AN INFORMAL discussion group focused on environmental and wellbeing issues is set to return to Dunfermline next week.

Climate Action Fife and Dunfermline & West Fife: Wellbeing Through Heritage have teamed up to deliver the Climate and Wellbeing Café.

The facility aims to provide an informal space for people where everyone is welcome to join the conversation.

The group will discuss different climate and wellbeing issues and explore solutions. It also offers a space to share ideas on how to look after mental and physical health and wellbeing in response to the climate crisis, with a particular focus on how local natural and built heritage can help with this.

Each climate cafe begins with some warming soup while tea, coffee and cake are available throughout each session.

Grant Williams, project manager of the Dunfermline & West Fife Wellbeing Through Heritage Project, explained: “We have created a safe and welcoming space at our climate cafes where everyone is welcome to come and share how they feel about climate issues.

"We hope that by having an open space to chat and think about our wellbeing, we can help people to feel less overwhelmed by this huge issue.

"We have themed each of the cafés around the five ways to wellbeing, which are great ways to help us stay positive. In January, we will be thinking about 'give'; whilst for February and March, the themes will be 'keep learning' and 'be active'.

The café takes place on the last Thursday of the month in January, February and March. Meetings are held at the Carnegie Birthplace Museum and begin at 6.30pm.

No booking is required and further details can be found by visiting climateactionfife.org.uk/climatecafe.