Social Wellbeing

Introduction

What Are the Benefits of Social Wellbeing?

There are many benefits to maintaining your social wellbeing. Some of these benefits relate to personal wellbeing, while others involve opportunities to enrich the lives of others.

Here we’ve listed just some of the benefits of social wellbeing:

Building healthy relationships with others
Increased self-esteem
Reduced depression and anxiety
A feeling of belonging and security
Support during difficult times
Development of life skills such as assertiveness
Improved conversational skills
The ability to set and maintain boundaries
Improved physical health and well being
Increased longevity

Loneliness or isolation is something we all experience from time to time, and it can be tough to deal with. But there are things we can do to cope with it and lessen its effects on our mental health. Please explore the different services and organisations that can provide help and support

Volunteering

Our volunteers tell us they feel more connected with their communities, have improved physical and mental health, gained confidence, made life-long friends, and gained new skills and experience as a result of donating their valued time.

Volunteering can provide a healthy boost to your self-confidence, self-esteem, and life satisfaction. You are doing good for others and the community, which provides a natural sense of accomplishment. Your role as a volunteer can also give you a sense of pride and identity.

Volunteer with Glasgow Life

MCR Pathways mentoring programme

MCR Pathways is a pioneering partnership between the council family and the MCR Foundation which mentors and supports disadvantaged young people to find, grow and use their skills and talents.

Mentoring not only supports the young person, it can also help with your personal development as many of the skills required are aligned to our core competencies such as communicating, time management, negotiating and influencing.

Mentoring meetings take place during school hours on school premises and time off to attend is given as well as full training and support.
Please speak with your line manager in the first instance.

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Glasgow Life Libraries

If you just want to be around other people the library is absolutely somewhere you can do that safely without judgement. I think people will walk out of here feeling a bit better.

Our libraries are about more than books. Sure, they have shelves filled with books but that’s only a small part of what they offer. Their goal is to provide a place to relax, have fun and meet other people, they host everything from knitting groups to Lego fun drop in sessions to book bug to creative writing workshops

"The library is a constant positive force in my life. It gives access to books and audiobooks I could not afford otherwise. It is a warm and welcoming place." -(Anonymous)

Find more about what our libraries offer