Health and wellbeing

Find out more about health and mental wellbeing services in and around Bedford Borough.

Safe, healthy and well (PDF) shows you how to keep safe, healthy and well during the winter months

Find your local hospital or walk-in centre, dementia services, counselling options and many more.

• Search all NHS services near you
• Bedfordshire and Luton Directory of adult care and support services
• Keep warm, keep well
• Healthwatch Bedford Borough
• Bedfordshire Stop Smoking Service
• Beds Good Neighbour and Village Care Scheme Network
• Keech Hospice Care for Children and Adults
• NHS 111
• Putnoe NHS Walk-In Centre
• St John Ambulance
• Sue Ryder palliative, neurological and bereavement support - St John's Hospice
• Diabetes UK
• Leukaemia Care
• The British Heart Foundation

Counselling and support

• Azure befriending service
• Bedford Open Door
• Bosom Pals (Bedford Branch)
• Bedford Women's Centre
• Ouse Valley Stroke Club
• Parkinson’s UK - Bedford and District Branch
• Relate Bedfordshire and Luton
• Road Victims Trust
• The Counselling Foundation
• ITP Support Association

Drug, alcohol and substance misuse

• Path 2 Recovery (P2R)

HIV and AIDS

• Bedford Borough Council HIV and AIDS Support Service
• Terrence Higgins Trust

Mental Health

• East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT)

Alzheimers and dementia

• Alzheimer's Society
• Tibbs Dementia Services
• Bedfordshire Memory Navigation Service

Lifestyle Hub

​The ​​​​​​Lifestyle Hub is a central point of contact to engage in a relaxed 30 minute consultation with a Lifestyle Advisor to discuss any changes you might like to make. These changes would primarily focus on healthy eating and getting more active.

You can also get further information on stopping smoking, reducing alcohol, carers services and many other groups/services that run in Bedford Borough.

The Net Charitable Trust 

We welcome referrals from health visitors, social workers, school workers and surgeries who are looking for support for individuals/families isolated by language, economics, illness, being carers, family breakdown or who are new to the area.

Well Woman Workshop 2022

The Net Charitable Trust runs a free six week holistic health courses every term on Tuesday mornings and Tuesday evenings.

The course looks at physical, social, emotional and spiritual well-being as well as creativity and lifelong learning. There is an optional four week follow-up course covering boundaries, assertiveness, confidence and maintaining long-term close relationships.

Courses are held at Project 229, 229 Bedford Road, Kempston, MK42 8DA

Email: heather.solesbury@graceinthecommunity.com for further information.  

BASH (Bedford Aphasia Self Help) Group

BASH provides friendship and mutual support for those who have aphasia together with their carers/partners. 

It organises events on the third Friday of each month in St Andrew’s Church Hall, Kimbolton Road, Bedford.

The first hour is usually a talk or demonstration on a subject of general interest and followed by refreshments and general socialising.

There is also a Summer lunch and Christmas lunch and these take place at local pubs or restaurants.

Anyone who has been affected by aphasia and is interested in becoming a member is welcome to come along to the meetings on a trial basis before making any commitment.

For details contact: 

Jackie Ward, 4 Park Road, Briar Bank Park, Wilstead, Bedford MK45 3 WL. Tel: 01234 741 448

Or John Snashfold, 19 Cambridge Road, Sandy, Bedfordshire SG19 1JF. Tel: 01767 680 993