Do you want to find groups and support in the community that might help you improve your health and wellbeing? You can find lots of local support from charities to social groups in the Arc Bucks PCN Directory.
Chiltern Chair Yoga offers a unique approach to yoga practice, catering to individuals with limited mobility or those seeking a gentle form of exercise. Our mission is to make the benefits of yoga accessible to everyone, regardless of age or physical ability. We take pride in creating a supportive and inclusive community where everyone can experience the joy of yoga on and around the chair.
Prices range from £6 to £12
Wild Swan Flowing River Qigong was started with the sole intention of benefiting people, improving wellbeing, protecting mental health and building community, without hierarchy, or authority, without any profit, or requirement for money or transaction.
Weekly Classes
Weekly Classes
Taught Classes every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY 10am at Higginson’s Park by Cricket Pavilion (Weather Permitting *). Please see below for more information.
Upcoming Workshops
Qigong and Meditation
Venue: Arborfield Green Community Centre, Sheerlands Road, Arborfield, Berks, RG2 9ND. (Look for large white Wild Swan Banner at entrance).
Dates: Sunday 10th, 17th and 24th November 2024. 10.30am – 1pm.
Cost: Free – Donation to venue only to cover their overheads.
Classes: Mark will lead an hour Qigong session, then Claire will lead a 45 minute Meditation, and then will conclude with a short session of Qigong.
Additional Information: Please bring a blanket and mat to lie on for the meditation session, but chairs will be provided as required also. Children welcome accompanied by an adult. There will be tea and coffee available afterwards.
Art- X – tra
First Friday of the month – 10.30am -12.30pm
Last Friday of the Month 14:00-16:00
Meet with other knitters to share ideas, a hot drink and a slice of cake! No need to book, just show up and join in.
16:15-17:15 Term Time
A weekly rotation of hobbies, including board games, Lego, craft and gardening.
Second and Fourth Tuesday 14:00-16:00
Fortnightly social group
Held in St Thomas’ church hall next to the main Church building
16:30-18:00 Mondays
A weekly social group for anyone who loves to bake and want to be apart of the community.
With limited space please contact us before joining.
Does not run on the first Monday of each month.
Meet@thedove.cafe
Does not run on the first Monday of every month.
Welcome to Wild Mind Well-Being in Buckinghamshire. From our farm between the villages of Bourne End and Flackwell Heath we provide inclusive opportunities for children and young people up to the age of 25 facing diverse health & social care challenges. Our offerings encompass Farm Therapy, Social Care, Work Preparation, Well-Being Coaching, and Educational placements.
Our students are able to study: Animal Care, Construction, Art, Horticulture, Life Skills. Each student also has the opportunity to take part in teen life coaching sessions. Mentors work with our students throughout the day on either a 1:1 or small group basis.
Our alternative provision offers a nurturing and supportive environment tailored for young individuals who may encounter difficulties in traditional learning settings. At Wild Mind Well-Being, young people have the opportunity to enhance their health and well-being while acquiring valuable qualifications and skills. Clients enjoy the therapeutic effects of spending time outdoors, working with a mentor, learning new skills and enjoying time with our rescue animals. For some, our care farm serves as a stepping stone back to mainstream education or towards work.
Referrals to our alternative provision come from various sources, including schools, local authorities, parents, and other agencies. These referrals address a range of needs, such as learning difficulties, disabilities, neurodiversity, behavioural challenges, or mental health concerns.
Whether integrated into Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND), incorporated into an Education Health and Care Plan (EHCP), or utilised as Alternative Education Provision, our care farm provides a holistic approach to well-being, fostering growth and development in a unique and supportive setting.
At Heart and Soul Hub, we are a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals recovering from mental health illness. We provide support, community integration, and work opportunities through our garden and workshop project. Everything we produce is sold to the community and all profits from our courses are used to help fund the Hub.
https://www.facebook.com/Azuretaichi
Tai Chi is suitable for most people and involves slow, flowing movements which have been shown to reduce stress, improve balance and mobility, increase leg strength, and reduce aches and pains in joints.
Fit Chairboy’s is a highly successful 12-week healthy lifestyle programme which is aimed at men aged 35 to 65 years old, with a waist size above 38 inches and a BMI over 28. The sessions start with 40 mins of engaging and interactive activities in the John Reardon Room. The second half of the session is followed by fun physical sessions.
Starting on Thursday 6th July 7 – 8:30pm, Wycombe Wanderers Foundation will be delivering a Fit Chairboy’s course at Adams Park. The Project is funded thanks to Heart Research UK (Healthy Heart grant), enabling the course to be FREE for ALL participants.
A number of exciting additions have been made, including gym introductions, cookery classes, small-sided football sessions and boxfit, as well as access to the Better Points app where you can earn points while you exercise (discounts at Costa Coffee, Ikea, M&S and more…)
Register here: https://www.participant.co.uk/wwfoundation/event/fit_chairboys_male__july_23_06072023
Better Points App: https://bucks.betterpoints.uk/
Beaconsfield Library
Weekly Activities
Tuesday Arc Bucks Talking Café 11.00am – 12.30pm
Wednesday Knit and Natter 10.30am – 12.00pm
Wednesday Scrabble – Adults 10.30am – 11.30pm
Thursday Storytime (term time only) 10.00am -10.30am
Thursday Duplo (term time only) 10.30am – 11.30am
Thursday IT Help – Bookable session 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Thursday Bridge group -all level 3.00pm – 4.30pm
Friday Bounce and Rhyme for under 5s (term time only) 10.00am – 10.30am
Saturday Chess 2.00pm – 3.00pm
Monthly Activities
Last Friday of the month. Remember, Remember reminiscence hour 10.30am -11.30am
Bourne End Library
Tuesday Story time 10.30 – 11am
Wednesday Bounce and Rhyme for under 5s (Term time only) 10.30 – 11am
Wednesday Simply walk 10.30 – 12pm
Thursday Scrabble club 2 – 4pm
Monthly Activities
1st Tuesday of the month Library reading group 2.45 – 3.45pm
2nd Thursday of the month Arc Bucks Talking Café 10.00 – 11am
Flackwell Heath Library
Weekly Activities
Tuesday Storytime from 10.30am
Thursday Bounce & Rhyme for under 5s 10.30-11.00 during term time
Monthly Activities
1st Tuesday of the month Arc BucksTalking Café 3.30 – 4.30pm
Second and Fourth Wednesday Craft & Chat group 7.00pm to 9.00 pm
Grow it Cook it Eat it is a community food growing and cooking project, bringing communities together.
Do you find buying fresh fruit and vegetables expensive or don’t really know what to do with the ones you do buy? This project brings together communities who may experience financial hardship or have challenges accessing fresh fruit and vegetables together to provide spaces to use for your own growing and provide opportunities to improve your cooking skills and knowledge.
There is no membership, no cost and low to no commitment.
Grow it Cook it Eat it provides:
Mensnap are a photography-based mental wellness support group for men. Our friendly group meets every two weeks and discusses emotions, feelings, and mental health concerns.
You do not need to be interested in photography to join this group, all you will need is a camera, which can be a smartphone or any other digital camera.
The group is led by Steve Rose and Luke Callaghan. Steve is a qualified Psychotherapist and Luke is a full-time Photographer. Both are always on hand.
We meet in the old library called ‘Patch’ in High Wycombe on the 1st Monday of the month 7 – 9pm, sessions are free, however a donation of £3 is appreciated for a hot drink,- or pay what you can afford.
Yoga therapy may help with many issues and medical conditions including anxiety, depresion, respiratory conditions, back pain, arthritis, heart conditions, digestive problems, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, chronic fatigue syndrome (ME), fibromyalgia, RSI, migraine, insomnia and stress. It can be appropriate for a wide range of ages and lifestyles as well as those looking for a healthier way of life.
– Monday Chair Yoga 11.15am @Wrights Meadow Center (£5)
– Tuesday Therapeutic Yoga 7pm @Marlow Bottom Village Hall (£12)
– Wednesday Chair Yoga 2pm @ The Band Room, Amersham (£10) – to start in January –
– Wednesday Hatha Yoga 5.45pm @the Cedar barns, Hazlemere (£11)
– Thursday Therapeutic Yoga 9.40am @ the Wellness barn, Marlow (£13)
The wellness barn is part of a non-profit social enterprise with an aim to reach a large amount of people within the community to offer classes, workshops, training and retreat days to bring more health, happiness, joy and connection to everyone.
Want to feel wonderful? then I invite you to choose whichever class or workshop you feel attracted to and take the first steps to inner wellness.
Lindengate is a multi-award winning Nature based Health and Wellbeing Charity based in Wendover, Bucks, at the foot of the Chiltern Hills. Since 2014, and with the support of over 200 volunteers, Lindengate has transformed from a disused allotment site with 2 metre high nettles, to a unique 6 acre secret garden with a Nature Reserve, Ponds, Heritage Orchard, Kitchen Garden and Sensory Garden with sculptures and heritage-based art hidden across the site.
Lindengate@Home (#lindengate@home) is for everyone who are being impacted by their mental health support needs on a day to day basis. This includes people who are feeling socially isolated and/or are experiencing mild to moderate depression, anxiety, stress or are struggling to return to work after a period of sick leave.
At each session, there are seasonal nature based activities, arts and crafts, singing, reminiscing, poetry and more.
If you are working with someone who may benefit from attending a Lindengate Programme, please contact us for more information about what we can offer, suitability and funding options.
Wycombe Wanderers
Our Keep Moving Forward Wellbeing Walk gives participants the opportunity to meet a friendly group of people who are all on a recovery journey. The walk helps to keep people active whilst walking and talking with people who can support them. It is a very relaxed environment and we even stop for a cup of tea on the way around.
The Wellbeing Walk takes place every Tuesday from 11:00am – 1:00 pm and begins at the Wycombe Lido, just by the car park a little way up from the tennis courts.
There is no need to book on to the walks, you can simply turn up on the day, and there is no cost to take part.
At Chiltern we can provide Music Therapy, Neurologic Music Therapy and Community Music services both digitally and in person across England.
We work with people of all ages and needs. We work with people in acute, targeted, rehabilitative and continuing and preventative care. We have outlined below some of the different areas that we support but we are not limited by this, so please do get in touch to see how we can support you. Click on the boxes to find out more.
Currently there is a regular group session in High Wycombe.
We meet daily Monday to Thursday (9am to 3pm) in our purpose built day centre to meet the needs of the elderly, bereaved and lonely in the villages of Flackwell Heath and Loudwater and the surrounding areas. Anyone over 60 is very welcome. We have our own wheel chair adapted minibus to collect and return clients and fresh meals are cooked daily on the premises. Exercises, entertainment, trips out, quizzes, games and craftwork are just some of the activities enjoyed as well as chatting and socialising. For more information please contact the manager.
Friendly group meeting Every Friday 10am – 12 noon
Contact Glen on 07960 399178
Craft n Chat meet every 2nd and 4th Wednesday of the Month 7 – 9pm.
Contact Alison on 07803 044298
Mental Health Mates aim to provide an informal opportunity for both sufferers and carers to meet with peers and walk and talk without fear of judgment whilst getting some valuable time in the outdoors.
The idea for Mental Health Mates came from journalist and mental health campaigner Bryony Gordon, who set up her first local group in London in 2016. Now the #findyourwe campaign has enabled volunteer led groups to spring up all over the country connecting people dealing with mental ill-health and their carers, loved ones and families who are welcome to attend.
Art Beyond Belief produces innovative and thought-provoking projects in faith-based and health-care settings, and excluded communities. Our work is community-centred. We develop tailor-made projects that successfully promote greater understanding between different community groups, encourage interaction with other sectors of society, and inspire our clients
All are welcome to Knit and Natter sessions. Just bring your Knitting along and spend an afternoon in good company, or drop in for a short while. If you don’t fancy knitting, just nattering is fine too.
Fridays 2pm -3:30pm. (Free)
Fun, casual, drop-in sessions for people experiencing mental health problems. No experience or special equipment needed, just bring yourself. Everyone welcome! Every Thursday 11 – 12pm
The Beacon Sports Centre, Holtspur Way,
Holtspur, Beaconsfield HP9 1RJ
Amateur theatre offers an interesting and fulfilling hobby for those who wish to become part of a team of like minded people—on stage; backstage; directing; publicity; front of house—whatever suits your talent or interest.
We offer over 60 walks across Buckinghamshire.
Our trained volunteer walk leaders and backmarkers are there to help you walk at your own pace, with no need to worry about being left behind. However, please try and attend the level of walk you feel you can do.
All new walkers are welcome whether you are fit and active, haven’t exercised in a long time, or have been advised to join by a doctor.
We are going to start a scrabble club in June, Wednesdays at 2.30pm.
Knit and natter is every Thursday morning 10am-12pm.
65 and Over accompanied walks and a cuppa at Chiltern Open Air Museum, Free of Charge – Support with transport if needed, running from April – October, Wednesdays and Fridays.
Please register by contacting Jacqui Gellman
The Marlow Repair Café is an opportunity for people to learn how to fix their own items, rather than throwing them away. This can range from electronics to furniture, or from jewelry to bikes. The Repair Café Foundation website has more details on what it is and the history of the movement.
They have regular monthly meetings on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 2pm:
The Ark Café,
31 Spittal Street,
Marlow,
SL7 3HJ
Our pilot project aimed at increasing movement and confidence in physical activity in older people. This is in conjunction with our friends at Fitswarm and is FREE.
Day service for older people in Beaconsfield. Currently refurbing, commencing New Year 2022
Amersham Jazz Club enthusiastically promotes live music performed by many of the finest national and international, traditional Jazz bands.
AJC is open each Wednesday evening from 7.15pm to 10.30pm. Admission fee is £14 unless otherwise stated.
We provide support to people living with dementia and their carers, and facilitate social interaction by hosting weekly café gatherings to enable friendships between those people in similar situations.
We endeavour to provide a voice to improve the information pathways, help and support available. We now have approx 150 members from the Marlow and surrounding area, outskirts of Wycombe,
Bourne End, Henley & Penn.
We have grown to a team of over 20 volunteers supporting our group at the cafe’s, providing transport to the weekly cafe’s or outings and behind the scenes support.
Mind the Gap social and activity groups offer the opportunity to meet as and when you want to, make friends, share experiences, learn from each other and enjoy a social life.
Every Wednesday 10.30 – 12.30
delivering better digital skills in the UK through empowering, supporting and inspiring trusted intermediaries or Digital Champions.
The Gardening & Wellbeing Service offers opportunities for people of all ages to volunteer together with vulnerable and socially isolated participants in activities such as maintaining their own garden or growing fruit, vegetables and plants. This can be part of a supervised team involving a group of volunteers or independently on a one-to-one basis with the support of the gardening team.
Fun, casual drop-in standing yoga session for people experiencing mental health problems. All abilities welcome! Every Monday 2-3pm
Sport In Mind,
The Curzon Centre,
43 Maxwell Rd,
Beaconsfield
Fun, casual, drop-in Tai Chi session for people experiencing mental health problems. No experience or special equipment needed, just bring yourself. Everyone welcome! Every Monday 11:30-12:30PM
FIT Chairboys is a highly successful 12-week programme which is aimed at men and women aged 35 to 65 years olds, with a waist size above 38 inches (for men) or 31 inches (for women), and a BMI of over 28 who are looking to lose weight, get fitter and lead a more active life. Click on the website to book.
A community-based initiative to encourage those living with and beyond cancer, to walk, jog, run, cheer or volunteer at a local 5k Your Way parkrun event on the last Saturday of every month, followed by a cuppa and a chat. All ages and abilities welcome.
Monday- Friday 9:30-1pm
Holy Trinity Church, Hazlemere, HP15 7PZ