Structured group workshops delivered free across Motherwell, Wishaw, and Bellshill.
The practical work of Vibrant Health Advocates – Copper happens in community venues across the ML postcode area — in libraries, church halls, community centres, health centres, and workplaces. Our trained facilitators deliver structured group workshops that teach adults how to manage anxiety and improve sleep using techniques drawn from the best available psychological evidence. Sessions are kept deliberately small, the language is plain and accessible, and the emphasis is always on skills you can take away and use in real life rather than insight alone.
We work closely with local GP practices and social prescribing link workers, who refer patients to our programmes as part of a wider package of non-clinical support, and we maintain active partnerships with North Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnership to ensure our work complements rather than duplicates what is already available.
Beyond direct delivery, we invest in building local capacity through our Facilitator Training Pathway, which enables community members — including graduates of our own programmes — to train as workshop facilitators. This means that as demand for our work grows, we can grow with it without becoming dependent on external recruitment or unsustainable funding cycles.
We track outcomes rigorously: every participant completes validated measures of anxiety and sleep quality at the start and end of each programme, and we publish our aggregate findings annually so that funders, partners, and the community can hold us to account. What the data consistently shows is that people who complete our programmes leave with meaningful, measurable improvements in how they feel and how they sleep — and that is why we come to work.
Each programme is designed for real life in Motherwell — plain language, practical skills, and always free to attend.
A structured six-week group workshop teaching practical techniques to understand and manage anxiety in everyday life.
Each weekly session runs for ninety minutes and covers a distinct aspect of anxiety — from understanding the fight-or-flight response to practising cognitive restructuring and graded exposure. Participants receive a printed workbook to use between sessions, reinforcing skills in real situations rather than only in the group setting. The course has been delivered in community centres, libraries, and workplace settings across Motherwell and Wishaw, and is suitable for adults of any age with no prior experience of mental health programmes.
A four-week programme built around cognitive behavioural therapy for insomnia, helping participants rebuild a healthy relationship with sleep.
Sleep Reset addresses the thoughts, behaviours, and environmental factors that perpetuate poor sleep, using the evidence base of CBT-I — the gold-standard psychological treatment for insomnia — in an accessible group format. Participants keep a simple sleep diary through the programme to track their own patterns and measure progress. The programme is delivered in evening slots to accommodate working adults, and facilitators are trained and supervised to ensure consistent, safe delivery across all venues.
Single-session lunchtime or team wellbeing sessions delivered directly to employers across North Lanarkshire.
These ninety-minute taster sessions introduce anxiety management and sleep hygiene techniques to employees in their own workplace, reducing the barriers of time and travel. Sessions can be tailored for shift workers, for teams experiencing periods of high stress, or as part of a broader employee wellbeing programme. Several local employers in the retail, care, and logistics sectors have embedded these sessions into their annual staff support calendar, and we are always keen to add new workplace partners.
A supported training route enabling community members — including programme graduates — to become qualified workshop facilitators.
Our Facilitator Training Pathway is how we grow our own capacity from within the community. Candidates complete a structured training programme covering workshop facilitation skills, the evidence base for our programmes, safeguarding, and supported practice sessions before leading groups independently. Facilitators receive ongoing supervision and continuing professional development, and many go on to hold formal roles within the organisation. This pathway is central to our sustainability model and to our conviction that the people best placed to deliver this work are often those who have experienced it themselves.
Never a clinical setting — always somewhere familiar and welcoming.
Community Centres
Our most common setting — familiar, accessible, and welcoming for residents across the ML postcodes.
Libraries & Halls
We bring our sessions to libraries and church halls — spaces where people already feel comfortable and at home.
GP Practices
We partner with local GP surgeries and social prescribing link workers to reach people who need us most.
No waiting list, no referral needed. Just get in touch and we will match you to the right programme.
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