Anxiety Café is designed to help those living with anxiety who are ready to take the next step towards improving their social isolation, confidence and gain new skills through creative activity.
Monthly evening sessions and weekly daytime sessions available. Refreshments are provided. A voluntary donation is appreciated.
Over 16s only.
Please call 01983 822437 to book your place.
Anxiety Café schedule, January – March 2019
Wednesday 9th January | Singing for Positivity with Annie |
Tuesday 15th January | Evening Meeting – Newport |
Wednesday 16th January | Winter Photography with Mark (dress warmly!) |
Tuesday 22nd January | Evening Meeting – Freshwater Coffee House |
Wednesday 23rd January | Writing with Anxiety with Andrew |
Wednesday 30th January | Mindfulness with Anne |
Wednesday 6th February | Time to talk day – coffee and chat drop in |
Wednesday 13th February | Recipe swap – bring along a favourite to share |
Tuesday 19th February | Evening Meeting – Newport |
Wednesday 20th February | Soundmoves with Zarah |
Tuesday 26th February | Evening Meeting – Freshwater Coffee House |
Wednesday 27th February | Needle Felting with Leigh |
Wednesday 6th March | Needle Felting with Leigh |
Wednesday 13th March | Needle Felting with Leigh |
Tuesday 19th March | Evening Meeting – Newport |
Wednesday 20th March | Mindfulness with Anne |
Tuesday 26th March | Evening Meeting – Freshwater Coffee House |
Wednesday 27th March | Photography Project with Mark |
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Newport weekly daytime sessions
Every Wednesday 10.30am – 12.30pm at the "little hall" Methodist Church hall, Quay St, Newport, PO30 5BA
Newport monthly evening sessions
3rd Tuesday of each month, 5.30pm – 7pm at the "little hall" Methodist Church hall, Quay St, Newport, PO30 5BA
Freshwater monthly sessions
4th Tuesday of each month, 4pm – 5.30pm at Freshwater Coffee House, 5 School Green Rd, Freshwater PO40 9AJ
Anxiety Café photographic exhibition
The Quay Street Triangle is an exhibition of photographs looking at the area around Quay Street where Anxiety Café meets weekly. The exhibition is the culmination of a four-week project led by Independent Arts’ practitioner Mark LLoyd, starting with basic camera skills and looking at colour, form and texture.
The photographers were instructed to look at their surroundings in a new way, to capture the streets from a different angle.
Anxiety Café looks at ways of helping anxiety through creativity. Project Manager and participant Hannah Griffiths said:
“The photography project has been a joy. We’ve loved learning and practising new skills in the safe environment that the group provides. Seeing the work up for members of the public to appreciate is a great boost for the confidence and self-esteem of our group. Hopefully this will help people see that there is more to us than our anxiety."
The exhibition ran at the Lord Louis Library in Newport during November 2018.
Anxiety Café is supported by WightAid
