BHC WW: September 2013

Thursday 26 September 2013

"SHAWL Group enjoy their Summer Break Outings"

SHAWL organised a range of outing opportunities for their service users during the summer Break ,these included a trip to the Botanic Gardens and a trip to the town of Kirkcudbright, this provided opportunities for both the Holistic and Art Group members to socialise and have a fun day together .

SHAWL Members enjoying the summer Weather and promoting the Self Management Banners

Botanic Gardens

BHC Volunteers with their “Supporting Self Management Banners “

This month Shawl have delivered a taster session on Indian Head Massage and are looking to develop new Volunteers to uptake Indian Head Massage training to support facilitation of their groups Services in the community

Thursday 5 September 2013

Cherish Group

The Cherish Group are a newly formed, mutual support group in Wigtownshire for Carers. The Aim of the group is to provide a social setting for fellow Carers to meet up to provide information and awareness, skills training opportunities and a warm environment to enjoy some recreational activities .

The Group are holding an Open Day Event on Friday 6th September at the Aberlour Centre, Stranraer 2pm - 4pm and welcome along any Carers who may be interested in finding out about their group and to discuss opportunities to support one another

West Wigtownshire, with a population of approximately 18000, was chosen as one of the four areas to be part of the Building Healthy Communities project in Dumfries and Galloway. It was widely recognised as an area experiencing some of the worst levels of health inequalities and deprivation across Dumfries and Galloway. This relates to the young, lone parents, unemployed, rurally isolated and elderly. Its remoteness from services and jobs, coupled with the sparseness of the population means that higher costs are incurred in the delivery of local services which includes healthcare and education.

The West Wigtownshire Area Partnership brings together Statutory, Private and 3rd Sector organisations with local people to identify and tackle community health issues. This may involve the development and delivery of relevant activities. Volunteers play a large part in all aspects of the programme and are supported throughout, in order to bring out the best in the individual CHV themselves and their respective communities.

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