BHC WW: Intergenerational work

Friday, 25 October 2013

Intergenerational work

BHC area Action Plan Day identified a need for the partnership to be involved in promoting intergenerational work. A working sub group has been identified and an initial meeting has taken place involving:

BHC West Wigtownshire

Community Learning and Development

Aberlour

Stranraer Drama Society

Access Arts

Write Connections

Due to Capacity issues, SHAWL (holistic Group) have been looking at new premises to deliver their services and have been offered new premises at Park Children’s Service Centre. The Group were invited to have a look and they then agreed to move there and will commence their services on the 29^th October 2013.

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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.

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