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All age Sunday gathering at the Barlow Park Centre between 3 and 4pm

Free refreshments and a warm welcome for everyone.

Come as you are. No perfect people allowed!

Regular messy church, community garden activities, contemporary worship, and loads of other events during the week. Check out the webpage or our facebook page for more information.

Hope for Mental Health is a 26 session rolling programme for men and women above the age of 18. This is not therapy - it is simply a discussion group about mental health, using a tool called the Hope Circle. We are a faith based group and use the Bible to seek wisdom in improving our mental health. However, this group is absolutely open to everyone regardless of your own faith or beliefs. We only ask that you respect each individual in the group.

We meet at 7:30pm on a Thursday evening (brews available from 7:15pm). We start with the Lord's Prayer and a couple of worship songs. We then might watch a video real life story before going out into the breakout room.

There is no pressure to talk or say anything. We start with a list of words in front of each person and we choose two words e.g. 'Anxious' and 'tired'. If we are able, we share how we are feeling using those two words with the rest of the group. We then have the opportunity to share a high and a low from the week just gone.

Once everyone has had an opportunity to share, we look at the lesson and each person can follow along in their journal. Sometimes, we do practical or art based activites, creating boxes of hope. Sometimes we might do a mindfulness exercise focusing on our breathing.

This is a safe space for everyone to inhabit. There is no expectation for anyone to share unless they want to. Every couple of months, we try to have either a social night (e.g. a walk around Jumbles or a trip over to Wetherspoons for a meal) or have somebody come and visit us to share their own story.

Note: Our 12 step Celebrate Recovery group - for ANY hurts, habits and hang-ups, is still meeting, but this is now hosted on a Wednesday at 1pm over in Breightmet (see Lee for details).

Let us know you're coming so we can look out for you.

Contact Rev Lee Higson on 07712003290

Please see below the link to all sessions available here.

https://www.bolton.gov.uk/directory-record/211/oldhams-start-well-children-s-centre

• Accessible baby changing facilities
• Car parking
• Outdoor play area
• Pram store
• Rooms to hire for community activities

Free community cafe running each Wednesday (term time only). between 10:30am and 12pm.

Hot and cold drinks, Crumpets, Potato Cakes, Pastries and Fruit.

Free WiFi.

Everyone welcome.

Our toddler group, 'Wiggle Tots' also runs alongside the cafe so if you've got young ones, come along to both.

Free weekly (term time only) Baby and Toddler Group from 10:30 to 11:45am on a Wednesday.

Craft Activities, Singing, Story telling, Outdoor Play, Sand, Water and Messy Play.

Free community café running alongside this.

Run by Oldhams Church in conjunction with Bolton Council and Manchester Diocese.

Everyone welcome.

Call Melanie on 07786328042 for more information.

Mixed ability open yoga session, all levels welcome. Yoga is a practice that connects the body, breath and mind. Sessions include physical postures, breathing exercises and meditation to improve overall health. A regular yoga practice can help improve flexibility, strength, fitness, aid weight loss and help you to feel more calm, improve sleep and overall wellbeing. 

Classes are £6 per session and this can be paid by bank transfer or in cash on the night. Yoga blocks and mats are provided so if you would like to give yoga a try then please do not hesiate to contact me. Namaste Kirsten