Being Our Best Selves... In Sussex
Health + Creativity + Community = Wellbeing
Being Our Best Selves in sussex is a creative wellbeing programme supporting learning disabled adults to meet new people while building self confidence and wellbeing together through creative activities.
It is well evidenced that learning disabled people experience significant health inequalities and social isolation, which have increased during the pandemic. Being Our Best Selves (BOBS) is a creative response to tackling these challenges.
"I didn’t know what it meant at first and now I know. You can learn different things and do different things to help your resilience and help yourself be healthy and strong. I am so positive now. I may have had some problems in the past but now in the future I feel it will be fine."
[Laura, participant]
Celebrating Being Our Best Selves
We have created a book to celebrate Being Our Best Selves in Sussex with photos and activities to try from the last three years of activity around the themes of MOOD, MOVE and MAKE. The book is free to download and includes lots of ideas to help us all be our best selves.
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our BOBS Brains Co-design group
Learning from those with lived experience we brought together learning disabled people to form a co-production steering group called BOBS Brains.
Members of this group meet regularly with our BOBS coaches to discuss the programme aims, content and accessibility of session activities, promotion and the evaluation of the progress and impact (click here to see our our co produced Theory of Change framework).
“ The best part of BOBS is feeling part of things. I am in BOBS Brains and I have been to some sessions and I feel I belong. It has given me more confidence, especially in getting to know new people. I like hearing everyone’s different opinions about life and things. I liked it when I went to Hastings. The second time I got there by myself. I felt very brave and proud that day. I said to myself, Wow! I did it!."
[Sophie, Participant]
Dates for the diary
BOBS Move in Crawley
BOBS Move is a 2 day course on Tuesdays 8th April and 15th April, 11am-2pm. Enjoy sports with the support of our coaches.
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MEET new people
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MAKE something creative
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MOVE with table tennis, badminton and basketball
Where?
K2 Crawley
Pease Pottage Hill
Crawley RH11 9BQ
For more information and to book your free place, please contact: Luke@cultureshift.org.uk
BOBS Move in Eastbourne
BOBS Move is a 2 day course on Thursdays 24th April and 1st May, 11am-2pm. Enjoy a new sport with the support of our coaches.
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MEET new people
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MAKE something creative
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MOVE playing padel
Where?
The Saffrons
Compton Place Road
Eastbourne BN21 1EA
For more information and to book your free place, please contact: Luke@cultureshift.org.uk
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Being Our Best Selves in Sussex is funded by The National Lottery Community Fund and The Sport England, Movement Fund.
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