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Ageing Better with an Active Mind
Coming Workshops
Workshop 12: Creative Writing and Wellbeing
📅 Workshop 12: Creative Writing and Wellbeing | 🕚 Friday 21 November 2025, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton Join us on 21 November 2025 for our next Ageing Better with an Active Mind workshop: Creative Writing and Wellbeing. This event is part of our ongoing co-creation project with u3a UK (The Third Age Trust) Aughton and Ormskirk, supporting communities across Lancashire and Merseyside to promote healthy ageing and positive behavioural change.
Previous Workshops
Workshop 11: Tea Ceremony and Wellbeing
📅 Workshop 11: Tea Ceremony & Wellbeing | 🕚 Friday 24 October 2025, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton On 24 October 2025, we held our 11th Ageing Better with an Active Mind workshop. This time we explored the health and wellbeing benefits of the tea ceremony. The Edge Hill University Confucius Institute introduced us to the history and philosophy behind this ancient practice, as well as the properties of different teas. From green to black tea, we d
Workshop 10: Movement for a Meaningful Life
📅 Workshop 10: Movement for a Meaningful Life | 🕚 Friday 6 June 2025, 11:00 am – 12:30 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton...
Workshop 9: Reading and Well-being
📅 Workshop 9: Reading and Well-being | 🕚 Friday 14 March 2025, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm | 📍 St Michael's Church Hall, Aughton The ‘Ageing...
Workshop 8: The Importance of Social Prescribing and Nature for Older Adults
As part of our Healthy Ageing with an Active Mind workshop series with u3a UK (The Third Age Trust) Aughton and Ormskirk, we had the...
Workshop 7: Alcohol's impact on mental health and wellbeing
Ageing Better with an Active Mind launched their seventh workshop on Friday 26th of April 2024 in St Michaels, Aughton. The workshop,...
Workshop 6: Sustainable diets for a healthy community and planet
Ageing Better with an Active Mind launched their sixth workshop on Friday 26th of April 2024 in St Michaels, Aughton. This workshop was...
Workshop 5: The importance of touch
The fifth workshop of the Ageing Better with an Active Mind project was launched on Friday 1st December 2023. Mr James Hewison led a...
Workshop 4: The sense of touch
Ageing Better with an Active Mind launched their fourth workshop on Friday 3rd November 2023 in Aughton. This insightful workshop,...
Workshop 3: Emotional health and the social world
The last workshop of the Ageing Better with an Active Mind project series was launched the Friday 11th of November. This workshop covered...
Workshop 2: Physical activity and active mind
Friday 21st of October, Ageing Better with an Active Mind launched the second workshop of the series. The “Physical activity and active...
Workshop 1: Memory and Dementia
The first workshop of the Ageing Better with an Active Mind project was launched last Friday 30th of September with the collaboration of...
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