Hello and welcome to your fortnightly health and wellbeing round up. We hope you will find the information useful.

Emotional wellbeing at Christmas

While Christmas can be a time for celebration - getting together with family and friends, sharing gifts and enjoying some festive treats, it can also be a difficult time for many of us.

You may feel alone or left out because everyone else seems happy when you're not, or you might be reminded of loved ones that you have lost.

However you are feeling at this time of year, there is help and support on offer. 

Find emotional health support from Mind online here.

Remember your repeat prescriptions

Enjoy the Christmas period in good health without worrying about your repeat prescription. 

You can log onto your NHS app to order repeat prescriptions. Alternatively you can speak to your GP surgery.

Order your prescription by Monday 18 December to ensure you have enough medication for the festive period.

Find out more here. 

Holiday activities now open

The It's About Me Holiday Activity programme is now open for bookings.

FREE holiday clubs will be running across Derbyshire including Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, Erewash, High Peak, South Derbyshire and the Peak District.

The winter programme will run from 27th December 2023 and will run weekdays until 5th January 2024.

It’s About Me holiday clubs are designed for children who are eligible for benefits-related free school meals and are delivered in partnership with Derbyshire County Council and local activities providers.

Find out more, and book your place, here. 

Norovirus

Norovirus is a really unpleasant illness but it will usually pass in a few days.

Self-treating at home is the best way to help yourself and avoid putting others at risk.

Find out more here.

Warm spaces

Warm and welcoming spaces offer cost of living support, as well as advice on looking after your mental health and wellbeing. 

Find out more here.

Christmas costs

Facing rising Christmas costs or worrying about debts?

Did you know that safer borrowing options exist if you can't access mainstream banking.?

Find out more here. 

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Live Life Better Derbyshire is a free healthy lifestyles service that offers support on stopping smoking, losing weight, getting active and feeling good. Visit www.livelifebetterderbyshire.org.uk