wellbeing.
Working with a coach sessions are aimed at all fitness levels and can be adapted to support individual needs.
The Head Start program looks at sustainable exercise to help improve health and wellbeing.
Find out more about this project and how to refer from Eddie.owen@salesharks.com
Venues and times:
Community based choirs for all singing abilities!
It’s all about singing together, smiling together and socialising whilst improving your wellbeing and learning new singing skills.
You can just drop-in to any session! Find out more about this project from martinpurdy@talktalk.net
Venue: meals delivered across Manchester
Remaining meals will be delivered to other referrals, including anyone experiencing food poverty or struggling to eat well
Email gemma@crackinggoodfood.org for a referral form or more information.
Venue: Community ‘Lunch & Learns’: Tuesday lunchtimes from 12pm-1pm at Brunswick Church.
For referrals, people can attend the church on the following dates:
Wednesdays from 5th October – 21st December (21st December we will be partnering with the church community to provide a free community festive meal and gathering for all to join).
Volunteering Opportunities
What you will learn:
What we will appreciate help with:
Get in touch: amanda@crackinggoodfood.org
Venue: Across Central & North Manchester
Read Easy are supporting adults in Central and North Manchester to improve their literacy skills by offering free one-to-one confidential reading support.
Learners are partnered with a Reading Coach to provide flexible support to help them develop their reading skills.
Find out more about this project and how to refer at – mcnnetworker@readeasy.org.uk
Venue: Zion Community Resource Centre, 339 Stretford Road, Hulme, Manchester, M15 4ZY
GMESS supports people affected by long-term inflammatory skin conditions, to improve their physical, emotional, and social lives, through improvements to self-care.
This includes:
Find out more about this project and how to refer at – support@gmess.org.uk
Venue: Deliveries across Manchester.
Humans use a food redistribution network to source good quality food at a reduced price and can deliver these directly to your door!
Packages include fruit and veg, cupboard stables and ambient goods and occasionally fresh meat and fish protein prepared meals.
Fees: There is a yearly membership fee of £5.
Weekly grocery charges depend on your household size:
Find out more about this project at: info.humansmcr.org
Venue: Parthian Climbing Centre, St Benedict’s Church, Bennett Street, West Gorton, Manchester, M12 5ND
Climbing Calm is a social prescribing programme for adults in Manchester, using rock climbing to develop new tools to cope with life’s challenges.
The programme is aimed at adults experiencing mild to moderate mental health difficulties or anyone who needs a little extra support and delivered by a specialist team of rock-climbing instructors and a clinical psychologist.
You can learn a new skill, build resilience and coping skills, and manage your mental health through climbing. Sessions take place on Friday evenings at Parthian Climbing Centre in Manchester and run for 6 weeks.
Self-refer at: https://sprw.io/stt-a0bb421478 and you’ll receive an email inviting you to book onto the next available block.
Venue: 422 Community Hub, 422 Stockport Road, Longsight, M12 4EX
A 12-week employment support programme for 18 – 25 years olds from Black, Asian and ethnic minority groups.
This program focuses on
strengthening employability skills and building confidence to help you prepare to be work-ready!
You will explore topics such as:
Find out more about this project and how to refer at – info@alchemyarts.co.uk
Venue: Zion Community Resource Centre, Hulme / Southern Allotments, Chorlton
Manchester Mind are offering gardening and cooking groups to support well-being for those living with mental health issues.
Gardening Groups – Led by experienced gardeners, mental health professionals and volunteers. The group is focused on growing organic vegetables and flowers in beautiful natural surroundings, relaxation and building peer relationships.
Cooking Groups – Led by experienced cooks, mental health professionals and volunteers. The group is focused on using the vegetables produced at the allotment to cook nutritious meals whilst having fund and building peer relationships.
Find out more about this project at: foodforall@manchestermind.org
Refer online at: Manchester Mind
Venue: The Boiler House, 9 Wilcock Street, Manchester, M16 7DA
The Men’s/Women’s Shed offers a Men/Women only environment to explore making and mending! Activities include joinery, woodwork, making furniture and repairing things. Sessions are supported by a qualified woodworker and open to anyone with emotional and mental health needs such as social isolation, loneliness, anxiety and low-mood.
Find out more about this project at: info@boilerhouse.org / 0161 465 6954
Venue: Moston and surrounding areas.
A creative walking and talking photography project for Men to support with mental health and wellbeing. The Artist will lead creative walks in chosen locations, equipping people with photography skills to document their neighbourhood. It will be an opportunity to explore the relationship between green space and mental health and wellbeing, finding visual representations in natural environments to reflect this.
Find out more about this project and how to refer at – steve@sickfestival.com / 07949546135
