Online activities list – dance, exercise, fitness, meditation, music, reading, singing, socialising, writing, yoga

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A list of online classes and groups during the coronavirus pandemic. 

You can also find
face to face and outdoor activities

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Dance | Exercise | Meditation, mindfulness |
Music and singing | Reading and writing |
Older people | Socialising, discussion |
Specific Groups |
Telephone, online or face to face Befriending  | Yoga and tai chi

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Lunchtime Meditation With Transform Lives Company Fri,
20 May 2022 13:00 – 14:00 Free, book online

ESCAPE-Pain online course
starts 13 June. Twice weekly on
Tuesday & Thursday 5pm-6.15pm

Writing on the Wall: The Writer’s Bloc will be taking a break in May and June 2022 whilst we’re busy bringing you WoWFEST: FUTURE IMPERFECT. We’ll be back in July with a brand
new writer, so follow us on social media for all updates

Art

Liver Sketching Club – Online Portrait sessions on Zoom free to anyone on the first Tuesday of each month 6-8pm.

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Dance to Health – falls prevention dance programme for people aged 55+.

Merseyside Dance Initiative (MDI)
Zoom classes. See timetable. Most classes £4-6 per session. Includes classes for men, people with Parkinson’s, people aged 50+.

Exercise and fitness
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Different Strokes – tailored to stroke survivors, set at five different levels

Healthiness – live streaming exercise classes on Facebook. Good for people with limited mobility or health
conditions. They also run ESCAPE-Pain course for people with chronic hip and/or knee pain.

Life Rooms – online leisure, learning and exercise live sessions

Lifestyles Fitness Centres – a range of home workouts on their YouTube channel

Mamafit – online classes for expectant & new mothers. Book
here. Twitter

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Kadampa Meditation Centre – Meditation live stream on Zoom weekday moorings 10.30-11.30am.

PSS: Upbeat Liverpool
– Mindfulness Meditation Mon 10:30 – 11:30am. Evening Meditation Thu 8:30 pm – 9:15 pm

Sahir House
YouTube channel – meditation and breathing

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The Forrie Online guitar lessons

Reading and writing
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Listening Books provides audiobook lending service to anyone with a print disability such as arthritis, anxiety or a visual impairment.

Local Solutions Carers Writing group last Wednesday of the month 7pm via Zoom. Contact 0151 705 2307 for details

The Windows Project – The Virtual Writing Advice Desk. Free appraisals of your work-in-progress.

Writing on the Wall: The Writer’s Bloc will be back in July 2022

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Age of Creativity – free online activities. Many are dementia friendly and for all ages.

Lister Steps – The Old Library Project
Knit & Natter group on WhatsApp – contact M: 07988 778372 Email:
olivia.johnson@listersteps.co.uk if you’d like to join.  Free

Liverpool Cares – Online social club for older people online & telephone. See Facebook for
what the activities are like. Free

Palm House Sefton Park Love to Move live
online exercise for older people, dementia friendly. Monthly on a Tuesday 11-11.45am

Thred CIC weekly Twitter chat Wednesdays 8pm for people living with dementia and those who support them

Socialising/discussions
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Cavemen Coffee with Paul Thursday 12:30-1:30pm on Zoom for male carers registered with Local Solutions. Call/text 07803 200476 or email
healthandwellbeing@localsolutions.org.uk

Activities for specific groups
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Comics Youth CIC
Pencil Pals programme – a virtual 1-2-1 session for young people aged between 8-21 who access (or have previously accessed) Alder Hey services. Mix of creative writing, comic making, art and sketchbook techniques. 

Local Solutions – Activities for Carers
Activities for carers on Facebook Live or Zoom

Marie Curie Hospice, Liverpool If you are living with a terminal illness in Liverpool we have a range of virtual groups available to join for free including Crafts, Yoga, relaxation, reading
and more Contact Lorna on 0151 801 1470.

Mencap Liverpool on Zoom – Zumba, workout, socialising.

Merseyside Autistic Adults – Zoom meetings, age 16+.

Sunflowers Liverpool Yoga 10am Tuesday and Thursday on
Facebook

The Brain Charity: Activities – Activities for people with neurological conditions, many of them via Zoom.

Yoga and tai chi
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Angela’s Tai Chi School 

Kindred Minds Merseyside Tai chi Tue 7-8pm , Wed 10-11am

Sunflowers – Facebook Live sessions – chair yoga Tuesday and Thursday
10am