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Help in Taking Control of Your Fuel Bills

We are all aware of the rising cost of fuel bills, unfortunately because of the squeeze on all of our household bills many people are struggling to make financial ends meet. Turn 2 Us have produced some hints, tips and steps for lowering your fuel bills and making your fuel bills more manageable. Their information [...]

Confused about Personalisation?

Social care is changing to give more choice and power to the people who are receiving the care. Have you heard people talking about personalisation, self directed support, personal budgets or direct payments and are confused about what this means and want to find out more? We here at Live It Well have put together [...]

Time To Talk?

The Time to Change Campaign have launched a new initiative called Time To Talk to get everyone having a conversation about mental health. Talking about Mental Health is one of the best ways to end the stigma surrounding it, but starting the conversation about mental health can be tricky so Time to Change have come [...]

Have Your Finances Taken a Hammering Over Christmas?

January is always known as a tough time of the year financially because of the Christmas bills that need repaying and winter fuel bills. This year, because of the credit crunch the impact of Christmas spending is expected to be worse than usual. If you are struggling with debt we here at Live It Well [...]

Community Mental Health Services Re-design Workshops – 3

As part of the Community Mental Health Services (CMHS) redesign, NHS Kent and Medway (in partnership with KMPT) are holding 3 workshops across Kent and Medway, jointly hosted by Mental Health Commissioners and KMPT managers. The workshops look at ways of improving the recovery journey, or ‘care pathway,’ for those service users who have a [...]

Live It Well – Simple Steps to Wellbeing

Live It Well would like to wish you a Happy New 2012!

So what’s your new years resolution? Maybe here at Live It Well we can help you to get started and give you some inspiration.

Maybe you want to get more active, this doesn’t necessarily mean joining a gym it might simply mean enjoying the outdoors more click here to look at our Be Active page for some ideas.

Need inspiration to stick to your new years resolutions? The Mental Health Foundation have two podcasts available to download for free to help you stick to your resolutions:

To download the healthy eating podcast click here.
To download the exercise podcast click here.

How about learning something new? See our Education and Learning pages for inspiration.

Maybe you want to link in more with your local community and meet people in that way, click here to see our Connect pages for some motivation.

Or maybe you’ve decided to quit smoking, eat healthier or maybe cut down on your alcohol consumption and need some ways to get started click on the relevant links.

If you’ve overspent or stretched your finances over the Christmas period and are struggling to get control of your finances in the new year there is free debt help available, please ask for help – Live It Well have compiled some sources of help and advice for you, click here to see this information.

You can keep in touch by either subscribing to our monthly email by completing the newsletter box in the right hand column, or you can follow us on facebook by clicking here or twitter by clicking here @liveitwelluk.

Remember if you have any suggestions or ideas for the Live It Well website, if you want to publicise a wellbeing event or have any news or stories of experiences you want to share we always want to hear from you contact us by clicking here.

January 2012

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Live It Well – Simple Steps to Wellbeing

Welcome to the Live It Well website for Kent and Medway.

This website has been developed to support the five year Live It Well Strategy for Kent and Medway and has been designed to help you maintain your wellbeing and link you in to what is available to support you locally.

As well as ideas that can help everyone stay well, it has information for people who use mental health services, carers and mental health professionals.
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