BHC WW: January 2016

Monday 18 January 2016

Volunteers Meetings 2016

Volunteers meetings till August 2016-01-18

The following dates have been arranged, taking into account that individual BHC projects are presently run on each day of the week. To make this fair for all volunteers to have an opportunity to attend, meeting times have been arranged to allow an opportunity for all groups to have a representative most months. We hope these days and times are suitable for as many people as possible.

· ~~Thursday 28^th Janurary 2016 1:30-3pm~~

· Monday 22^nd Feburary 11-12:30pm

· Wednesday 23^rd March 2-3:30pm

· Tuesday 19^th April 2-3:30pm

· Thursday 26^th May 1:30-3pm

· Monday 27^th June 11:30-1pm (this is tbc by Murdo and will likely change in a

blog update)

· Wednesday 28^th August 2-3:30pm

There is no meeting in July due to Summer Break

Wigtown Area Commitee Community Meeting

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