{"id":631643,"date":"2026-10-15T18:44:42","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/631643\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T18:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T18:44:42","slug":"new-gozo-service-offers-support-to-people-struggling-with-mental-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/631643\/","title":{"rendered":"New Gozo service offers support to people struggling with mental health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new wellbeing service has opened in Victoria for people experiencing mental health difficulties or loneliness.<\/p>\n<p>Based at Dar Manresa, the service is being run by the Diocese of Gozo in collaboration with Caritas Gozo.<\/p>\n<p>It is intended to provide a safe and welcoming space where people can socialise, make new friends and take part in educational, social and cultural activities.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers said the initiative was launched after identifying a need for greater support for people who are going through, or have previously experienced, mental health challenges, as well as those who feel socially isolated.<\/p>\n<p>Activities include art, music, crafts, cooking, exercise, walks, gardening and relaxation sessions, as well as outings and activities within the community.<\/p>\n<p>Participants will also be able to learn practical skills for everyday life and will be encouraged to take part according to their interests, abilities and pace.<\/p>\n<p>The service is led by Jeanette Falzon, who will support participants and encourage them to develop their skills<\/p>\n<p>The service is offered on Mondays and Tuesdays between 11:30am and 4:30pm, and Wednesdays and Thursdays between 7.30am and 12.30pm. To avail of the service, call Caritas on 21551723 or 79771723.<\/p>\n<p>    Sign up to our free newsletters<\/p>\n<p>Get the latest stories and updates from Times of Malta delivered straight to your inbox.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofmalta.com\/newsletters?back=https%3A%2F%2Ftimesofmalta.com%2Farticle%2Fnew-gozo-service-offers-support-people-struggling-mental-health.1135378\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n        Subscribe<\/p>\n<p>    <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new wellbeing service has opened in Victoria for people experiencing mental health difficulties or loneliness. Based at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":631644,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-631643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631643","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/631644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}