Wellbeing at Chatsworth: Celebrating the Cascade

Tuesday 21 May 2024 10am – 2pm

Green Connections in partnership with Wellness Without Walls, were eco-therapy sessions that focus on the “Five Ways To Wellbeing”. Green Connections ran during 2021 to 2023 at sites across Derbyshire.

During the Green Connections Session at Chatsworth, Nature will invite you to pause and look around you. Nature can help you to feel part of something bigger than you. It can help you to feel calmer and more positive.

Green Connections at Chatsworth will create a retreat-type environment for you to support your mental health and wellbeing by experiencing the many benefits of getting outside, slowing down, and connecting with nature.

We tend to spend a lot of time lost in our thoughts, our worries, ‘to do’ lists and plans for the future. Sometimes it’s difficult to be in the present, to appreciate the now, and focus on just ‘being’ – but nature can help you to do that.

The day at Chatsworth will include many different activities including varying horticultural activities and ‘forest bathing’, we will also focus our time around the peaceful green and blues spaces available at Chatsworth.

Tuesday 25 June 2024 10am – 2pm

Movement and Mindfulness merges yoga with mindfulness and breath techniques, ran in partnership with local yoga instructors throughout the year.

When we bring Movement and Mindfulness to Chatsworth, you will enjoy the benefits of movement and find solace in being present within a tranquil outdoor space.

There will be an exciting addition to the session, we plan to include a gentle dance class with a difference – no complicated choreography and no right or left – a class fully accessible to all.

We aim to bring a sense of calm and grounding to everyone who joins us, which will help to alleviate stress and anxiety. There are so many beautiful spots around Chatsworth where we can switch off, emerge ourselves in movement and practice our mindfulness.

Tuesday 23 July 2024 10am – 2pm

Growing Minds is an Ecotherapy course which was designed in partnership with Derby County Community Trust. The course ran in the summer of 2023 and we hope to have a regular ecotherapy group up and running in the near future.

By bringing Growing Minds to Chatsworth, we plan to help you de-stress and experience the wellbeing benefits of being green-fingered whilst coming together as a community.

The team from Derby County Community Trust will share with you the benefits of healthy eating, growing your own produce and learning about our ecosystem.

You will be invited to join in with a range of enjoyable and interesting allotment-style activities, centered around resourceful growing, utilising your senses, and connecting with nature.

You will leave at the end of the session feeling more relaxed, having learnt a new skill and feeling able to continue to use the benefits of nature to support your mental health and wellbeing from home.

You will leave at the end of the session feeling more relaxed, having learnt a new skill and feeling able to continue to use the benefits of nature to support your mental health and wellbeing from home.

Tuesday 20 August 2024 10am – 2pm

Sound Minds is an exploration of sound and visual arts and helps you discover the ways we can use music and art to enhance our mental wellbeing. Sounds Mind has been hosted by a student from The University of Derby and has proved to be a very popular group.

When we bring Sound Minds to Chatsworth, the session will consist of music and visual art based activities which are a great opportunity to boost your mood and connect you with others in a supportive and playful musical environment. The session will be based around exploring new and creative ways we can use sound engagement to support our mental wellbeing.

While at Chatsworth we will discover the wonderful sounds of nature together amongst the gardens, woods and water. We will explore the grounds and head through the Rock Garden as we listen out for echoes, chirps, drops and breezes.

Tuesday 17 September 2024 10am – 2pm

Mindful Crafts is our friendly and supportive community Craft group which runs in partnership with The QUAD in Derby, the sessions are every other week and everyone is welcome.

When we bring the QUAD team to Chatsworth, they will provide a wonderfully calm and supportive space in which we will be able to explore fun, new and creative activities. We will make the most of the surroundings at Chatsworth to inspire our artwork whilst slowing down, doing Mindful drawing and getting imaginative with different crafts.

There are many benefits of using artwork to express how we are feeling and being at one with nature, this group will also allow you to enjoy the company of others while we have fun!

Tuesday 22 October 2024 10am – 2pm

Please note that not all paths will be accessible at this session and there will be walking in the am and pm. 

Derbyshire Mind’s MindSpace Walk-and-Talk groups are supportive community groups that create space for us to get together, get some fresh air, meet some new people, in a friendly and inclusive group. MindSpace is one of our longest running Mental Wellbeing Services and takes place at several parks across Derbyshire.

Come join us for a chat and a gentle walk in the beautiful setting of Chatsworth. We will spend the morning strolling around the gardens and woods where we can admire nature’s beauty and enjoy the company of others. We will stop for lunch and then head for a walk above the Cascade to soak in the spectacular views.

MindSpace at Chatsworth will provide a valuable space to talk and for you to be listened to by our compassionate Peer Support Volunteers, who are all trained to listen and create a safe space for you to talk about your situation, but they will not try to ‘fix’. The walk will help you think things through and clear your mind, while getting some gentle exercise and fresh air.