5 Ways to Health & Wellbeing

5 Ways to Health & Wellbeing is a great opportunity for everyone to join together in Cheshire West and Chester to make positive changes to their health and the way they feel about themselves. To find out how you can improve your Health & Wellbeing in your local area follow the links below.

• 5 Ways to Health & Wellbeing poster (PDF, 339KB) 

	Connect Connect with the people around you. With family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. At home, work, school or in your local community. Think of these as the cornerstones of your life and invest time in developing them. Building these connections will support and enrich you every day.
	Be active Go for a walk or run. Step outside. Cycle. Play a game. Garden. Dance. Exercising makes you feel good. Most importantly, discover a physical activity you enjoy and that suits your level of mobility and fitness.
	Take notice Be curious.  Catch sight of the beautiful.  Remark on the unusual.  Notice the changing seasons.  Savour the moment, whether you are walking to work, eating lunch or talking to friends.  Be aware of the world around you and what you are feeling.  Reflecting on your experiences will help you appreciate what matters.
	Keep learning Try something new. Rediscover an old interest. Sign up for that course. Take on a different responsibility at work. Fix a bike. Learn to play an instrument or how to cook your favourite food. Set a challenge you will enjoy achieving. Learning new things will make you more confident as well as being fun.
	Give Do something nice for a friend, or a stranger. Thank someone. Smile. Volunteer your time. Join a community group. Look out, as well as in. Seeing yourself, and your happiness, linked to the wider community can be incredibly rewarding and creates connections with the people around you.

Evidence shows that building these actions into your daily life can add 7.5 years to your life!

The results of the North West photo challenge are now in. See what pictures won in this competition about what the five ways to wellbeing and the London 2012 Olympics meant to us.