{"id":541,"date":"2026-07-07T17:07:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81055\/?page_id=541"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:07:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T16:07:54","slug":"social-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81055\/social-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Support"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"nhsuk-card__heading\">Connecting you to local services to improve your physical and mental wellbeing<\/h2>\n<p>Health and wellbeing starts by taking care of ourselves the best we can. But that\u2019s not always easy. You might ask yourself \u2013 where are the exercise classes or social groups you could join?<\/p>\n<p>Or, what can I do to improve my health and well- being?<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s where Social Prescribing comes in!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our Social Prescriber can meet with you in the surgery to learn about your lifestyle and help you identify activities that will support you in reaching your health and wellbeing goals.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What is social prescribing?\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/O9azfXNcqD8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>What&#8217;s on in the community<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.arhc.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-link-id=\"164984\" data-use-default-display=\"false\" data-use-default-title=\"true\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-bs-original-title=\"https:\/\/www.arhc.org.uk\/\">Arthur Rank <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Would you like to meet new people and learn new skills? Why not visit us at Arthurs Shed! Arthurs Shed runs sessions free of charge to the local community on Card Making, Paper Crafts and Astronomy. We are always growing our offering and hope to add more sessions to our calendar over the coming months.<\/p>\n<p>The Shed is a safe space and we are continuing with our covid 19 protection measures until at least 2022. You can read more about these on our webpage.<\/p>\n<p>Head to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arhc.org.uk\/open-to-all\/arthurs-shed\/\">https:\/\/www.arhc.org.uk\/open-to-all\/arthurs-shed\/<\/a> or book now by calling 01223 675871 or emailing <a href=\"mailto:Arthurs.shed@arhc.org.uk\">Arthurs.shed@arhc.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"nhsuk-card__heading\">Cambridgeshire &amp; Peterborough Age UK. Sharing Time<\/h2>\n<p>Sharing Time support is in the form of regular contact from a fully trained volunteer whose aim is to share their time, friendship and help. Contact is usually once a week either by a visit to your home or a telephone call.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, please click on the link: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bottishammedicalpractice.nhs.uk\/_common\/getdocument?id=163368\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-use-default-title=\"false\" data-use-default-display=\"false\" data-link-id=\"165834\" data-toggle=\"tooltip\" data-placement=\"bottom\" data-bs-original-title=\"Age UK. Sharing Time\">Age UK. Sharing Time<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Free Help with Weight Management<\/h2>\n<p class=\"xxmsonormal\">Healthy You are pleased to announce\u00a0new\u00a0Adult Weight Management services for those with Learning Disabilities and those with living with Mental Health challenges. Please click on the links below for further information and details of how to register your interest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81055\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Leaflet-MH.pdf\">Weight Management for those with Mental Health Challenges<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81055\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Leaflet-LD.pdf\">Weight Management for those with Learning Disabilities<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connecting you to local services to improve your physical and mental wellbeing Health and wellbeing starts by taking care of ourselves the best we can&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-541","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81055\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81055\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81055\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81055\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81055\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81055\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/541\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/surgerywebtemp.org.uk\/d81055\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}