Good health and a fulfilled life includes keeping your mind active and learning new things.
The Feelgood Factory has been developing a range of interest groups to enable people to meet with others who are interested in similar things and to pick up old hobbies, develop existing ideas or learn about something completely new.
It is also a fact that learning and thinking are good for your health. Research has shown that that there are cognitive and health benefits from interest-based activities and that engaging in continued learning is beneficial for older as well as younger people, encouraging people to mix with other people. Learning can also be a way of dealing with problems and changes in life that might otherwise result in loneliness.
At the moment we run the following interest groups: