Shropshire Council expands community wellbeing outreach across the county

Shropshire Council’s Community Wellbeing Outreach Team and its partners have been actively supporting Shropshire’s most rural and isolated communities throughout the winter.

By deploying their mobile hub van to various remote villages and hamlets, they have provided residents with onsite access to practical advice, health promotion, and wellbeing services as part of the Winter Outreach Wellbeing project.

Now from 1 April 2026, the team will extend its provision from winter only sessions to become an all year offer.

The Winter Outreach Project vehicle

The project has enabled residents to receive support and guidance for cost-of-living and energy concerns, food security, cardiovascular (CVD) health checks, information on vaccinations and screening, lifestyle and smoking cessation advice, mental health support, and much more.

A key part of the project is listening to local people, gathering insights into the challenges they face, and feeding this information back into place-based planning so that services can better meet community needs now and in the future.

Starting April 1, 2026, the outreach team will continue year-round support for Shropshire’s most rural and isolated communities. They will listen to residents, understand their health and wellbeing needs, monitor key local health data, and adjust their support accordingly.

In addition, the team will continue to offer cardiovascular (CVD) health checks to people living in areas with higher levels of deprivation, such as workplaces, food banks, job centres, livestock markets, and more. To find out where the team will be present, please use the link to the monthly outreach programme.

Monthly outreach programme | Shropshire Council

For further information about the Community Wellbeing Outreach Team, please visit

Community Wellbeing Outreach team | Shropshire Council or email community.outreach@shropshire.gov.uk.

Bernie Bentick, portfolio holder for health and public protection, said:

“I welcome the great news that from 1 April 2026, Shropshire’s Community Wellbeing Outreach Team will extend its provision from winter only sessions to become an all year offer to those people and communities in rural and isolated parts of Shropshire.

“Our friendly, experienced professionals can give you useful verbal and written information across a wide spectrum of health and other topics that particularly affect rural communities and also signpost you to further resources and support.

“So if you live in a rural/isolated location then do follow the link to find when and where they will be in your area so that you can drop by to see what they provide and have a confidential chat about any areas of interest or concern.”