Adult Wellbeing Services

Adult Wellbeing Services We are a range of services working together to reduce health inequalities and increase opportunities for individuals and communities across County Durham.

This page is not monitored 24/7 โ€“ we will respond to enquiries as soon as possible. Adult Wellbeing Services (AWS) is a range of services working together to reduce health inequalities and increase opportunities for individuals and communities across County Durham. Wellbeing for life

Offering advice and training to support behaviour change and improve health, wellbeing and learning opportunities

. Joining the Dots

Supporting people aged 18 and over to live well when they have received a cancer diagnosis, are going through cancer treatment or are living beyond their diagnosis. Joining the Dots Facilitators can also support immediate carers. Health Squad

Providing support for communities and individuals who have previously found it difficult to access primary health care for either cultural or personal reasons. Waiting Well

A programme for patients selected from surgery or cancer treatment waiting lists who are supported whilst they wait to ensure they are physically well in readiness for the surgery or treatment. Health Checks

Following up those identified as at risk of preventable illness following their NHS Health Check. The service signposts clients to health and wellbeing services for further advice and support. Cancer Awareness

Raising awareness of the signs and symptoms of cancer, the importance of the NHS Screening programmes and advising on lifestyle changes to reduce risk. This service has a dedicated (social media platform name) at: https://www.facebook.com/cancerawarenessteamcodurham/
https://www.linkedin.com/company/86702240/

๐Ÿ’™๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดSeptember is Snacktember, the perfect time to explore healthier snack choice...
05/09/2026

๐Ÿ’™๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด

September is Snacktember, the perfect time to explore healthier snack choices that can support your energy, mood and overall wellbeing.

Why not try something new this month and make healthy snacking part of your daily routine? Small changes can make a big difference to your wellbeing.

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ have created a selection of simple, nutritious recipes to help you discover delicious alternatives to everyday snacks.

From quick bites to healthier treats, we hope these ideas inspire you, check out the first of our delicious recipes below.

Drop us a photograph below if you make these this weekend ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐Ÿ’š The Joining the Dots team are set to be at lots of Macmillan Coffee Mornings coming up.Check out this upcoming coffee ...
05/09/2026

๐Ÿ’š The Joining the Dots team are set to be at lots of Macmillan Coffee Mornings coming up.

Check out this upcoming coffee morning at St John's Church Hall in Moorside on Saturday 19 September from 10am to midday.

You can enjoy a 'cuppa' and find out more about how Joining the Dots can support you and your local community.

For more upcoming events from the Adult Wellbeing Services, visit: https://www.yourwellbeingservices.uk/whats-on/

๐Ÿ’™ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€?We're looking for a Well...
04/09/2026

๐Ÿ’™ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€?

We're looking for a Wellbeing Community Connector to join our ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—บ.

In this rewarding role, you'll support people facing barriers such as loneliness, social isolation, poor housing, debt, physical inactivity and long-term health conditions, helping them access the support and opportunities they need to thrive.

You'll empower individuals to improve their health, wellbeing and independence, while helping to reduce inequalities and build stronger, healthier communities.

If you want to make a real difference every day, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply now: https://beta.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/C9439-2627-RP-1250

๐Ÿ’š Protect your health and wellbeing, live well and reduce your risk of diseases, including cancer.Want to know how you c...
04/09/2026

๐Ÿ’š Protect your health and wellbeing, live well and reduce your risk of diseases, including cancer.

Want to know how you can do this? Visit https://mywellbeingspacenca.nhs.uk/

You'll find advice on sun safety, alcohol, smoking and more.

๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€

๐Ÿ’™ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚.Meet local organisations all brought together under the same roof in Willington to help you ac...
02/09/2026

๐Ÿ’™ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚.

Meet local organisations all brought together under the same roof in Willington to help you access the support you need.

Who will be there?
- ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ.
- ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐˜๐˜€.
- Citizens Advice County Durham.
- Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs).
- Employment services.

There will be teas and coffees available. It's an opportunity to get out, meet people, and take that step towards making positive changes.

Location: Willington Open Door Methodist Church, Wesley Street, Willington, Crook, DL15 0AG
Date: Monday 14 September, 10am to midday

๐Ÿ’š A good night's sleep helps protect us both physically and mentally. Get some sleep education with the free ebook from ...
02/09/2026

๐Ÿ’š A good night's sleep helps protect us both physically and mentally. Get some sleep education with the free ebook from The Sleep Charity to help you slumber more peacefully.

Find out more about this ebook here: thesleepcharity.org.uk/information-support/adults/adult-sleep-ebook/

๐Ÿ’™ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€.We have refreshed what we offe...
01/09/2026

๐Ÿ’™ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€.

We have refreshed what we offer to make sure our sessions continue to meet the needs of local residents, communities, volunteers and professionals. This means that we have renamed some of the training and awareness sessions to better match what we want to achieve. The prospectus also includes a full overview of the courses that we offer.

Find our new prospectus in our Resources here: www.yourwellbeingservices.uk/lifelong-learning/

From September through to December we will be offering new 'Lunch and Learn' sessions. These are shorter, relaxed sessions which people can join and listen to on their lunch breaks.

You can also see attached what we have coming up for September.

๐Ÿ’™ A new community project is coming to Newton Aycliffe!๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ and Durham County Council are delivering Makin...
31/08/2026

๐Ÿ’™ A new community project is coming to Newton Aycliffe!

๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ and Durham County Council are delivering Making Every Contact Count (MECC) across four community venues for a month.

MECC is about simple conversations to bring about positive behaviour changes. We are offering free training and support which is open to everyone throughout September. Having the skills to talk to people briefly and meaningfully can help others you know:

- build confidence
- find the support they need
- better their wellbeing

There will also be pop-ups around the town, so keep an eye out.

Do you want to get involved with this? You can book on a session or find out more about MECC here: https://letstalkcountydurham.co.uk/en-GB/projects/making-every-contact-count-training-sessions

๐Ÿ’™ How can we support you with your wellbeing? Find out at one of the events below this week: - Tuesday 1 September, 9:30...
31/08/2026

๐Ÿ’™ How can we support you with your wellbeing? Find out at one of the events below this week:

- Tuesday 1 September, 9:30am to 11:30am โ€“ Wellbeing Drop-in at Pelton Community Centre, Pelton
- Tuesday 1 September, 10am to 11am โ€“ Eatwise at Dean Bank & Ferryhill Institute, Ferryhill
- Wednesday 2 September, 10am to midday โ€“ Drop-in at the Job Centre, Chester-le-Street
- Wednesday 2 September, 11:30am to 1:30pm โ€“ Wellbeing Wednesday at Derwentside College, Consett
- Wednesday 2 September, 2pm to 4:30pm โ€“ Smoking Clinic at Bewick Crescent Surgery, Newton Aycliffe
- Thursday 3 September, 10am to midday โ€“ Wellbeing Drop-in at Chilton Town Council, Chilton
- Thursday 3 September, 10am to midday โ€“ Employability Durham drop-in at The Louisa Centre, Stanley
- Thursday 3 September, 10:30am to 11:30am โ€“ Eatwise at Hartley Terrace Livin Lounge, Spennymoor
- Thursday 3 September, 6pm (for up to 90 minutes) โ€“ Wellbeing Walk supporting Move County Durham meeting at The Pioneering Care Partnership Care Centre, Newton Aycliffe
- Friday 4 September, 9am to 10am โ€“ Eatwise at The Monteith, West Auckland

Interested? Get in touch with us on on 0800 876 6887, [email protected], or visit our 'What's On' page: https://www.yourwellbeingservices.uk/whats-on

Would you like to engage with what's going on in your community?Visit the Durham County Council Let's Talk County Durham...
27/08/2026

Would you like to engage with what's going on in your community?

Visit the Durham County Council Let's Talk County Durham website here: https://letstalkcountydurham.co.uk/en-GB/

Here you can find a space for you to be actively involved in local decision-making. You can register and also find events that are happening in your area.

Our ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ service is partnering with the council to deliver an upcoming community project in Newton Aycliffe - more news to come!

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