• Connect & Belong
  Join events, interest groups, and wellbeing activities designed to help you build connections with colleagues.
• Support for Everyday Life
  Access resources for carers and those balancing work alongside personal responsibilities.
• Helpful Resources
  Discover local and national services that can support your wellbeing and day-to-day needs.
• Give Back & Get Involved
  Take part in volunteering and community activities to build meaningful connections and make a difference.
• Spiritual & Pastoral Care
  Inclusive support for people of all beliefs and backgrounds, offering space for reflection, guidance, and compassion.

The people who know our communities best are you, our staff. You live and work across our diverse locations, and your insight is invaluable in helping us build a social wellbeing offer that truly reflects what matters.

We’re inviting you to play an active role in shaping this new part of our Staff Wellbeing Hub. We’re starting small, with big ambitions to grow over the coming months, and we want this to represent our entire footprint, whether you’re based in Warrington, Waterloo, Whalley, or anywhere in between.

At its heart, this is about bringing people together, strengthening connections between colleagues, communities, and local opportunities.

How You Can Get Involved

We’d love you to share what’s happening in your local area. This could include:

• Local Independent Businesses
  Know a great café, shop, or venue that offers an NHS discount? Tell us about it!
  If you have connections with local business owners, why not start a conversation about supporting NHS staff?
• Community & Hobby Groups
  Help others discover ways to connect, from choirs, book clubs, and walking groups to carers’ support, knitting circles, dementia cafés, or even litter-picking groups.
• Events & Activities
  Share details of free events, charity fun days, local gigs, or initiatives like Tickets for Good.

No suggestion is too small, if it helps colleagues feel more connected, we want to hear about it.
If you have something to contribute, please get in touch: wellbeinghub@merseycare.nhs.uk

Do you support a family member, friend or neighbour due to age, illness or disability?
Are you balancing caring with work?
Not sure what support is available to you?

You’re not alone.
Many colleagues across the Trust juggle work and caring responsibilities. While 400 colleagues have identified as unpaid carers via the ESR portal, we know there are many more.

If you’re a working carer, support is available. Caring (whether regular or occasional, short or long term)can affect your wellbeing, time and energy. We recognise this and are committed to helping you balance work and caring in a way that supports your wellbeing.

Visit our Support for Staff Carers page for information on: 

• Wellbeing support for carers
• Help available within the Trust
• External resources and support

You don’t have to manage this alone, help is available when you need it.

We know it’s not always easy, and many men often put their own health last. But noticing changes early and taking small steps can make a real difference. You’re not on your own, support is here if you need it.

Why not take a few minutes to visit our Men's Health page for practical advice, resources, and support tailored to you.

External support available

Sean’s Place have the aim to improve men’s mental health and well-being across Merseyside, through support specifically identified to improve confidence and self-esteem for men whilst reducing depression, stress and anxiety and suicidal thoughts. Click on the image below to visit their website

ANDYSMANCLUB are a men’s suicide prevention charity, offering free to attend peer-to-peer support groups across the United Kingdom and online. Click on the image below to visit their website

Being a parent is rewarding, but it can also be challenging. Whether you’re caring for a newborn or have more experience, the demands of parenting can sometimes affect your wellbeing and mental health.

Our Parent Mental Health page offers a wide range of support from service available through Mersey Care (such as BABs, Silver Birch Hubs and Specialist Perinatal Service) as well as the Wellbeing Team's sessions, available for you to access in work.

Available resources:

• Mind
• Young Minds: Parents Helpline
  • Call for free on 0808 802 5544 from 9:30am – 4pm, Monday – Friday.
• KOOTH (online counselling for young people)
• Togetherall (online counselling for adults)
• Samaritans
• Cruse Bereavement Care
• Relate (relationship support)
• Gingerbread (single parent support)

Looking for something to do?

• Things To Do & Family Days Out In The UK | Day Out With The Kids
• Family-friendly Liverpool and Lancashire | National Trust 

We all feel lonely sometimes, it’s a normal part of being human.

Loneliness isn’t just about being alone. You can feel it in a relationship, among friends or family, on social media, or in a busy place. It often comes from feeling unseen, unheard or misunderstood.

It may happen when relationships lack depth, drift apart, or communication breaks down. While some people enjoy being alone, loneliness is that gap between the connection you have and the connection you need.

Everyone's experience of loneliness is different.

Support available in work

• Work Well from Home
  Working from home can be great, but we can also feel very isolated if we don't have the opportunity to connect with our colleagues. Our sessions are here to support you
• Staff networks
  Support, promote and advance equality in the workplace for those that have dyslexia and dyspraxia, those with disabilities, that identify as multi-ethnic colleagues, are female, or lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and sexual minorities (LGBTQ).

There's lots of social activities that will be happening near where you live. 

Want to get active?

Why not join your local parkrun - a free, community event, which is welcoming and inclusive. 

Volunteering
Can boost your mental health by reducing stress, easing depression and building self-esteem. It helps shift focus away from personal worries, strengthens social connections, and releases “feel-good” chemicals like dopamine and serotonin.

For volunteering opportunities within the Liverpool City Region, please visit: Volunteering Liverpool City Region

Check out your local authority website for more informaton:

• Halton
• Knowsley
• Lancashire
• Liverpool
• South Sefton
• Southport and Formby
• St Helens
• Warrington

Planning for life after retirement is key to maintaining your wellbeing.

Having a sense of purpose, structure and meaningful activities can support both your mental and physical health. Whether through hobbies, volunteering, social connections or personal goals, thinking ahead can help you stay engaged, connected and fulfilled in this new chapter.

Resources available:

u3a members come together to learn for fun in retirement, find out more by watching their short video, below:

• Planning and preparing for retirement - support from Age UK
• The formula for a happy retirement - Royal Voluntary Service

Self help

One in six of us will experience mental ill health
At some point we will all know someone who is struggling, whether that’s ourselves or someone close to us. Created by NHS Clinical Psychologists with input from service users and professionals, our self help guides provide trusted information and guidance. While not a replacement for medical advice, they can help you decide on your next steps if you’re unsure where to turn. To see all of the topics, visit Self help guides

Self care

When life gets busy, self-care is often the first thing we neglect, yet it’s essential for maintaining our health and wellbeing.
Taking time for yourself can reduce stress and anxiety, boost happiness, improve physical health and strengthen relationships. Prioritising self-care helps you feel more balanced, resilient and able to support both yourself and others. There are more tips available on our Self Care page in the Wellbeing Hub