The WellBeing Lady, Angelita Woosnam - #HaltonHour Features Interview

The Second in a series of #HaltonHour​ features interviews with organisations in Runcorn and Widnes (Halton) Cheshire. Interview with The WellBeing Lady, Angelita Woosnam

#HaltonHour​ provides networking for businesses, organisations and community groups in and around Runcorn and Widnes. https://haltonhour.co.uk/get-involved/​

In this interview, Angelita tells us about the work she does throughout Halton as part of Recharge and Restore CIC. She talks about the mental health impacts of the pandemic on all of us, especially children.

Throughout the lockdown, Angelita and Eileen have delivered Recharge and Restore Wellbeing Packs to adults, WellBeing boxes to children and are currently running a 12-week holistic wellbeing workshop for unemployed or economically inactive residents of Widnes and Runcorn.

Find out more about the Moving Forward programme at https://rechargeandrestore.co.uk/moving-forward/

In this video interview:
00:00 Intro #HaltonHour Features The Wellbeing Lady, Angelita Woosnam
01:00 How the Wellbeing Lady came to be
03:16 Recharge and Restore CIC Moving Forward
05:43 Groundhog day, the realities of lockdown and why Moving Forward was introduced
07:10 Recharge and Restore getting funding
10:30 The marvellous, practical Wellbeing Boxes
12:38 Moving on from lockdown, thinking outside the box
16:19 Mental health repercussions of lockdown
20:43 Moving on from restrictions, one project at a time
23:13 Weighted lap pads... for dogs!
25:09 How to connect with The Wellbeing Lady and Recharge and Restore

Contact Angelita Woosnam
The Wellbeing Lady Facebook https://www.facebook.com/thewellbeinglady
The WellBeing Lady Twitter https://twitter.com/WellBeingLady
The WellBeing Lady Instagram https://www.instagram.com/wellbeinglady

Recharge and Restore CIC
Website https://rechargeandrestore.co.uk
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/rechargerestorecic
Twitter https://twitter.com/RechargeRestore
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rechargerestorecic

Angelita's interview video and transcript is posted on #HaltonHour https://haltonhour.co.uk/2021/04/23/haltonhour-features-angelita-woosnam/

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