The Six Week Mindfulness Programme
Mindfulness supports your well-being, so you can thrive, contribute and enjoy all that life still has to offer.
Course Overview
Our very popular, Six Week Mindfulness Programme has been delivered since 2020 and offers practical, evidence-based tools to support your mental health and wellbeing, helping you to manage stress, restore balance, and feel better equipped to navigate everyday life. Over a series of gentle, guided 2-hour sessions, you will learn mindfulness techniques that can be woven into everyday life.
Is This Course For You?
The programme is designed specifically for older adults, typically aged 65 and above, to support wellbeing and address challenges that can come with aging.
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Participants can attend alone or as a couple
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Referrals from health professionals are welcome
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Participants need to be committed to completing a daily home practice of around 20 minutes
What is the Cost?
There is no cost for the programme, it is fully funded through NHS and local authority partnerships.
What to Expect
Over six consecutive weeks, you’ll meet in a closed, supportive group, followed by a Reflection and Review session in week 7 to share your experience of the programme.
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After the course, you’ll have the option to join or create a Community of Practice, to continue practising mindfulness as part of a group.
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Online via Zoom, daytime hours for accessibility
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Led by a BAMBA-Registered Mindfulness Teacher
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Participants are encouraged to attend all sessions to fully benefit
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Home practice helps you bring mindfulness into daily life
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Access to guided recordings and downloadable handouts
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Brief questionnaires before, during, and after the course track your progress
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You’ll receive a personalised outcomes report, showing the impact of your practice
Measurable Improvements in Wellbeing
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71% of participants with depression symptoms in the clinical range showed a reduction in PHQ-9 scores at the end of the programme.
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75% of participants with clinical
levels of anxiety reduced their GAD-7
scores by programme completion.
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What Participants Tell Us
"I find myself taking a step back and 'watching' what I'm doing, not reacting, it's changed the way I do things. My other half said I was calmer"
CG, March 2025
"I wish I'd discovered mindfulness 20 years ago, but better late than never" MH, March 2025
"I've improved my sleep. It's very soothing doing the practices and that helps [with] actually sleeping all the way through"
CT, November 2024
Current Programmes
The Six Week Mindfulness Programme
This course is for adults aged over 65.
Course Teacher: Ruth McDonald Course Starts: Thursday 28th January 2027 Time: 10am-12pm Session 1: Thursday 28th January Session 2: Thursday 4th February Session 3: Thursday 11th February No Session: Thursday 18th February Session 4: Thursday 25th February Session 5: Thursday 4th March Session 6: Thursday 11th March Reflection and Review: Thursday 18th March
The Six Week Mindfulness Programme
This course is for adults aged over 65.
Course Teacher: Ruth McDonald Course Starts: Thursday 11th February 2027 Time: 2pm-4pm Session 1: 11th February No Session: 18th February Session 2: 25th February Session 3: 4th March Session 4: 11th March Session 5: 18th March Session 6: 25th March
Research that informs our work
We draw on well-established research to guide how our programmes are designed and delivered. The papers below reflect some of the evidence base behind the principles and practices we use, for those who would like to learn more.
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Title: Older and more mindful? Age differences in mindfulness components and well-being
Authors: Leeann Mahlo & Tim D.Windsor
Journal: Aging & Mental Health (Vol 25.7 2021) VIEW PDF
Title: The effects of a mindfulness-based programme on quality of life and social support in older people
Authors: D Juraga, T Rukavina, M Marinović Glavić, D Roviš, L Bilajac, M Knežević, H Raat, V Vasilijev
Journal: European Journal of Public Health (Vol 33.2 2023) VIEW PDF
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