BHC WW: World Cancer Day Walk Great Sucsess

Monday 5 February 2018

World Cancer Day Walk Great Sucsess

Building Healthy Communities / Macmillan Move More walking groups from Stranraer and Newton Stewart got together at Kirroughtree Forest Visitor Centre for a special walk to acknowledge World Cancer Day.

The walkers had a great walk in lovely sunshine around some beautiful scenery in Kirroughtree Forest. They then enjoyed lunch in the visitor centre.

Macmillan Cancer Support work together with NHS, Dumfries and Galloway Council and Paths For All Scotland to provide fitness opportunities and raise awareness of the benefits these bring to people affected by cancer in our area and across the UK.

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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