Find Sandwell health & wellbeing services near you

This course is designed to empower you with the knowledge and skills for a healthier life featuring enlightening health awareness sessions, invigorating yoga classes and hands-on healthy cooking workshops.

Offering advice services to people and their families affected by Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia

Teaching people the technique and discipline that boxing can provide.

Keeping the community fit and healthy to improve their fitness and well-being.

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service

Community based, face-to-face support for people with arthritis

Ethnicity focus: English

Peer support in the community for people with arthritis

Ethnicity focus: English

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Service - Dudley, Sandwell and Willenhall

BSL Interpreting Services

Low level support and signposting service that is free to access and referrals are open to everybody aged 18 years and over and includes people with disabilities and long-term conditions, mental health, learning disability and dementia, as well as carers.

Individuals, couples and family therapy sessions are available Mon-Wed.

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Ethnicity focus: Congolese, Afro Caribbean

A counselling service for brain injury and stroke survivors, their carers and close family members for a defined range of problems.

Come along and do digital fitness using phone or smart watch go on small walks with others meet new people and enjoy the place Wellcome after

We offer personal care to support with daily living needs, enabling people with complex needs to remain in their own home for longer. This can be provided alongside social care services or funded by the person themselves or their family.

If you have a personal budget, we are here to help and support you with your care package.

Quality: CQC Registered

To Identify and assess individuals who are at risk of presenting early signs and symptoms of long term conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.
This project targets a mix of age groups, genders and ethnicity.

A session that brings women together to help them to socialise with others and help each other to develop language skills around Health and Well-being. Wednesday 10am - 12pm

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service

Delivered by out Friendly Tutors Valentina, with support from Justyna our ESOL (English) classes are designed to help develop speaking, listening, reading and writing skills that are needed to progress into education or employment opportunities. #SLN January 2024 until March 2024

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service

Falls Prevention at Home – This service provides one to one fall prevention exercise in the persons own home for up to 12 weeks (currently Sandwell residents only).

Football

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service

Improving the wellbeing, physical, social, emotional and mental health of children and young people using non-contact boxing.

Sandwell's leading social and therapeutic horticultural project supporting peoples health and wellbeing for over 20 years (an Ideal for All project - registered charity for disabled people)

Quality: Matrix

Social and Therapeutic gardening, Healthy lifestyle and Mental Wellbeing service for people aged 18+ in recovery for drug and alcohol misuse in Sandwell.

Meet like-minded people, make new connections, learn something new or share skills, spend time on our beautiful garden sites and help create a healing garden for the future for you and others to enjoy.

Quality: Matrix

Signposting, advice and a listening ear.

Support to people to lead a healthier lifestyle.

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Ethnicity focus: Congolese, Afro Caribbean

A cancer support group for anyone touched by cancer.

This initiative is designed to provide a therapeutic haven for individuals affected by cancer, with a focus on those undergoing ongoing treatment. Our goal is to combat social isolation and enhance overall well-being through a variety of craft activities.
We firmly believe that creative and artistic pursuits can play a significant role in achieving our mission. By offering a space for self-expression and fostering connections, we aim to reduce feelings of isolation and contribute positively to the lives of those facing the challenges of cancer.

As part of our Sandwell Health Inequalities Programme, we are happy to introduce our 6 weeks 'Healthy Minds, Healthy You' Programme led by Saeed Nasser – Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor. Every Friday evening starting 20th October from 6:00pm - 7:00pm @ YCA Cultural Centre, B70 9SJ

The course is FREE OF CHARGE.

Ready to nurture your mental well-being? Join our 6-week journey of self-discovery, thought-provoking discussions and personal growth in a safe & supportive space.

We will cover the following areas:
• What is Mental Health and the impact of poor mental health
• What is wellbeing? Five Ways to Wellbeing
• Educating individuals to identify poor mental Health
• Know where to go for help and support
• Socializing in safe environment and without judgement
• Signs of relapse
• Breathing Techniques /Mindfulness sessions
• How to deal with stress and anxiety
• Self-care /Positive thinking

Daily outmeal service delivery directly to your door

Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Outreach services

Outreach support for people recovering from functional mental health and family members.

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service
Ethnicity focus: Congolese, Afro Caribbean

A programme of sessions on a variety of Mental Health topics.

Portway Lifestyle Centre is an exciting new leisure facility in Sandwell for the whole community and a centre of excellence for people with disabilities.

We provide rehabilitation and mobility training and work with people utilising their residual vision effectively and safely in order to ensure individuals can live independent lives.

An organisation for deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind people run by deaf people.

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service

The SHIP programme aims to address the health inequalities affecting residents of Sandwell. The programme is funded by a grant from Sandwell Council Public Health and has eleven delivery partners, who are providing activities and interventions with residents across the diverse communities of Sandwell. The SHIP programme has two key objectives:
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Preventing and managing long-term physical health conditions.

All of our projects:
• Work on the side of those we support.
• Are independently of service providers and statutory agencies.
• Are free from the potential conflicts of interest unlike those that may provide other services.

CBO is delivering activities to address both streams. We will be delivering the following;

1. Ladies exercise
2. Gentle exercise for the over 50s
3. Men’s gym session and exercise through the action man club
4. Talking therapy.

Coffee Morning- Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am- 11am.
sewing class- Monday and Tuesday from 11am-1pm
Physical activities and traditional dance on Saturdays from 4pm-7pm

Family, friends and survivors affected by acquired brain injury or stroke are invited to our informal Social Group on every other Thursday evening between 7 pm and 9 pm at our centre on Martin Hill Street, Dudley, DY2 8RT.

Home From Hospital Care provides support for Sandwell residents who have recently been discharged from City Hospital and Birmingham residents leaving Birmingham hospitals to attend medical appointments and collect prescriptions. Transport, company and emotional support are part of this service.

Quality: Staff subject to Disclosure & Barring Service

We will deliver weekly sessions relating to a range of long-term health conditions with refreshments and activities included. We will bring external experts to talk to the local community to answer questions and help with concerns which may eliminate some "myths" that may have arisen about the during lockdown.

Using the chair we will modify traditional yoga poses to work on mobilising and strengthening the joints, followed by breathing and meditation practices.

The YCA in Sandwell is part of the Sandwell Health Inequalities Programme (SHIP) which aims to address health inequalities within ethnic minority communities in Sandwell.,

Quality: Matrix