Book now for Self Management Week 2025

Events for Self Management Week are now live, browse our schedule and book your places on individual events.

The full schedule for Self Management Week 2025 can now be found here.

The ALLIANCE hosts a Self Management celebration annually, celebrating self management across Scotland with a range of events, ALLIANCE Live activity and the Self Management Awards.

This year, Self Management Week will run from 22-25 September with online, in person and hybrid events. The week brings people together to share learning from across the Self Management Network Scotland, the Self Management Fund projects and with wider ALLIANCE membership.

Our awareness raising campaign which launched in June will continue to run right up until Self Management Week, highlighting what self management can look like, why it is important and providing insights and examples of good practice.

A Communications Resource Pack to support promotion of the Week can be found at the bottom of this page.

Events schedule:

Monday 22 September

12:00-1:00pm Self Management Week 2025 Launch and Networking Event
Join ALLIANCE staff for networking, catching up with old friends and new and a warm welcome to Self Management Week 2025. Whether you’re a long-time network member, or interested in joining, our focus this year has been around what we need to be the leading partner in management of our health, so we’ll be kicking off with a networking session focussing on just that. The Self Management Network Scotland is composed of over 1,000 healthcare professionals, third sector staff and individuals living and working to support self management and meet once every quarter for networking sessions.

Sign up for Self Management Week 2025 launch event

2:00-3:00pm A Self Management Approach To Old Rules And Habits
Join Pain Association Scotland online for an interactive information and discussion session which will focus on ways to take back control and live successfully within your limits. During the session you will learn about the importance of pacing, reducing anxiety and practising relaxation.

Sign up for A Self Management Approach to Old Rules and Habits

Tuesday 23 September

10:00am-12:30pm PAMIS Moving and Handling Awareness: Online chat and information session
Join PAMIS for an engaging information session to hear about their upcoming Moving and Handling Awareness sessions. This will be an informal and interactive session where you will have the chance to ask questions about their upcoming work.

Sign up for PAMIS Moving and Handling Awareness: Online chat and information session

2:00-3:30pm Co-designing a Toolkit for Epilepsy Self Management
Join Quarriers for an interactive online session where they will share learnings and replicable methods from a co-design process which led to the creation of an Epilepsy Self Management Toolkit. The session will include a live demo of the toolkit and discussion on next steps for its use across epilepsy support services.

Sign up for Co-designing a Toolkit for Epilepsy Self Management

4:00-5:30pm What I need to lead: IFIC Webinar
Hosted by ALLIANCE Self Management team staff, this event will bring together international partners with an interest in self management, discussing how to empower people to lead their own self management at different stages in their journey.

Sign up for What I need to lead: IFIC Webinar

Wednesday 24 September

12:00-1:00pm An Invitation to….Reconnect, Rest & Reset
This online 1-hour workshop from Stepping into Life will explore reconnecting with your body through rest, resourcing, and relationship with the ground and space using breath, awareness, and inward listening. Explore a new and fresh take at the question “how are you?” by orienting towards felt bodily sensations of your internal resources, and maybe engaging in some gentle movement.

Sign up for An Invitation to….Reconnect, Rest & Reset

6:00-8:00pm Self Management Awards 2025
The annual Self Management Awards celebrate good practice and promote a wide range of self management activity across the country. They also provide an opportunity for nominees and winners to network with others leading the way for self management in Scotland, and to draw the attention of MSPs to the value and impact of self management. This year’s Awards ceremony will be held in central Edinburgh and will see the announcement of the winner of the Public Vote for Self Management in the Community Award, amongst others. We are looking forward to celebrating our shortlisted nominees and winners with you all, with a fantastic night of speeches, winner announcements and fun. Online streaming will be available on the night.

This event is now FULL.

Thursday 25 September

10:00am-1:00pm Women living well in Clydesdale: our self management journey
Join Healthy Valleys in rural Clydesdale to celebrate their ‘Women living Well’ self management journey and hear about an empowering project that supports and empowers women going through the menopause and other life transitions and wellbeing challenges. Enjoy some light lunch while hearing about their work, contribute ideas for new activities, and meet with self management project staff and volunteers.

Sign up for Women living well in Clydesdale: our self management journey

1:15-2:15pm Calm the Storm: Movement & Breath to Lower Cortisol
Join movement specialist Louise Davidson either online or in person on the Isle of Lewis for a hybrid somatic yoga session, which will offer practical, take-home tools to support emotional balance, energy levels and resilience.. Ideal for those managing long term conditions, carers, and anyone feeling overwhelmed or burnt out. A gentle and restorative session to end the week!

Sign up for Calm the Storm: Movement & Breath to Lower Cortisol

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