Chorley social support groups

Social groups can help you connect with others who may be experiencing similar experiences of grief or loneliness. Group support can help you feel less alone and can improve mental health. The groups listed aren’t specifically bereavement support but are social opportunities where you’ll receive a friendly welcome and can meet other people.

(If you’re looking for bereavement support groups in Chorley, please click here)

• Check out your local libraries: Chorley, Euxton, Coppull, Eccleston, Clayton Green and Adlington Libraries – various groups and activities 
  A wide range of groups, events and activities such as Craft and Chat, Knit and Natter, Colour and Chat, Chaps who Chat, Hooks Among the Books (crochet), Men’s Club, Let’s Play Real Games, Reading Cafe, Coffee Morning, Lego Club, light and seated exercise classes, Art Club, Creative Writing, Reading Circle, Lancashire Dialect Group, Healthy Walkers, Card Games Club, Reading Friends, Coffee and Chat, Crochet Club, Family History Group, Build with Bill, Chess Club and meet the author events. 
  More details here

• Chorley Sheds 
  Chorley Sheds provides woodwork, arts & crafts, gardening and social activities to help reduce effects of loneliness, open to men and women. There is a weekly timetable of events available on their Facebook page.
  Victory Park, Duke Street, Chorley PR7 3DU / More details here

• Chorley Football Club, Sporting Memories Club (temporarily closed – Leyland group nearest)
  Sporting Memories supports a wide range of people aged 50-plus, including those living with dementia, living with depression or facing isolation and loneliness to improve their mental and physical wellbeing through our regular club sessions.  The Chorley groups seems to be temporarily closed. Leyland is the nearest one, so please contact them for information. Mondays, 11am-12.30pm at The County Ground, Thurston Road, Leyland PR25 2LF.
  Email keithmcintosh1@gmail.com  / Click here for more details about the Leyland group
  

• Community Chat, Gregson Lane, Hoghton
  Hosted at Trinity Gregson Lane Methodist Church, free hot drinks, soup and friendly company. Every Wednesday, 1.00pm-2.30pm.
  Trinity Methodist Church, Gregson Lane, Hoghton, PR5 0ED / 01772 330907 / More details here

• The Meeting Place
  Open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10am until 2pm, The Meeting Place is open to anyone and everyone. By creating a safe, welcoming place to have a brew, a biscuit and a chat, we hope to reduce isolation. You can sit and have a chat over a brew or you can get involved in some of the activities we’re putting on; for example, transforming the courtyard into a greener, friendlier place to spend time in.
  Chorley United Reformed Church, Hollinshead Street, PR7 1EP / More details here

• St Laurence’s Church Wellness Hub
  From walking groups, to a Taste Café (pay what you can), debt advice, parish nurse and a bereavement café, St Laurence’s is a hub of local support, supported by over 100 volunteers.
  St Laurence’s Church, Union Street, Chorley, PR7 1EB / wellness@stlaurencechorley.co.uk / More details here
  
  
• SVP Chorley Buddies
  St Vincent de Paul Society Chorley Buddies is a community group providing befriending, shopping and meds delivery services for isolated individuals. Activity Buddies for exercise and re-socialisation, and Good Food Clubs and general support. Includes a weekly café on Wednesdays, at Buttermere Community Centre, 9am-3pm, with crafts running 12.30pm-2.00pm.
  chorleybuddies@svp.org.uk / More details here

• Talkin’ Tables
  Meet with local people for friendly conversations in a warm and welcoming environment.
  Click here for over 20 Talkin Tables sessions per week in different venues across Chorley.

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