Mental Health & Well Being

The Rural Health Partnership raises awareness of mental health and well-being, by providing a range of programmes that cover personal exploration and practical self-care tools. 

Programmes include:  

• Be Positive (Mental Health Awareness) 
• Five Ways to Wellbeing 
• GEM (Gratitude, Empathy & Mindfulness) 
• Hopeful Minds 
• Teen Mindfulness for Exam Stress 
• Bounce (Resilience for Young People) 
• Living Life to the Full (CBT approach) 
• Stress Awareness & Management 
• Menopause Matters 
• Coping With Farm Pressures 
• Resilience through Photography 
• Dementia Awareness.  

In partnership with PIPS: 

• Mental Health First Aid 
• Suicide Safer Communities 
• ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training)  
• Shoulder to Shoulder and Safe Talk (Suicide Awareness)

In partnership with the Recovery College:

• WRAP (Well-being Recovery & Action Planning)

We also provide a Social Prescribing service which addresses social, emotional and practical needs by connecting individuals to sources of support within their community to improve their health and well-being. 

Other activities and programmes include presentations on: 

• Women Through the Ages 
• Women in farming
• Mental Health Perspectives
• Life Skills Toolbox
• Heritage & Culture  
• Well-Being