BeWell@StepOne Courses, Workshops & Peer Support Groups

This weekly online session is designed to encourage self-help strategies and share useful resources that promote wellbeing whilst also providing a supportive space to connect with like-minded individuals and have fun.

The sessions begin with a short grounding exercise and a general check-in, followed by either mental health discussions or a quiz, depending on the week. 

Panic attacks and overwhelming anxiety can feel frightening—but you are not alone, and there are effective tools to help. In this two-hour workshop, participants will learn about the body’s response to panic, identify personal triggers, and explore practical, evidence-based techniques to reduce and manage panic symptoms. Through gentle guidance and a supportive environment, you’ll build a toolkit of calming strategies to help you feel more in control when anxiety strikes. This workshop is suitable for anyone looking to better understand and manage their experiences with panic.

When: Thursday 25th of September 2025
Time: 2:00 -4:00 PM
Location: Online via Zoom

Do you find it challenging to set boundaries or feel drained by taking on too much? This interactive, four-week course, Building Healthy Boundaries, is designed to help you recognise and establish boundaries that protect your time, energy, and well-being. 

Over the course of four engaging sessions, you’ll learn practical strategies to define your limits, communicate them confidently, and maintain them in both personal and professional settings. Through guided exercises and supportive group discussions, you’ll gain tools to cultivate relationships that honour your needs and respect your boundaries.

When: 4 x weekly sessions starting on Wednesday 3rd of September 2025

Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Online via Zoom

Join us to develop the skills you need to build healthier, more balanced connections in every area of your life!

Take charge of your wellbeing in this interactive, two-hour workshop designed to help you create a personalised plan for a healthier, more balanced life. You’ll explore key aspects of wellbeing—including emotional, physical, and mental health—and identify practical strategies that work for you. With guided support and reflective activities, you’ll walk away with a tailored wellbeing plan you can implement right away. Whether you're looking to boost resilience, reduce stress, or simply check in with yourself, this workshop is the perfect place to start.

Date: 7th of August 2025

Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

Online via Zoom

Yoga on Prescription YOGA CLASSES.  For NHS patients:  Chair and Mat based applicability.

Face to Face at the Torbay Foyer, Teignmouth Road, Torquay,TQ1 4DZ.

The Yoga4MentalHealth Yoga on Prescription 10=week programme supports NHS patients to gain self-care skills by learning yoga breathing, relaxation and mindfulness techniques.  No prior experience is needed, and the gentle stretching and strengthening yoga postures can be done in a chair or on a yoga mat.  This is a PCI (Personalized Care Institute) standardized course.

The course follows a weekly theme, 1 hour 10 minutes of poses, followed by relaxation, a formal breathing practice and an opportunity to ask questions and share your experience in a circle.

Good quality mats, blocks, straps and chairs are supplied.

Where?  Torbay Foyer, Teignmouth Road, Torquay, TQ1 4DZ.

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When? Our next 10 session program starts on 4th of July 2025.

Time: 9.45 am  - 11:45 am 

Session dates:  July 4th, 11th, 18th, August 1st, 8th, 15th & 22nd, September 5th, 19th, 26th.

Pre-enrolment is required to participate on this course. Click on the course name at the top of this information to enrol. 

*Please note: We will require all participants to complete a consent form, a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire and Pre-course wellbeing survey prior to the first session. These forms will be found on the course page on this site once you have enrolled, and can be completed electronically. If you have difficulties in completing them we will do all we can to help. Please contact us accordingly.

In a world that moves fast and demands more, taking care of our mental wellbeing is more important than ever. This practical, interactive 4-Week Course is designed to help you build everyday resilience and strengthen your sense of wellbeing.

Through engaging discussions, evidence-based strategies, and peer connection, you’ll explore what resilience really means, how stress and anxiety affect us, and—most importantly—how to manage life’s challenges with more confidence and calm.

Whether you're looking to better support yourself or others, this course offers simple, effective tools you can use right away.

When: 4 x weekly sessions starting on Wednesday 9th of July 2025
Time: 10:30am - 12:30pm
Location: Online via Zoom

Please note: This course is for individuals aged 18 and over.

Yoga on Prescription YOGA CLASSES.  For NHS patients:  Chair and Mat based applicability.

Face to Face at the X Centre, Commercial Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 4AD.

The Yoga4MentalHealth Yoga on Prescription 10=week programme supports NHS patients to gain self-care skills by learning yoga breathing, relaxation and mindfulness techniques.  No prior experience is needed, and the gentle stretching and strengthening yoga postures can be done in a chair or on a yoga mat.  This is a PCI (Personalized Care Institute) standardized course.

The course follows a weekly theme, 1 hour 10 minutes of poses, followed by relaxation, a formal breathing practice and an opportunity to ask questions and share your experience in a circle.

Good quality mats, blocks, straps and chairs are supplied.

Where?  X Centre, Commercial Road, Exeter, EX24AD

Google Maps:  https://maps.app.goo.gl/DNno3B3sQuToiL286

When? Our next 6 session program starts on 7th of July 2025.

Time: 9.45 am  - 11:45 am 

Session dates:   July 7th, 14th, 28th, & 4th, 11th, 18th, of August  &  1st,15th, 22nd & 29th of September.

Pre-enrolment is required to participate on this course. Click on the course name at the top of this information to enrol. 

*Please note: We will require all participants to complete a consent form, a Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire and Pre-course wellbeing survey prior to the first session. These forms will be found on the course page on this site once you have enrolled, and can be completed electronically. If you have difficulties in completing them we will do all we can to help. Please contact us accordingly.

Aligned with this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week theme, this workshop will emphasise the power of connection and how nurturing relationships can improve mental wellbeing. Through interactive discussions, practical exercises, and self-reflection, participants will explore strategies for forming and sustaining meaningful connections, building personal support networks, and discovering ways to engage with their local community.

Additionally, the workshop will highlight a variety of local and regional opportunities for participants to connect with others. We will also showcase several directory apps that provide easy access to a wide range of social activities and community resources, empowering participants to find opportunities that align with their interests and needs.

Empowering Your Authentic Self 

Join us for Empowering Your Authentic Self, a free wellbeing workshop designed to help you embrace who you truly are with confidence and compassion. Delivered as part of Pride Month, this session provides a supportive space to explore self-acceptance, resilience, and personal empowerment.

Through interactive activities and guided reflection, we’ll navigate ways to overcome self-doubt, build inner strength, and celebrate the unique qualities that make you you. Whether you’re on a journey of self-discovery or looking to deepen your confidence, this workshop offers practical tools to support your mental wellbeing and authentic self-expression.

This session is open to all members of the LGBTQ+ community and allies.

Our 'Managing Your Anger' 4 week course allows you to consider the emotions underneath your anger, looks at the cycles of anger and helps to develop coping strategies to understand and manage anger in a healthier way.  This isn’t necessarily about making anger disappear, but managing anger in a healthy and controlled way. 

The course involves attending 4 weekly 2 hr sessions each running from 10.30am - 12.30pm.

Course dates: May 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th 

Venue: online via ZOOM.

Restoring Balance Through Breath

Our breath is a powerful tool for restoring balance, yet we often take it for granted. When stress, anxiety, and tension build up, our breathing patterns change—affecting both our body and mind. By learning to work with our breath, we can cultivate a sense of calm, improve focus, and enhance overall wellbeing.

This course explores simple yet effective breathing techniques designed to reduce stress, regulate emotions, and bring a greater sense of balance to daily life. Through guided exercises, practical strategies, and peer support, you’ll discover how conscious breathing can help you feel more grounded and in control.

Whether you’re looking to manage stress, improve relaxation, or simply reconnect with yourself, this course offers a space to pause, breathe, and restore inner harmony.

When: Thursday 24th of April 2025 
Time: 2 - 4pm
Location: Online via Zoom

Yoga4NHS staff wellbeing programme is brought to you by the Devon Mental Health Alliance and Step One Charity, this is a FREE course to NHS Employees from Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust.  This is a FREE course available only to all Employees of Torbay & South Devon NHS Foundation Trust. The programme's benefits have been validated by Westminster University.  Yoga4Health classes are inclusive and secular and do not promote any religious position.

The Yoga4NHS programme is a 6-week evidence-based health and wellbeing course accredited by the Royal College of GPs which equips staff with a toolkit of mind-body practices to reduce stress/anxiety, increase resilience and reduce risks of burnout.

·       Yoga breathing practices

·       Mindfulness practices

·       Simple yoga postures

·       A short talk each week on evidence-based approaches to lifestyle medicine

You are invited to integrate the breathing practices you learn into a daily practice for around 5 minutes each day, fitting in with your existing schedule. At the end of the 6-week course, participants receive a Royal College of GPs branded certificate which includes recognition as a “Breath Ambassador”. This is a voluntary role which enables you (if you wish) to share yoga breathing practices with colleagues. Attendees are supported with course handouts, access to video resources recorded by health professionals who are also yoga teachers, and ongoing support from the Yoga In Healthcare Alliance (YIHA). Completion = 6 hours of CPD.         

www.yogainhealthcarealliance.com

The BeWell Toolbox is a series of in-person workshops and courses designed to provide practical self-help and self-management tools to support mental health and wellbeing.

Each week, participants will explore a range of topics, including the 12-week Coping Skills modules, HOPE courses, and more. Sessions will also include opportunities for open discussion and peer support, creating a welcoming space to share experiences, gain insights, and learn from one another.

Each week a different topic or ‘tool’ will be covered and discussed, including strategies that can help reduce the impact of depression and anxiety, offering an insight into an array of coping strategies that can help improve and maintain our wellbeing. We aim to add more tools to your personal wellbeing 'toolbox', and to help keep any skills you may already have ‘well oiled’ so they are at hand and ready to use when you most need them. The group also offers the well-known benefits of peer support, and is a great way to increase connection with others. We look forward to meeting you and please feel free to contact us for details of what we have planned.

Location: The Community Hut, behind St Paul’s Church (accessible at the end of Locarno Avenue) Preston, Paignton, TQ3 2DH.

Date: Every Thursday*

Time 10am to 12.30 pm

Have a question? Feel free to get in touch with us at: training@steponecharity.co.uk or send us a message via the learning portal.  

*occasionally due to staff holiday/sickness the group may not run on a given week so please do contact us if it's your first time to ensure it is running on the week you wish to attend. Thank you. 

We are delighted to introduce to you our fortnightly Wellbeing Walking Group in Exeter. 

Increasing our activity levels and connecting with others can be a key strategy in lifting mood and reducing anxiety. Joining a walking group can be a wonderful way to start, one step at a time!

Walk Details:

When: Fortnightly on Wednesdays. 

Upcoming dates:  

• June 11th & 25th
• July 9th & 23rd
• August 6th & 20th
• September 3rd & 17th

Where?: The walk starts and ends at the X Centre, our new Step One HQ, which can be found on Commercial Road, Exeter, EX2 4AD.

Walk Difficulty: Easy (flat, with only a few minor inclines and declines. Paved paths and lowered curbs at crossing points). Toilet facilities and refreshment outlets available on the route.

Distance: Approx 3 miles

If you come along for a walk with us it will also give you the opportunity to have a chat about how you are feeling, and to discuss our range of wellbeing groups, courses, workshops and activities provided by BeWell@StepOne.

Registering for the walk

Please register on this site and then enrol onto the walk as this will help us get an idea of the numbers to expect, and allow us to notify you of any cancellations due to weather or Walk Leader holiday/illness etc. 

If you have any difficulties enrolling, please let us know and we will do all we can to help you to register and enrol.  

Further recommendations and walk information:

Please remember to bring suitable footwear and clothing. We walk at a gentle pace allowing us to be as accessible as possible for all abilities and will do our best to pace the walk to the needs of our slowest walker where at all possible.

If you do have any physical health conditions that would be adversely impacted by gentle to moderate walking, then please check with your GP before participating. Please also bring a completed ICE card with you in case of emergency.