For All Healthy Living Centre, Weston super Mare
Well-being - Mental Health For All

We are a not for profit organisation which aims to sustain and develop the wellbeing of people in South Ward, Weston-super-Mare, and to demonstrate the value of working in partnership with the local community.

Our ‘For All Healthy Living Centre’  opened three years ago.  Within the centre are a GP surgery, Community Hall and cafe, a combined Anglican - Methodist Church, a Children’s Centre, a local authority information point and library as well as meeting and training spaces.
 
We seek to “work with the community through information, consultation, involvement, shared management and advocacy”. Our Community have a strong sense of ownership of the Centre and support its continued growth.

As a not for profit organisation we are building our identity as a social enterprise.  We seek to provide a “social, economic and environmental dividend”.We are committed to developing local capacity and to re-investing in the local economy and local services.

As part of a consortium of Healthy Living Centres in the South West we have been successful in receiving a grant form the BIG Lottery Fund to run a 3 year project entitled “Mental Health For All”.  This project seeks to increase the range of early interventions for people who are experiencing such issues as depression, anxiety and low mood.  At the same time it is hoped that the project will also work to develop a greater understanding and acceptance of mental health issues in the community. 

Our intention is to set up a project that has a sustainable future so that at the end of 3 years there will be a continuation of the services offered and opportunities created to support the well being to local people.

• Three main complimentary approaches have been identified to achieve these aims:
• Supporting people experiencing low level mental health issues through offering a range of one to one and group activities and signposting to existing opportunities in the community
• Working with the community to improve the understanding and acceptance of people experiencing mental health issues
• Influencing, co-ordinating and advocating for better mental health services in the area