Following the success of last year’s event, Wellness in Wishaw is returning and this year it promises to be even bigger and better.
People across Wishaw, and wider North Lanarkshire, are invited to enjoy a free day of health advice and support as well as family activities at the Houldsworth Centre on Tuesday 04 August 2026, between 11am-2pm.
Run by University Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire, last year’s event brought the community together to discover the wide range of health, social care and wellbeing support available locally. More than 25 information stands took part including Therapets, a smoothie bike, emergency services and blood pressure testing.
Building on that success, this year’s event will have even more services, activities and opportunities for people to get practical advice and support. Health and social care teams, voluntary organisations and community groups will all be together in one friendly, easy-to-access place.
Visitors will be able to speak directly with local teams, ask questions and find support for themselves, a family member or someone they care for.
A range of free walk-in clinics will be available, including:
- Falls awareness
- Cervical screening
- Menopause information and support
- Quit Your Way stop-smoking support
- Continence advice
- A Stress and Distress relaxation session
- Support from the Addictions and Recovery Team
- Sleep support for families from the Integrated Community Children’s Nursing Service.
There will also be health and community information stalls, sports, arts and crafts, face painting, Bookbug, baby massage, Therapets and family entertainment.
Michelle McKillop, Wishaw Locality Service Manager, University Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire, said: “Last year’s Wellness in Wishaw was a fantastic success and showed what can happen when local people, services and community organisations come together.
“This year we are building on that success to make the event even bigger and better, with more support, more activities and more opportunities for people to connect directly with local services.
“It’s much more than a fun day out. It is a chance to have a friendly conversation, ask questions and get practical advice that could make a real difference to a person’s health, wellbeing or family life.
“The clinics are a chance to get trusted advice in a relaxed setting and connect with services that can help. Getting support early can prevent a smaller concern from becoming a bigger problem and help people feel more confident about looking after their health and wellbeing.
“We want to bring support closer to people and make it easier to get the right help at the right time. There is no need to book, and everything is free, so please come along and be part of it.”
The event has been developed through partnership working involving the Wishaw Health Improvement Team, health and social care services, voluntary organisations and community partners.
