BHC WW: March 2015

Thursday 12 March 2015

Facilitators Training for Tai Chi for Health

Bulding Healthy communities West Wigtownshire Tai Chi for Health Facilitator Bob Stirling and Patsy Cullen have been busy prepairing the Tai Chi for Health volunteers who will be attending Tai chi for diabetes training this month in Dumfries. Bob stated the trainees have been working hard over recent months in preperation for their training and assesment, once completed we will have six qualified Facilitators in Stranraer. This will enable us to expand the service within the community and enable service users to benifit from the experience of participating in Tai chi for Arthiritus & Diabetes programme.

Pictured left to right Moira McAlpine, Bob Stirling, Alexander Alison, Jane Brown and James Ramsey.

Anyone interested in the uptake of Tai Chi for Health please contact Building Healthy Communities West Wigtownshire.

Monday 2 March 2015

Our Partners

• Wigtownshire Health and Wellbeing Partnership • Community Learning and Development • Third Sector First • Health Improvement teams • DG Sports and Leisure • Adult Social Services • Key Housing • DG Voice • Turning Point Scotland • APEX D and G • Cromarty Mental Health team • Woman’s Aid • D and G Generations Working Together • Aberlour Trust • Richmond Fellowship • GP Practices • Ad Action • Alzheimer’s Scotland • Police Scotland • Thorneycroft Drop In Day Centre • Coronation Day Centre • Park Children’s Service Centre • Dietician Nurses • Millennium Centre (Stranraer)

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.

To view our timetable of current groups and initiatives, please click here