Health
Community and therapeutic garden networking – Aberdeen
Community and therapeutic garden networking – Aberdeen
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Where: Donside Village, The Meeting Room, Donside Village Square, Aberdeen
When: Wednesday 01 July.
This day is free but booking is essential
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10am – 3 pm Are you involved in community or therapeutic gardening activity and looking to network with others? This networking day will include the opportunity to meet others, hear about the recent development of community garden activity at Donside Village and raise topics for group discussion. A soup and bread lunch will be included. This event is organised by the Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens and supported by Trellis – supporting health through horticulture. 3pm – 4.30 pm This session is aimed at those looking to establish or support community gardening activity in their locality. Come along to a short presentation of the benefits of community growing, have your questions answered on what to do next and find out more about resources available to get you started. For more information about the day or to see a specific topic for discussion included please contact lou@farmgarden.org.uk Please feel free to circulate event details and booking link to colleagues or potentially interested parties. When
July 1st, 2015 10:00 AM through 4:30 PM
Location
Donside Village Square
Aberdeen AB24 2PL Contact
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ARE YOU INTERESTED IN HELPING YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY TO BECOME MORE ACTIVE?
A Volunteer Walk Leaders Training Courses is being held in Portlethen on Thursday 2 July 2015. The course is designed to establish a group of local people (aged over 18 years) who are trained to promote and lead Health Walks on an ongoing basis. 
Only one day of training is necessary but information will be provided to support development of local walks in Kincardine and Mearns for walk leaders attending the training through Paths for All and through local contacts.
A Health Walk is a short, local, low level walk which seeks to encourage and support people to become more active. A typical health walk usually lasts between 10 minutes and 1 hour.
| Date: | Thursday 2 July 2015 |
| Time: | 9.30am to 3.45pmRegistration from 9.15am onwards |
| Venue: | Jubilee HallCookston RoadPortlethen
AB12 4PT |
| Cost: | FREE including resource materials(Lunch provided) |
For booking and more information please contact:
Shiona Watson, Administrator, NHS Grampian
Tel: 01569 792053
Email: shiona.watson@nhs.net
The Big Fit Walk
Be active, get healthy, have fun!
The big fit walk is free, easy and lots of fun – especially when you bring a friend. Young, old, fast, slow – it doesn’t matter.
It’s not a race, it’s about having fun and staying healthy. Fresh air, a walk, and a chat. Hey, it could become a regular thing.
And the best bit? Everyone – absolutely everyone – is welcome.
See you there! 
Our Big Fit Walk will be led by Laurie Fallon and it’s free for everyone.
We’ll start from Portlethen Medical Centre at 10am on Wednesday 17th June 2015, Stonehaven Town Hall at 10am on Thursday 18th June 2015 and Laurencekirk Medical Centre at 10am on Friday 19th June. The walk should last for 30 minutes.
Mindful Colouring
Read on to discover how Pillar have used colouring in to enhance the lives of many…
“Mindfulness” is a bit of a buzzword in mental health nowadays, but is in fact rooted in the ancient traditions of Buddhism. Tried and tested for centuries, the art of mindfulness encourages us to slow down and focus on the present moment. It urges us not to worry about a past that cannot be changed and a future that will not be improved by present anxiety. Experiencing all that the present moment has to offer is, from this point of view, truly living, and will have numerous benefits for both our physical and our mental health. ReachOut.com lists these benefits as including less anxiety, better problem solving and sleep and greater happiness overall. Read the rest of this entry »
There’s no ward like home.
The shape of Scottish society is changing. People are living longer, healthier lives and as the needs of our society change, so too must the nature and form of our public services. 
New legislation, in the form of the Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014, came into force on 1 April 2014. The Act requires Health Boards and Local Authorities to integrate their health and social care services.
Local teams and professionals across health and social care will work together to deliver quality, sustainable care and services resulting in improved outcomes for the people and their families who use these services.
Those individuals with long-term conditions and disabilities, many of whom are older people, will get the joined-up and seamless support and care that they need to live safely and independently in their own homes for as long as possible.
So, that’s the background, but what will it mean to you & I? 
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Dementia Friends Scotland
Alzheimer Scotland and Dementia Friends
Dementia Friends is a Social Action Movement.
Dementia Friends is all about raising awareness and reducing the stigma
A Dementia Friends session is free and will last around an hour. It is interactive and informative.
The five key messages you should know about dementia which are :-
Dementia is not a natural part of ageing
Dementia is caused by diseases of the brain
Dementia is not just about losing your memory
It is possible to live well with Dementia
There’s more to the person than the dementia
These will be brought to life through a number of activities. At the end of the session you will be asked to sign up as a Dementia Friend. You will be given a badge to wear and a certificate. We will then be asking you to state a Call to Action which can be very simple, something as simple as helping the person who appears to be lost or being patient in the supermarket queue when a person is having difficulty. As a Dementia Friend we ask that you continue to talk about Dementia with family, friends and colleagues which will continue to raise awareness in the community thus creating a dementia friendly community.
For more information or to sign up for a session, please contact
Kirsteen Heneghan, Dementia Advisor, Alzheimer Scotland
Tel: 01467 530512 or mob: 07879 551831 or
Moira Watson Development Worker Dementia Friendly Communities
Mobile Number 07576305750
NEXT PUBLIC SESSION will be in Stonehaven on
Wednesday 18th of March at 11am Outside Hall Stonehaven Community Centre Bath Street
Please contact Kirsteen or Moira if you want to take part in one of the sessions.
Branching Out
Fancy trying something different……? 
That’s exactly what Branching Out is offering adults who use mental health services in Scotland. Over a twelve week period course members can try their hand at tai chi, bushcraft, willow art or photography to name but a few.
On completing the course, individuals receive certificates of completion, tool handling and, where applicable, the John Muir Trust Award.
The programme is currently available in nine NHS board areas, but hopes to expand into Aberdeenshire.
Like the sound of it, let us know and we’ll pass it on.
Addiction isn’t a spectator sport. Eventually the whole family gets to play.
Substance misuse affects us all; many families in our communities have a loved one caught up in alcohol or drug addiction. The lives of these families are overshadowed by despair, worry and isolation.
Recovery is the hope on the horizon that keeps family members going, and it is the whole family that needs to recover.
The good news is, help and support is available, not only for the person battling addiction but for the whole family. However, the fear of being judged by friends and neighbours often consigns families to a life in secrecy and isolation and holds them back from getting the support that could make a difference.
Meeting others in the same situation or talking to someone in recovery from alcohol or drug addiction can help families to realise that recovery is possible and happens a lot more often than we realise.
Recovery – A Family Affair
Making recovery visible in our communities and celebrating the success stories was the aim of a recent Grampian wide event held by Grampian Family Support Forum, a local charity for family members affected by a loved one’s substance misuse. Read the rest of this entry »
Everyone has something to share….
Many people in our communities struggle to feel included and appreciated as an individual. Shared Lives offers people the chance to contribute to real friendships and become active, valued citizens with a sense of belonging and confidence in themselves. 
Throughout Aberdeenshire we have Shared Lives Carers who share their home and community with someone with a disability. This could be for a few hours or a few days as a short break. Shared Lives is a flexible, personal partnership between two families.
Shared Lives Carers and those they support are carefully matched for compatibility and shared interests. For the relationship to be successful and valued, time needs to be taken to make an appropriate match. Read the rest of this entry »
caring/ˈkɛːrɪŋ/
Do You Care???
adjective – displaying kindness and concern for others.
noun – the work or practice of looking after those unable to care for themselves, especially on account of age or illness.
December in K & M Communities is Caring month.
We’ve all had to care at some point in in our lives, haven’t we?
Babies, children, grandparents or even the family dog!
Caring is such an important part of life. It’s simply part of being human. Carers are holding families together, enabling loved ones to get the most out of life, making an enormous contribution to society and saving the economy billions of pounds.
Yet many of us are stretched to the limit – juggling care with work and family life, or even struggling with poor health ourselves. We often find it difficult to make ends meet if we’re unable to work or if we’ve reduced our working hours to care.
December in K & M Communities is Caring month. Read the rest of this entry »
November Topic Launch – Reminiscing
Human beings have a unique ability to focus on things that aren’t happening right now. This allows them to reflect on the past and learn from it.
This month at K&M Communities we have asked you to help us explore some the reasons, benefits (or otherwise) of reminiscing and the ways you come together to do it locally.
K&M Communities 