Here are some ideas as we all continue to stay indoors as much as possible.
Belltree Music Therapy have a range of free online resources to support people during the pandemic and beyond. All resources are free for all to access and they have a specific section on Music for Mental Health. Their video resources include:
- Sound Walks
- Improvisation
- Singing for Self Care
- Therapeutic Use of Sound
- Mindfulness, Music and Movement
- Creating Your Own Recordings
Online cultural and learning activities
- Join BHCC Libraries Resource – electronic books and audiobooks
- List of online resources for anyone who is isolated at home
- Archive of 6,000 Historical Children’s Books, all digitised and free to read online
- 150+ educational shows on Netflix
- Take a virtual trip with your kids to a museum or art gallery
- More virtual tours of museums
- Look Up London virtual walking tours of London
- How to Use Google Classroom for Remote Teaching
- Guide to some of the free online English classes available. For people who would like to learn or improve their English skills from home during the COVID-19 crisis. From Brighton City of Sanctuary.
- Nine virtual garden tours to do from home
- School of Life – Virtual Dinners: Conversation Menus
- Learn about the UN’s 17 sustainable development goals
- Find out about 100 pioneering women of Sussex on the Brighton Museum blog
- The 55 best music documentaries to watch during lockdown – from BIMM
- Online summary of cultural activities in Brighton & Hove from Culture in the City
- Virtual Field Trips Around the World
Brighton & Hove City Council wellbeing pages
- Supporting your wellbeing during coronavirus (COVID-19)
- How to stay active at home
- A range of online activities and ideas for keeping active is being shared via the Healthy Lifestyles Facebook page
- The Walking Challenge: for people to do from home in line with current government guidance can be found on facebook here. If you are not on Facebook please email [email protected] for more information
- The Healthy Lifestyles Team are still accepting referrals and self-referrals online or by phone 01273 294589. Some support services are operating under temporary alternative arrangements, ie no face-to-face meetings
- The Healthy Lifestyles Team operating a range of services for individuals and local organisations seeking support to make healthy lifestyle changes in the following areas:-
- Stopping smoking
- Increasing physical activity
- Drinking less alcohol
- Eating well
- Losing weight
- The Healthy Lifestyles Team operating a range of services for individuals and local organisations seeking support to make healthy lifestyle changes in the following areas:-
- The Active for Life project supports residents of Brighton & Hove to become and stay active by offering a range of initiatives for people of all ages and abilities. The team are particularly keen to engage with individuals experiencing significant barriers to participation in physical activity.
- Active for life registration
- Access to FREE online activity sessions – up to 10 per week
- Support to access the Healthwalks Lockdown Challenge
- A 1-2-1 phone call intervention – includes motivational interviewing and shaping an activity plan
- Sharing of links and resources including NHS, Public Health England and Moving Medicine materials
- Sign posting/referring to other Healthy Lifestyles Team services
- Quit for Covid – stop smoking support. Smoking may increase the risks for those that get COVID-19 so there has never been a more important time to stop. #QuitForCovid offers information and advice for those that want to give up as well as links to our Healthy Lifestyles team for local support.
- Time to Test – test now to beat HIV. COVID-19 has given us a unique opportunity to reduce, and potentially stop, the onward transmission of HIV. But anyone at risk must get tested before lockdown ends. Locally people can order an at-home test kit from Brighton & Hove Sexual Health & Contraception Service.
- Protecting people in overheated homes. There is an increased risk of illness from overheated homes this year – particularly for the most vulnerable who are shielding at home.
Outdoor ideas
Here’s a few ideas to help you connect to nature this spring:
- Chris Packham launches online birdwatching community to connect those self-isolating
- National Trust launches #BlossomWatch to lift the nation’s spirits
- 20 things to do in the garden during self-isolation
Online exercise classes
- Free Yoga classes on YouTube
- 30 Minute Yoga for Kids and Teens
- PE and other fitness videos with Joe Wicks
Activities for the older person
- Isolation Pack from Sussex Health and Care Partnership
- Exercise ‘snacks’ three times a day by Later life training
Activities for those in recovery/ mental health activities
- Guide from Mind on mental wellbeing during these stressful times
- Free meditations and mindfulness practice from Mindful
- Beat the COVID-19 Blues With These Wildlife and Nature Livecams
- Daily images and videos of the South Downs National Park
- Resource to help people who are struggling with mental health and alcohol abuse during the lockdown
Activities for families and young people
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- Online youth programme & activities for young people in Brighton & Hove
- Online directory of youth services
- New things for teens to do
- New list of celeb youtube ‘lessons’
- Free Dance classes Marina Studios Online Tutorials
- Music for Under 10’s and SEND Children
- Interactive yoga, mindfulness and yoga for kids set to popular stories