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Warrington Borough Council is launching ‘Make Time’ the new mental wellbeing campaign for Cheshire and Merseyside

When was the last time you made time for yourself?

Warrington Borough Council is launching ‘Make Time’ the new mental wellbeing campaign for Cheshire and Merseyside

The Make Time campaign, launched during Mental Health Awareness Week (16 – 22 May), aims to introduce people to easy, everyday things they can do to feel good about themselves.

During the week, people will be asked to consider Make Time’s thought-provoking questions and to act on them:
• When was the last time you laughed until you cried?
• When was the last time you got up and out?
• When was the last time you noticed things around you?
• When was the last time you tried something new?
• When was the last time you made someone smile?

Make Time is based on the Five Ways to Wellbeing – simple, everyday actions that can help us to feel good about ourselves. Research has shown that people who regularly include the Five Ways to Wellbeing in their daily lives are more likely to feel positive.

The Five Ways to Wellbeing are:

  • Connect: spend time with the people who are important to you.
    • Be active: at a level that suits your mobility and fitness
    • Take notice: be more aware of the world around you. Be curious.
    • Keep learning: try something new or different, start a new hobby.
    • Give: do something thoughtful for someone else, or volunteer your time.

Cllr Maureen McLaughlin, executive member for public health and wellbeing, said: “The Make Time campaign aims to make the Five Ways to Wellbeing messages more relevant and accessible. It prompts people to think about what they currently do that makes them feel good and how they might fit more of the Five Ways to Wellbeing into their daily life and so maintain or improve their mental wellbeing.

“We all deserve to enjoy life and feel good about ourselves and the Make Time campaign aims to help people to do that.  We know however that sometimes life can be tough.  Whether you’re feeling great and want to stay that way, or you feel you are under a lot of pressure and struggling to manage your feelings, there is information and help available to support you”.

Residents can find out more about Make Time and about support services in Warrington by visiting www.make-time.org and clicking on “Warrington” under the “find your area” list.

We’re also asking Warrington residents to join the campaign on social media and to post comments and pictures on Facebook and Twitter, illustrating how they Make Time to fit the Five Ways to Wellbeing into their lives. Posts linked to the Make Time campaign can be tagged with #maketimewarrington.

The Warrington site www.happyoksad.org.uk provides information on the range of local support services available in Warrington.  As well as your own GP, the site provides contacts for charities and other services that support people who are in distress, feeling suicidal or who are worried about a friend or family member.

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