Health and wellbeing

Keep your body and mind happy and healthy with mental health support, activity classes and our complementary health clinic.

Going home project

Being at home is often the best place for most people to recover, but lots of people have concerns about how they will manage when leaving hospital. The Going Home service supports people before they leave hospital and when they get home. Our partner organisation Age UK provides the support in hospital while our Wellspring Settlement Going Home Link Workers help you when you are back at home so you feel more independent and your wellbeing improves. They can:

• connect you with local community organisations and agencies that can help
• direct you towards opportunities to meet people and socialise
• help you overcome any obstacles and challenges so you can recover well and get back to doing the things you enjoy.

Referrals for this service are received through hospital-based Link Workers. This project is funded the NHS and is delivered in partnership with Age UK Bristol.

Contact name - Susan Walton
Location - Beam Street

Social prescribing

The Social Prescribing service will be coming to an end on 31st May 2025. Unfortunately we cannot take any new referrals from GPs or other agencies. The team are working with their current clients and ensuring that they have the support they need for the future.

Contact name - Susan Walton
Location - Beam Street

MusculoSkeletal Clinic

A GP referral only service to a range of physical therapies funded by the NHS. We offer Osteopathy, Chiropractic and Physiotherapy at our Wellspring Site, Beam Street, giving you a choice of services in local, easy-to-access facilities with reduced waiting times.

The service is accessible for anyone that has a Musculoskeletal condition or injury that has occurred between four weeks and twelve months ago, and has seen no improvement in pain.

Contact name - Sara Ruggeri
Location - Beam Street
Telephone - 0117 304 1414

Community Garden

Our allotment garden in St George is a green space for local residents to use as their own and enjoy throughout the year. There is no membership, no cost and you don’t have to commit to anything, just come along when you feel like it. We meet regularly every week, stop for tea from time to time and share a picnic lunch, and at the end of the day we share out whatever harvest is ready to take home. We welcome volunteers of all ages.

Location - Beaufort Road, St George.
Telephone - 0117 304 1400

low cost counselling

We offer a comfortable, confidential environment for you to explore your thoughts and feelings – with qualified and accredited therapists supporting you through the entire process.

Costs range from £15 for those on who are unemployed and in receipt of benefits, up to £40 for those who can afford it. The exact cost will be agreed between you and your counsellor. Patients who are funded by external organisations, such as mental health trusts, are charged the full rate.

To make an appointment contact our Wellspring Site reception and we will pass on your details to a counsellor, who will then contact you.

Location - Beam Street
Telephone - 0117 304 1400

Community Complementary Clinic

Complementary therapies with a reduced cost available for local residents

Bowen Therapy with Stella

Appointments are available on Wednesdays from 9am to midday at the Wellspring Site, Beam Street. Please call Reception to book.

Contact name - Reception
Location - Beam Street
Telephone - 0117 304 1400

Ramblers Wellbeing Walks (formerly walking for health)

FREE weekly led walks of up to 3 miles in and around Bristol. No need to book, but if you are interested in attending please contact John so we can assess how many walk leaders may be needed. Download the latest walk programme here.

Before your first walk you will be asked to complete a short health questionnaire so please turn up ten minutes early and introduce yourself to the walk leader. Alternatively you can print off and fill in the Walker Registration Form and bring it along to your first walk.