Welcome to Adult Wellbeing Services
Lifelong learning
Learning new skills can improve your mental wellbeing by boosting your self-confidence, help build a sense of purpose and connecting you with others.
Waiting Well
Waiting Well is a programme to support you to prepare well, both physically and emotionally, before your treatment or surgery. Surgery can be hard on your body and mind. Being at your best when having surgery will reduce risks.
Accessing healthcare
Supporting and empowering you to thrive. The Health Squad work with individuals and communities to tackle health inequalities across County Durham.
Weight management and healthy eating
Alcohol awareness
Mental wellbeing
Supporting you to stop smoking
You are four times more likely to quit with help from a trained advisor; it’s easier than going it alone.
Volunteering
Health Checks
If you’ve been identified as at a higher risk of developing preventable health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, kidney disease, or stroke, the Health Checks team will contact you to discuss ways they can support you in making lifestyle changes to reduce that risk.
Cancer Support
About Adult Wellbeing Services
Adult Wellbeing Services (AWS) is a range of services which work together to reduce health inequalities and increase opportunities for individuals and communities across County Durham.
Our values and behaviours are at the heart of Adult Wellbeing Services and guide everything we do.
Improving lives
We focus on making a real difference to people and communities
Everyone Counts
We value every person’s contribution and experience
Stronger together
We collaborate with, support, and empower each other
Positive professional culture
We are kind, respectful and do the right thing
How we've helped
A client had been diagnosed with breast cancer and was going through radiotherapy treatment when she contacted Joining the Dots for support. Joining the Dots Facilitator Sonia Reay, supported her with her finances initially, with a referral to Macmillan Welfare Rights. However, as treatment progressed, she found out that the...
We spoke to Lynne Carr earlier this year when she shared how Joining the Dots had supported her throughout her breast cancer journey. Now finished treatment Lynne attended a six week course HOPE is a course developed by Macmillan Cancer Support and Coventry University to support you after cancer treatment. ...
From a chance meeting in a GP surgery, Tara* accessed the Stop Smoking programme with Wellbeing for Life (WBFL). A brief conversation led to 12 weeks of support, putting an end to decades of smoking. Tara has now completed a journey of being ‘so addicted that [she] didn’t think [she’d]...
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Wellbeing for Life is encouraging County Durham businesses of all sizes to invest in their employees through a newly updated programme of free health and…
Claire Maoudis from the Cancer Awareness team tells the story of her breast cancer diagnosis, the importance of attending screening appointments and her journey to…
Kindly hosted by No 17 Café in Dipton the first of Look Good Feel Good (LGFG) workshops in rural County Durham took place on Friday…
Working Together For Our Community
