Libraries in Frodsham, Helsby and towns across Cheshire West have moved online for this year's Health and Wellbeing Week.

Between Monday 25 and Sunday 31 January, there will be a wide range of free activities, accessible through CWAC Libraries' Facebook and Twitter pages, aimed at boosting residents' mental and physical wellbeing.

All of the workshops, talks and classes revolve around the 'five ways to wellbeing' approach: stay connected, be active, keep learning, give and take notice.

Activities include:

• Moving Matters with Cheshire Dance

• Drive Safely for Longer with the Road Safety Team

• Wellbeing with Nature with Cheshire Wildlife Trust

• Using Ancestry for Beginners with Cheshire Record Office

• Make a Thankfulness Jar

• Virtual Health and Wellbeing Coffee Morning

For the month of January, CWAC Libraries has also teamed up with Star Events Online, whose events unite people from all over the world. Activities on offer include:

• Cook along with the Stars – join a famous chef from your kitchen to theirs.

• Online Drawing Class – 64 Million Artists January Challenge

• Comedy with the Stars - keep healthy, keep laughing and join leading stars from the world of comedy followed by a round table to raise awareness on mental health. Line up and panelists will be announced soon.

• Kids Cook Along - Join Jasmine Iachella making extremely yummy, healthy food alongside some guidance on child nutrition for parents or caregivers.

• Meditation with the Stars – explore ourselves, deepen our awareness and consciousness, explore themes of the self, and develop inner peace.

On the CWAC Libraries website, you can also find details of resources providing advice on leading a happier, healthier life.

Here you will find sources of information and advice from a whole host of health organisations, and support for children, young people and older people.

The Mental Health Foundation have put together advice and support to help manage wellbeing and mental health during the Coronavirus pandemic.

The Reading Well 'Books on Prescription' Schemes help people manage their health and wellbeing using self-help reading.

The scheme is endorsed by health professionals and all titles are available free from Cheshire West and Chester Libraries. Many titles are also available as eBooks through the cloudLibrary app.

Finally, the Libraries service has provided a home schooling page, containing a list of free resources which might help make teaching and learning easier.

Click here to have a look!

You can reserve a place at Health and Wellbeing Week sessions here.

Please note Zoom or Microsoft Teams will be required to access events and can be downloaded from the App Store or Google Play Store.