{"id":3108,"date":"2023-09-06T16:47:41","date_gmt":"2023-09-06T15:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/?p=3108"},"modified":"2023-09-06T17:21:42","modified_gmt":"2023-09-06T16:21:42","slug":"southside-wellbeing-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/ur\/southside-wellbeing-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Southside Wellbeing Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, The Well partnered with The Wee Retreat and Finn&#8217;s Place to host the Southside Wellbeing Festival. Some of our staff attended the Wellbeing Fayre at Finn&#8217;s Place on Friday evening, which was a great opportunity for networking, strengthening our links to other organisations that we can signpost to.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, we hosted two women&#8217;s hand massage sessions at The Well. One ran from 10am-12pm and the next ran from 1pm-3pm.<\/p>\n<p>Hand massage can improve wellbeing by reducing hand pain, helping lessen anxiety, helping with low mood, contributing to improved sleep and developing greater grip strength.<\/p>\n<p>Women were invited to drop in for a 20 minute hand massage with one of two Massage Therapists. While Women were waiting for their turn, they were offered refreshments and encouraged to take part in a simple craft activity- making sunflowers step-by-step for a lovely wall display.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0004.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3109\" src=\"https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0004-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0004-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0004-768x578.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0004-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0004.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The event was attended by 22 Women and we received a lot of positive feedback, including the following quotes:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I had never had any kind of massage before. I found it soothing and relaxing and the Therapist was lovely. The Well is a lovely, bright, welcoming venue. Everyone was made to feel very welcome by staff and volunteers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Very nice and relaxing massage. I enjoyed the tea and craft table. All the ladies helping us were very nice.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I really enjoyed this. I&#8217;ve never done anything like this before.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0007.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3110 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0007-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0007-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0007-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0007-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0007.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3111 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0005-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0005-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0005-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0005-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/thewell.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/IMG-20230904-WA0005.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last weekend, The Well partnered with The Wee Retreat and Finn&#8217;s Place to host the Southside Wellbeing Festival. 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