About 2010 2010 is the Year of Health and Wellbeing in the Liverpool City Region and is a great opportunity for everyone to join together and make positive changes to their health and the way they feel about themselves.
Building small actions into your daily life can make you feel good, and feeling good is an important part of being healthy.
There are five ways to wellbeing that are proven to make a real difference to your life so throughout 2010 we will be asking you to build these into your daily routine.
Connect… with the people around you. With family, friends, colleagues and neighbours. At home, work, school or in your local community. Think of these as the cornerstones of your life and invest time in developing them. Building these connections will support and enrich you every day.
Be active… Go for a walk or run. Step outside. Cycle. Play a game. Garden. Dance. Exercising makes you feel good. Most importantly, discover a physical activity you enjoy and that suits your level of mobility and fitness.
Take notice… Be curious. Catch sight of the beautiful. Remark on the unusual. Notice the changing seasons. Savour the moment, whether you are walking to work, eating lunch or talking to friends. Be aware of the world around you and what you are feeling. Reflecting on your experiences will help you appreciate what matters.
Keep learning… Try something new. Rediscover an old interest. Sign up for that course. Take on a different responsibility at work. Fix a bike. Learn to play an instrument or how to cook your favourite food. Set a challenge you will enjoy achieving. Learning new things will make you more confident as well as being fun.
Give… Do something nice for a friend, or a stranger. Thank someone. Smile. Volunteer your time. Join a community group. Look out, as well as in. Seeing yourself, and your happiness, linked to the wider community can be incredibly rewarding and creates connections with the people around you.
Evidence shows that building these actions into your daily life can add 7.5 years to your life!
These suggestions are taken from the Foresight project Mental Capital and Wellbeing published in October 2008. The project commissioned the centre for well-being at nef (the economics foundation) to develop 'five ways to wellbeing': a set of evidence-based actions to improve personal wellbeing.
What would you Pledge to do?
If you are keen to pledge to take action to improve your health and wellbeing then we want to hear from you. It can be something small, the important thing is that it makes you feel good!
You can either make a personal pledge or a joint pledge with friends, your workplace, your school or community group....
2010 is the Year of Health and Wellbeing in Liverpool/City Region and a great opportunity for everyone to join together and make positive changes to their health and the way they feel about themselves.
Building small actions into your daily life can make you feel good, and feeling good is an important part of being healthy.
Liverpool is set to host the 17th UK Corporate Games - a multisport festival dedicated to sport, business and tourism from May 13-16. This is your chance to take part in Europe’s largest corporate multisport festival. Enter now and create your own team, tiny or tremendous, building confidence, loyalty, fitness and team spirit along the way!
Media Centre Our aim is to encourage widespread use of the 2010 logo and adoption of the key messages around the five ways to wellbeing across the City/Region.
Connect… with the people around you. With family, friends, 
Be active… 
Take notice… 
Keep learning… 
Give… 
