Health & Wellbeing
NEWS : CORONAVIRUS : NEW HOSPITAL : MENTAL HEALTH: HARLOW FRONT LINE : PDR PROPERTIES : H & W PARTNERSHIP BOARD : ONE HEALTH & CARE PATNERSHIP : VOLUNTARY SECTOR FORUM : HOPE 4 HARLOW : HEALTH & WELLBEING CORE GROUP UPDATE : KEEP IN TOUCHCoronavirus Information
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The Health and Wellbeing Core Group meets to consider how we can best help the Church to be informed and involved in Health and Wellbeing withing Harlow. Princess Alexandra Hospital - A New Hospital Fit for the FuturePAH is preparing plans for a new hospital to serve the residents of Harlow and surrounding areas. VIsit their dedicated microsite for more information. Mental HealthWe have recentely promoted a Mental Health First Aid course which over 10 people from local Churches attended along with others from the Community. It was an excelant way of raising awareness about mental health issues and encouraging all of us to talk about mental helath and wellbeing. Harlow FrontlineHarlow Frontline is an excelant source of local informaiton about health and wellbeing services offered accross the town. People can be referred by professional or can self refer. We are encouraging churches throughout the town to register with Harlow Frontline, both in terms of the 'spirtitual health' they cpontribute to as a church, but also the additional services that many of them provide, e.g. in running toddler groups, support for the elderley and other regular activities. Take a look for yourself. Permitted Development Rights (PDR) PropertiesHarlow has over a thousand properties which have been devloped unde the 'Permitted Development Rights' legislation. We are working with voluntary and statutory organisations in the town to see how we can contribute to the health and wellbeing of residents in these blocks and help them integrate into the local community. For more infromation about PDR in Harlow email ron@heart4harlow.org.uk . Health and Wellbeing Parnership BoardAs well as the direct work of the Core Group, we have been represented at the Harlow Health & Wellbeing Partnership Board which includes a number of parners engaged in health & wellbeing in and around Harlow. In July 2018 we were invited to the launch of the Wellbing Strategy, click here to take a look at what it contained. One Health & Care Partnership VCSE GroupWe are represented on this important partnership group which includes Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust; Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust; NHS West Essex Clinical Commissioning Group and Essex County Council who are meeting with Volantary and Community Organisations and Social Partnership (VCSE) to explore areas of collaboration. Click here for an introduction to the One Health and Care Partnership. Click here for the last update (Nov 20) Voluntary Sector ForumRainbow Services facilitates the Harlow Voluntary Sector Forum which provides regular newsletters and meetings for discussion of relevant topics and networking. Hope 4 HarlowHope 4 Harlow brings together churches with a range of other partners to provide shelter for the homeless every night of the week throughout January and February. If you would like to know more about volunteering then take a look at this information. To offer your help please contact MartinHarris. NEWSDec 20For the Department of Health and Social Care's latest Voluntary Sector Newsletter click here. For the latest information about the One Health & Care Partnership please click here. For the result of the New Hospital Poll, click here. Nov 20Heart 4 Harlow has been invited to join the Dementia Action Alliance. We will be working with key members of the DAA over the coming weeks to orginise an intial awareness session, hopefuly leading to one or more Dementia Friendly Coffee Mornings and assistance in individual churches gaining Dementia Friendly status. Please contact me if you would like to know more. Doctors surgeries in Harlow have come together under two Primary Care Networks, to find out more, including which suregeries are included in each, click here. (September 2019) The Michael Roberts Charitable Trust has appointed Andy Thornton as it's new CEO - find out more here. Health & Wellbeing Core Group UpdateUpdate from meeting 23/11/20Our Core Group meeting looked at a range of things associated with Health & Wellbeing including the following:-
We are exploring how best to support these within Harlow and intend to have this as a major item for our first Heart 4 Harlow Forum of 2021 on the 18th May. We will then decide if we encourage individual churches to run their own KHWG’s or whether this is something that could be run between churches.
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