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 Wednesday Daytime Timetable, April to June 2019
Wednesday 3rd April 10am – 4pm | Photography Project Trip to Osborne House |
Wednesday 10th April 10.30am -12.30pm | Photography Project with Mark |
Sunday 14th April 11am – 3pm | Cupcakes and Anxiety tea party – see flyers |
Wednesday 17th April 10.30am -12.30pm | Photography Project with Mark |
Wednesday 1st May 10.30am -12.30pm | Textile Banner Making with Mandy |
Wednesday 8th May 10.30am -12.30pm | Textile Banner Making with Mandy |
Wednesday 15th May 10.30am -12.30pm | Textile Banner Making with Mandy |
Wednesday 22nd May 10.30am -12.30pm | Textile Banner Making with Mandy |
Sunday 26th May Parade Day! | Meet in East Cowes with the banner for parade |
Wednesday 29th May 10.30am -12.30pm | Singing for Positivity with Annie |
Wednesday 5th June 10.30am -12.30pm | Clay Sculpture House numbers with Evie |
Wednesday 12th June 10.30am -12.30pm | Creative Writing TBC |
Wednesday 19th June 10.30am -12.30pm | Clay Sculpture House numbers with Evie |
Wednesday 26th June 10.30am -12.30pm | Mindfulness and creativity with Anne TBC |
Anxiety Café Wednesday Daytime Timetable, July to October 2019
Wednesday 3rd July 10.30am -12.30pm | Felting with Leigh |
Wednesday 10th July 10.30am -12.30pm | Shortlisting calendar images with Mark |
Wednesday 17th July 10.30am -12.30pm | Movement and Mindfulness with Nicola |
Wednesday 24th July 10.30am -12.30pm | Naturezones – book your place please |
Wednesday 31st July 10.30am -12.30pm | Beetledrive! |
Wednesday 7th August 10.30am -12.30pm | Get moving! with Hanna N |
Wednesday 14th August 10.30am -12.30pm | Card Craft with Emma |
Wednesday 21st August 10.30am -12.30pm | Internet Safety with Mark |
Wednesday 28th August 10.30am -12.30pm | Mindfulness and Creativity with Anne |
Wednesday 4th September 10.30am -12.30pm | Dinosaur Model making with Jason |
Wednesday 11th September 10.30am -12.30pm | Dinosaur Model making with Jason |
Wednesday 18th September 10.30am -12.30pm | Dinosaur Model making with Jason |
Wednesday 25th September 10.30am -12.30pm | Make a bath bomb – please book a place |
Wednesday 2nd October 10.30am -12.30pm | Movement and Mindfulness with Nicola |
Anxiety Café Wednesday Daytime Timetable, April to June 2019
Tuesday 9th April 4 - 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Wednesday 17th April 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Tuesday 23rd April 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Monday 29th April 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Monday 6th May | No Meeting – Bank Holiday |
Tuesday 14th May 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Wednesday 22nd May 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St – Textiles Project |
Sunday 26th May Parade Day! | Meet in East Cowes with the banner for parade |
Tuesday 28th May 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Monday 3rd June 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Tuesday 11th June 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Wednesday 19th June 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Tuesday 25th June 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Monday 1st July 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Tuesday 9th July 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Wednesday 17th July 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Tuesday 23rd July 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Anxiety Café Evening Timetable July to October 2019
Tuesday 9th July 4 - 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Wednesday 17th July 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Tuesday 23rd July 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Monday 5th August | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Tuesday 13th August 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Wednesday 21st August 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St – Textiles Project |
Tuesday 27th August 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Monday 2nd September 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Tuesday 10th September 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Wednesday 18th September 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Tuesday 24th September 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Sunday 6th October – All day | Festival of the Mind at Riverside Centre |
Monday 7th October 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Tuesday 15th October 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Wednesday 23rd October 5 – 6pm | Newport Suite One 30 Quay St |
Tuesday 29th October 4 – 5pm | Freshwater Coffee House |
Anxiety Café 2018 photographic exhibition
The Quay Street Triangle was an exhibition of photographs looking at the area around Quay Street where Anxiety Café meets weekly. The exhibition was 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 has saved my life. I attended regularly and it was a great relief that it was close to home and people understood me."
Anxiety Café participant
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
Newport evening meetings are held on:
First Monday of the month 5–6pm
and
Third Wednesday of the month 5–6pm at:
Suite 1, 30 Quay St, Newport PO30 5BA
Freshwater monthly sessions
Freshwater meetings are held on:
Second Tuesday of the month 4–5pm
and
Fourth Tuesday of the month 4–5pm at:
Freshwater Coffee House, 5 School Green Rd, Freshwater PO40 9AJ
See timetables left for more details.
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