Find support for learning to live well with pain.
Pain Café are running now across Somerset.
To join one, you must be registered with the relevant GP in the area of the group you wish to attend.
Find your nearest one by exploring the map below. Click on location icons on the map, or click here for a list with more information.
Find your Pain Café
Pain Cafés by area
Meet up online
Meet up onlineIf you find it difficult to travel, you may have the option to join an online meet up in your area.
NEW! South Somerset Young Adults Live Well with Pain Group
If you're aged between 18-35 and registered with a GP in South Somerset contact sue.crisfield1@nhs.net or 07749 418850 for more information.
No groups in your area?
No groups in your area?We are currently working towards setting up cafés in Bridgwater, Minehead, Langport, Yeovil and North Sedgemoor.
If you would like to be kept up to date, and contacted when your local café launches - please fill out an expression of interest form here.
Resources to manage pain
We have put together some useful resources to help you manage your pain at home including videos, websites and books
BRIDGWATER PCN
Key local towns: Bridgwater, North Petherton, Cannington, Woolavington, Nether Stowey and surrounding areas.
Pain Cafés in this area:
- To attend a group in this area you must be registered with one of the GP surgeries listed here.
- We are currently working towards setting up cafés in Bridgwater. If you would like to be kept up to date, and contacted when your local café launches - please fill out an expression of interest form here.
- Free 10 Footsteps courses: Free Live Well With Pain courses run frequently in this area run by the Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership (SASP). You can check if a course is running near you by clicking here and searching for 'Live Well with Pain'. If there isn't one running you can submit an expression of interest here.
For any other enquiries, please contact - Claire Hunter: chunter@sasp.co.uk / 07305059541
CLICK PCN
Key local towns: Chard, Ilminster, Langport and surrounding areas.
Pain Cafés in this area:
- To attend a group in this area you must be registered with one of the GP surgeries listed here.
- We are currently working towards setting up cafés in Langport. If you would like to be kept up to date, and contacted when your local café launches - please fill out an expression of interest form here.
- Free 10 Footsteps courses: Free Live Well With Pain courses run frequently in this area run by the Somerset Activity and Sports Partnership (SASP). You can check if a course is running near you by clicking here and searching for 'Live Well with Pain'.
For more information on support available please contact - Claire Hunter: chunter@sasp.co.uk / 07305059541
FROME PCN
Key local towns: Frome only
Pain Cafés in this area:
The Pain Café is open to any patient living with chronic pain, registered to either Frome or Beckington Medical Practice (being in the same building) you don't need to be referred by a GP.
It is run by Health Connections Mendip who have offices in Frome Medical Practice.
The location of the Café is The Education room (upstairs) at Frome Medical Practice, Enos Way, BA11 2FH and runs every last Friday (with the exception of December) from 11.30 - 1pm.
For more information call 01373 468368 (choose option 1) or email frome.healthconnections@nhs.net
NORTH SEDGEMOOR PCN
Key local towns: Burnham on Sea, Highbridge, Cheddar and surrounding areas.
Pain Cafés in this area:
- To attend a group in this area you must be registered with one of the GP surgeries listed here.
- We are currently working towards setting up cafés in this area. If you would like to be kept up to date, and contacted when your local café launches - please fill out an expression of interest form here.
Support in this area:
- The Health Coaches can offer 1:1 appointments with patients experiencing pain using the Live Well with Pain Ten Footsteps approach.
- Health Coaches currently have no regular support groups running.
RURAL PRACTICE NETWORK (South Somerset East)
Key local towns: Bruton, Milborne Port, Wincanton, Sparkford and surrounding areas.
Pain Cafés in this area
- To attend a group in this area you must be registered with one of the 5 GP surgeries in Castle Cary, Bruton, Wincanton, Queen Camel and Milborne Port listed here.
- NEW!Young Adults Live Well with Pain Group (Ages 18-35). For details contact sue.crisfield1@nhs.net or 07749 418850
- Bruton: Meets on the 3rd Tuesday of every month from 2pm-4pm at Eastfield/Brue Avenue Communal Lounge in Bruton (BA10 0HT).
- Castle Cary: meets on the 4th Thursday of each month from 10am to 12 noon at Catherines Close communal lounge (BA7 7HP).
- Milborne Port: meets on the 1st Tuesday of each month from 10.30am to 12.30pm at Wheathill Close communal lounge (DT9 5EU).
- Queen Camel: meets on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 10.30am to 12.30pm at Cleaveside Close communal lounge (BA22 7PR).
- Wincanton: meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 2.00 to 4.00pm at Common Road/Deanesley Way communal lounge (BA9 9RG)
- *ONLINE* Monthly Live Well with Pain Café: This meets on Microsoft Teams on the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 7.00 to 8.00pm.
For details of all cafés, contact Sue Crisfield sue.crisfield1@nhs.net or call 07749 418850
TAUNTON CENTRAL PCN
Key local towns: Taunton and surrounding areas.
Pain Cafés in this area:
- To attend a group in this area you must be registered with one of the GP surgeries in this area listed here.
- Living well with Pain Café runs every 3rd Thursday of the month 1:30pm to 3pm at Taunton Library, Paul Street Taunton, TA1 3XZ
For more information, send an email with the subject 'Pain Cafe' to: healthcoaching4u@somersetft.nhs.uk
WEST SOMERSET PCN
Key local towns: Porlock, Minehead, Watchet, Dulverton, Exmoor and surrounding areas.
Pain Cafés in this area:
- To attend a group in this area you must be registered with one of the GP surgeries in this area listed here.
- Living well with pain on Exmoor runs on the third Thursday of every month from 12 noon to 1.30pm at Fishers Mead Community Centre, 12 Fishers Mead, Dulverton TA22 9EN
- We are currently working towards setting up cafés in Minehead. If you would like to be kept up to date, and contacted when your local café launches - please fill out an expression of interest form here.
For more information contact Christine: christine.nelder@outlook.com
YEOVIL PCN
Key local towns: Yeovil
Pain Cafés in this area:
- To attend a group in this area you must be registered with one of the GP surgeries in this area listed here.
- We are currently working towards setting up cafés in this area. If you would like to be kept up to date, and contacted when your local café launches - please fill out an expression of interest form here.
Frequently Asked Questions
A Pain Café is a drop-in group (usually monthly) where people living with the impacts of long-term pain can meet together, sharing ideas and learning new skills to find ways of living better with pain.
While it may be true that persistent pain can't be 'cured', there are many parts of your life where changes can be made.
These groups are a social, welcoming, comfortable and safe space where everyone can be heard.
