Wellbeing

As well as supporting your professional development and clinical practice, your library service can help to support the health and wellbeing of you and your team. Whether it's borrowing some uplifting fiction to help you destress during your well deserved annual leave, or reading up on research on supporting your teams wellbeing, reading is an important tool to boost and protect your wellbeing.

General information about wellbeing

NHS: Better Health – Every Mind Matters offers advice and practical tips to help people look after their mental health and wellbeing. This includes a section for young people: nhs.uk/every-mind-matters
NHS: Mental Health offers information and support for your mental health: nhs.uk/mental-health
The World Health Organization (WHO) provides resources to help you keep mentally healthy and to reduce stress: who.int/news-room/feature-stories/mental-well-being-resources-for-the-public.
Charlie Waller offers free guides and workbooks for professionals, parents, young people and others interested in mental wellbeing: charliewaller.org/resources

Videos

HSE Health and Wellbeing: Minding Your Wellbeing Session 1: Practicing Self Care: youtube.com/watch?v=65snrWJTNDU

Podcasts

The University of Warwick: 10 Health & Wellbeing Podcasts Listen to: warwick.ac.uk/services/sport/blog/feed/10-health-and-wellbeing-podcasts/
BBC: Health & Wellbeing: bbc.co.uk/sounds/category/factual-healthandwellbeing
Mental Health Foundation: mentalhealth.org.uk/explore-mental-health/podcasts

Workplace wellbeing

Mind has free resources to help support staff mental wellbeing in the workplace: mind.org.uk/workplace/mental-health-at-work/taking-care-of-your-staff/useful-resources

Support for children and young people

The Children's Society offers information, tips and activities for young people to help improve wellbeing: childrenssociety.org.uk/information/young-people/well-being/activities
Young Minds supports children and young people on their mental health. The website includes practical tips and advice from young people, as well as information on getting support: youngminds.org.uk

Other Resources

The Wellbeing Collective offers individuals, organisations and communities simple solutions to complex issues: thewellbeingcollective.co.uk/
Reading Well supports you to understand and manage your health and wellbeing using helpful reading. There are Reading Well schemes for Adult Mental Health, Teens and Children. All books are recommended by health experts, as well as people with lived experience. You can be recommended a title by a health professional, or you can visit your local library and take a book out yourself for free. Find out more: reading-well.org.uk / www.reading-well.org.uk/wales
Red Cross Wellbeing Resource Pack. Activities to build resilience, cope with worries, and connect with others: redcross.org.uk/get-help/get-help-with-loneliness/wellbeing-support