A community hub for all with a focus on mental health and well-being

The Well-being Café was set up in August 2022. We provide a space in Okehampton for people to  come who are struggling with their mental health & well-being and to provide a community hub where people can meet friends and access practical support. The café offers support to all members of the community in Okehampton and the surrounding hamlets.  The Well-being Café offers a place of safety, social interaction, access to therapeutic activities and practical support.  A key aim is to make Okehampton and district a suicide safer community.

Since opening, we now support people each week who are struggling with their mental health, well-being, food poverty, homelessness, loneliness, isolation, abuse and addiction.  We provide soup vouchers which are available at the food bank, at local churches and from ourselves and also run a pay-it-forward scheme so anyone who comes in to us that has not had a hot meal recently, or needs access to food in the short term we can provide this. We have fed numerous individuals in Okehampton who are homeless & supported them to access emergency housing.

We have weekly peer support groups such as our knit and natter group on a Tuesday (which is very popular) & Teen's Space which is specifically for ages 11-17 as a safe space for them to chill with free food & drink provided. This was hugely supported by the local community in the form of an online fundraiser.

We run courses in house such as our Anxiety Management Course & 4 Week Happiness Course, which are growing increasingly popular, and the feedback we have is a testament to the impact we are having. We also work in partnership with other local services such as GP, social prescribers and other local charities & CIC’s.

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