HEALTH PROMOTION LIBRARY November 2013 Do you want to? Make a change to the amount of alcohol you drink? Be more active? Books and health information Make any changes for adults and children to what you eat? Books on health and wellbeing are available to borrow free of charge from North Wales Public Libraries as well as from your own college library. Find out more To find your nearest branch call or check online: Conwy - Tel: 01492 576139 about wellbeing? Website: www.conwy.gov.uk/libraries Flintshire - Tel: 01352 754791 Stop smoking? Website: www.flintshire.gov.uk/libraries Wrexham - Tel: 01978 292620 Website: www.wrexham.gov.uk/libraries If you do, this booklet will help you to find more information Help and support and details about services in your area to help you make Health Promotion Library – contact the library for information about health these changes. and wellbeing. Membership is free. Address: Public Heath Wales, 4th Floor, Churchill House, 17 Churchill Way, Cardiff, CF10 2HH. Tel: 0845 606 4050 Email: [email protected] Website: www.publichealthwales.org/health-promotion-library AlcOHOL Help and support Services in your area The Wallich - works with other agencies and government to deliver innovative If you are concerned about your own CAIS Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation solutions to homelessness. or someone else’s drinking, talk to - supports people having problems Tel: 029 2066 8464 your GP or contact the Wales Drug & with addictions, mental health, Email: [email protected] Alcohol Helpline: 0808 808 2234 personal development and Website: www.thewallich.com www.dan247.org.uk employment - as well as offering Wrexham – St John’s Hostel - The or call Drinkline on 0800 917 8282. assistance and information to their service helps people with specific families and friends. Go online for a Units Calculator and needs and problems that are caused an Alcohol Diary: General contact details for CAIS or exacerbated by homelessness, for www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/ Tel: 0845 06 121 12 example substance misuse or mental LifestyleWellbeing/Alcohol Email: [email protected] health problems. Website: www.cais.org.uk Alcohol Concern Cymru - working Address: St John’s, Chester Road, to ensure more people in Wales CAIS - Wrexham and Flintshire Wrexham, LL12 7AX understand more about alcohol and Address: Grove Park House, 11 Grove Tel: 01978 355 155 what is sensible drinking. Road, Wrexham, LL12 7AA Email: [email protected] Tel: 029 2022 6746 Tel: 01978 367030 Touchstones 12 - A charity providing Website: www.alcoholconcern.org.uk/ CAIS - Conwy and Denbighshire support for people who have drug and projects/alcohol-concern-cymru Address: DAWN Centre, 35-37 Princess alcohol problems. NHS Direct Wales - To speak to a Drive, Colwyn Bay, Conwy, LL29 8PD Address: Norfolk House, 39 Princes Drive, Health Information Adviser call 0845 Tel: 01492 523690 Colwyn Bay, Conwy, LL29 8PF 4647 or visit their website: Tel: 01492 534090 www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/ Email: [email protected] DoItYourself Website: www.touchstones12.org.uk Services in your area Troedio Clwyd Walks – Denbighshire and Healthy Flintshire County Councils Groundwork North Wales (Pedal Power All Troedio Clwyd Walks aims to Ability Cycling Project)- All ability Cycling improve the physical, mental eating AND sessions at Alyn Waters Country Park and social wellbeing of Address: Alyn Waters Country Park, Mold walkers by providing a physical Road, Gwersyllt, Wrexham, LL11 4AG safe and friendly way to Tel: 01978 757524 enjoy the countryside. Find actiVity Email: keefe.owen@ weekly and monthly walks groundworknorthwales.org.uk and walks for families on their Website: www.groundworknorthwales.org.uk Help and support web site. Go online for a Food Diary, Body Mass MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition... Do it!) Address: Loggerheads Index calculator and The Eatwell Plate: - With just ’10 weeks’ support on a MEND Countryside Service, www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/ programme your family could become Mold, CH7 5LH fitter, healthier and happier! It is FREE, fun, Tel: 01352 810614 LifestyleWellbeing/Healthyeating easy and designed to make small changes Email: [email protected] Change4Life - campaign designed National Exercise Referral Scheme that make a big difference. Website: www.walkaboutflintshire.com to help people make changes to their - a Welsh Government funded scheme Address: MEND Coordinator, Wrexham lifestyles so that they can eat well, move which offers two fully supervised group- County Borough Council, Waterworld more and live longer. based sessions every week for 10 weeks. Offices, Holt Road, Wrexham, LL13 8DH Tel: 0800 100 900 The scheme is particularly for people Tel: 01978 292088 Email: [email protected] who have a chronic disease or who are Email: [email protected] Website: www.change4lifewales.org.uk at risk of developing a chronic disease. Website: www.wlga.gov.uk/ners Sports facilities – find your nearest Community Food Cooperatives leisure centre: - a food co-op is a simple way of NHS Direct Wales - To speak to a Health Conwy: Tel: 01492 574000 buying fresh fruit and vegetables, in your Information Adviser call 0845 4647 or Website: www.conwy.gov.uk/leisure community, whilst supporting a local visit their website: Flintshire: Tel: 01352 701111 business. Food co-ops are run weekly www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/DoItYourself Website: www.flintshire.gov.uk/leisure by volunteers from a community venue Wrexham: Tel: 01978 292000 such as a school, community centre or Website: www.wrexham.gov.uk/leisure workplace. Website: www.foodcoopswales.org.uk Bipolar UK - Flintshire Self Help Group Mental Health Address: The Clwyd Room, Aston House, Deeside Community Hospital, Plough Lane, Higher Shotton, Deeside, CH5 1XS Help and support Tel: 029 2039 5123; Mind InfoLine: 0300 123 3393 Tel: 01633 244244 Book Prescription Wales - a scheme Email: [email protected] Services in your area Bipolar UK - Llandudno Self Help Group that aims to help people with mild Website: www.mind.org.uk Address: The Craig Y Don Community Alzheimer’s Society - provides information to moderate emotional problems Centre, Queens Road,Craig Y Don, Mental Health Foundation – working to and support for people with dementia and Llandudno, LL30 1TE to make use of high quality self-help their carers. The Society runs Carers Support reduce the suffering caused by mental Tel: 01633 244244 books that have been specially groups and dementia support which offers ill health and to help everyone lead selected by psychologists and home visits, information sessions and drop- Bipolar UK – Wrexham Self Help Group mentally healthier lives. counsellors working in Wales. in ‘Feel Good’ cafes for carers. Address: The Quaker Meeting House, Holt Address: C/O Hafal, 47 Duckpool Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk Road, Wrexham, LL13 8HL For more information contact the Road, Newport NP19 8FL Tel: 01633 244244 Health Promotion Library on 0845 Alzheimer’s Society - Conwy Tel: 01633 264 625 Address: Office Suite Nos. 9 & 10, Quinton Conwy and Denbighshire Mental 606 4050 or visit their website: www. Website: www.mentalhealth.org.uk Hazell Enterprise Park, Glan y Wern Road, Health Advocacy Service - offers free, publichealthwales.org/health- Colwyn Bay, LL28 5BS independent and confidential advocacy NHS Direct Wales - To speak to a Health promotion-library or contact your local Tel: 01492 546 881 for mental health service users. You can public library Information Adviser call 0845 4647 or Email: [email protected] call to make an appointment to meet an visit their website: advocate at a place near you. C.A.L.L. Helpline - Offers emotional Alzheimer’s Society - Flintshire www.nhsdirect.wales.nhs.uk/DoItYourself Address: Eirianfa Community Centre, support and information on mental Address: Unit 17, Mold Business Park, Factory Place, Denbigh, LL16 3TS health and similar topics for people in Samaritans - If something’s troubling Wrexham Road, Mold, Flintshire, CH7 1XP Tel: 01745 813999 you, then get in touch. Tel: 01352 700 741 Wales. Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Tel: 0800 132 737 Helpline - 24 hours a day, 365 days a Website: www.cadmhas.co.uk Website: www.callhelpline.org.uk/ year. Alzheimer’s Society – Wrexham Hafal - an organisation managed by those Tel: 08457 90 90 90 Address: Room 18, Ty Avow, 21 Egerton Mind Cymru - campaigns to create it supports: people with serious mental Website: www.samaritans.org Street, Wrexham, LL11 1ND illness and their carers. There is a Young a society that promotes good mental Tel: 01978 364 859 People’s Information Hub for young people health and that challenges mental Email: [email protected] 11-25 with a serious mental illness in Wales. health stigma. Bipolar UK - provides a range of services Hafal Head Office Address: Mind Cymru, 3rd Floor, so that people with bipolar and associated Address: Suite C2 William Knox House, Quebec House, Castlebridge, illnesses can take control of their lives. Britannic Way, Llandarcy, Neath, SA10 6EL Cowbridge Road East, Email: [email protected] Tel: 01792 816600 Cardiff CF11 9AB Tel: 01633 244244 Email: [email protected] Website: www.bipolaruk.org.uk Website: www.hafal.org Conwy Refrain - provides counselling for people with both mental health and Mental Health substance misuse problems. Hafal – Flintshire Address: 3 Trinity Square, Address: DAWN Centre, 35-37 Princes Drive, Address: Deeside Community Llandudno, Conwy, LL30 2PY Colwyn Bay, Hospital, Hafal, Aston House,