BHC WW: December 2015

Tuesday 15 December 2015

Murd-Ho-Ho-Ho

Murdo would like to thank all BHC volunteers, partners and members for a good year and many more to come. He would like to wish you all a Merry Christmas (or any other holiday or tradition you choose to support) and a Happy New Year

Friday 4 December 2015

Coffee Morning

Yesteryear

Soup and Sandwiches

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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