The Aston Villa Foundation has organised a Wellness Event on Thursday 25^th February aimed at 18-30 year olds.

A range of online workshops on a variety of topics will consist of 20 minute presentations led by partner organisations like Birmingham Mind and JobCentre Plus to provide opportunities for people to learn more about available support services and how individuals can develop resilience and coping strategies.

The link to sign up is here; Wellness Event – Thursday 25th February 2021 (1pm-4pm) (office.com)

 

Workshops – Title	Partner	Time	Social Link
Keeping Well, Maintaining Wellbeing	Birmingham MIND	1pm – 1:20pm	@BirminghamMind
Staying safe online	Barclays Digital Eagles	1:30pm – 1:50pm	@Digitaleagles
What can your Jobcentre do for you?	Department of Work and Pensions	2pm – 2:20pm	@JCPJobsPlusMore
How to grieve?	Cruse Birmingham	2:30pm – 2:50pm	@CruseBirmingham
Finance Management	Barclays Digital Eagles	3pm – 3:20pm	@Digitaleagles
Selfcare (Health and Nutrition)	Aston Villa Foundation	3:30pm – 3:50pm	@AVFCFoundation

 

 

Below is a brief description of what to expect from the upcoming event:

 

Finance Management – Barclays Bank

Budget and Saving tips 

This session will talk through some top tips on how to create an effective budget

 

Social Media- Barclays Bank

Staying Safe Online

Barclays Digital Wings is the place to learn about all things digital – from how to stay safe online and navigate social media to managing your money or your business

 

Employment and Benefits – Department of work and Pensions

‘What can your Jobcentre do for you?’

Benefits and how to claim. Job search support and programmes that can help to get employment such as Kickstart. Review of skill set and transferable skills across multiple industries.

 

Bereavement and Loss – Cruse Birmingham

How To Grieve

 

COVID-19 has brought a tidal wave of loss and grief into our communities. Not only have many of us been bereaved, but people are experiencing the loss of a job, financial stability, health, their social world and more.  All this loss leads to a lot of grief and the uncomfortable emotions that go with it.

However, there are things that you can do to be a better griever and that’s what will be covered in this workshop.

 

Coping with lockdown (Stress and Anxiety) – Birmingham MIND

Keeping Well and Maintaining Wellbeing

Workshops will focus on stress management, how to build resilience and 5 ways to wellbeing.

 

Selfcare (Health and Nutrition) – Aston Villa Foundation

Selfcare

This workshop will focus on the importance of self care and how it benefits overall health and wellbeing. Looking at self care themes such as physical activity, nutrition, sleep, social connections and a digital detox.