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Favourite walks for Christmas 2017

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In the past our festive blog post has featured Our Alternative Christmas , Havin' a Comedy Christmas and Top 10 Tips to Survive Christmas . This year my PAVO finance team colleague Lisa Banfield suggested favourite walks (and a bike ride!) As I write it's pouring with rain outside after several cold bright days of snow which turned Powys into a winter wonderland. So, stay safe, but if possible take the opportunity over Christmas and New Year to head outdoors, get those leg muscles working, some fresh air in your lungs, and rejoice in some of the amazing scenery right on our doorstep (and a little further afield in one case). Here are my colleagues' top suggestions: Owen Griffkin - Mental Health Participation Support Worker Title: My Dog Walks Route length: Anywhere between 0.5 - 5 miles Time: 10 minutes - 2 hours Start/finish: Llandrindod The walk I’ve had my dog Honey Lemon Squash Meringue - Honey for short - a cockapoo - for just over a year now, and although my daugh...

Owen's 5 x 5 Ways of Wellbeing: Part 1

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by Owen Griffkin Mental Health Participation Support Worker If you have been reading our blog recently you will have seen a number of articles about The Five Ways to Wellbeing. Maybe these have inspired you to undertake an activity or take up a new hobby to improve your wellbeing. I’ve been looking at ways I can implement this in my life, and at the same time maybe provide some ideas for readers of our blog. I’ll provide 5 ways to engage in each of the 5 ways to wellbeing. The best thing about many of these activities is the fact that they straddle more than one ‘Way to Wellbeing’, often combining social activities with creative or active hobbies. Part 1 - Connect The advice is to connect with those around you as this will support and enrich you every day. Sometimes in rural areas it can feel hard to connect socially with people so maybe give yourself a jump-start by using an activity or interest to create social relationships. 1. Gaming Hubs Gaming is a rapidly growing industry, with ...

Farming and mental health: the challenge

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This Autumn our team arranged an engagement opportunity at Gilfach Nature Reserve near Rhayader aimed at the farming community. It was called “Ramble with a Big Cheese.” The invitation went out on social media and we put up as many posters as we could in places where we hoped to attract the attention of farmers. These included Rhayader market, feed merchants and numerous shops and businesses in the neighbouring area. We rang round our own contacts. We made new contacts. We spoke to people very closely connected to the farming community through their families and work. We encouraged all of them to spread the word about the session (many of them did – thank you!) and wondered if they would like to come along themselves.  In the event, despite our efforts, we really struggled to encourage individual farmers or members of the farming community to join us. And again and again we were told – farmers are too busy, they only leave their farms to go to market, some of them really are strug...