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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nShe recommended a visit to the GP for anyone who noticed poor mental health to see the kind of support they would offer them. She added: “Also they should try to find community centres, like Wellbeing Centre, that specialises in rendering non-medical support for people who need mental health support.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She noted that several groups in the centre could give people something to do. She added: “In a place like this, you can learn new skills; you gain new skills and abilities. There are a lot of that that you can gain from different sections and activities.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Wellbeing Centre Manager, Jane Rennie explained that the Centre supports people through their journey to recovery. She said: “The centre is a part of the recovery pathways within the service.” She said people who came to the Wellbeing Centre had passed through the system. They had seen doctors and nurses because they have mental health problems.” She said these people had gone through a medical process and were only trying to maintain their mental health so that they did not have to go back to see doctors and nurses regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to her, other people who recognized that they were in danger of their mental health becoming poor also visited the centre to meet people to prevent social isolation or to join groups for activities. The goal is to stop people from falling into poor mental health. Jennie said their exercise classes in the centre are chair exercises, which are very gentle for everyone to participate. The manager said: “One of the centre users who went on the walk today listened to the CD we gave them during the lockdown, which was just gentle exercises to do every day. And he got on the routine and found it stopped his anxiety.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n She said this gentle exercise works for many people, but others may have to go to the gym and work hard to get the feeling chair exercise achieved in some. She stated that they encourage people to do whatever kind of exercise that works for them. She noted that simple chair exercise or walking makes people feel better, their blood circulating well, and also helps in social connection. Most of the centre’s activities are drop-in except for creative writing classes. The Wellbeing Centre has a specialist who volunteers to teach the art group craft, and the centre provides the necessary materials. The group learned different artwork each week. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Wellbeing Centre users at Harpurhey have commended the recovery initiatives provided for members of the public<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1625,"featured_media":13527,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4972],"tags":[5423,5422,5421],"class_list":["post-13512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-a-friendly-atmosphere-to-learn","tag-a-place-to-fight-depression-and-social-isolation","tag-non-medical-supports-for-people-with-poor-mental-health"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
She said: “We have a lot of groups. We have a self-help depression group, we have a hearing voices self-help group, we have an alcohol support group.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/satellite.mmu.ac.uk\/northernquota-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/437\/2023\/09\/Harpurhey-Wellbeing-Centre-gym-used-for-chair-exercise-1024x577.jpg\")
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The centre features photography classes, art classes, and creative writing classes. There is also a game, gym, and a cafe which offers subsidised prices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The classes and group activities take place in a friendly atmosphere. Participants in the anxiety and depression group help monitor one another condition if they have one. The group enables people to make necessary social connections and social skills. People are confident nobody will laugh at them because most participants have had mental health issues.
Centre users who need to see therapists get referred to Talking Therapy, a separate agency of the Greater Manchester Mental Health occupying the same building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n