HELPP – Some Updates

A few updates on HELPP:

Website: Our new YouTube channel will be launching on May 13th with the DVD Who Cares… prepared by the WHO Group in Gorebridge. We’re also launching a Bebo page soon and we’re planning regular podcasts. This should begin with a young people’s focus group being set up by our Community Education student Emma. The Grandparents Parenting Again and Kinship Carers website is continuing to grow and we now have a discussion board/forum that is open to anyone who needs advice, support or information. We’re also working with Catherine Evans, Midlothian Community Health Partnership’s Patient Involvement Worker, to create a website that will provide health centres with information on what is available to patients in their area. The pilot site will launch in the Danderhall area soon.

Glencorse: The Glencorse Healthy Living Group kicks off on Thursday 15th May. The six week course includes yoga, excercise, healthy eating and much more.

Grandparent’s Parenting Again and Kinship Carers: The group continues to develop: they are playing an active role in the creation of a national kinship carers network with a major announcement expected in the next few month. Plans are well underway for the group’s summer programme which this year will hopefully include a sports day for the children.

Ladywood Centre: The community cafe will open in June. Already Susan, the cafe worker, and the volunteers are working hard to get things up and running. Keep your eyes peeled for more info in the local press and menus and more information will be available here soon.

An Independent HELPP: Our community reps are continuing to work hard as we move towards independence. We now have an interim board and we’re hopeful that we will be able to announce a date for independence soon. We’ll keep you posted.

So it is busy time for everyone at HELPP. But we’ll keep you informed through the blog and the main website as things develop and HELPP gets stronger and stronger.

Glencorse – Update

After a successful first meeting we have now planned our course at Glencorse barracks. The course is for the partners of active service personnel.

At the first meeting particpants indicated that they would like to try yoga and this will form the core of the activities.

There will also be healthy eating advice and demonstrations, excercise advice and much more.

The course starts on Thursday 15th May, 6-8pm at Scot’s Corner.

To find out more call Dawn Muir on 07780957291 or email Karen.Muir@mod.uk

WHO Group to Launch DVD

The WHO Group (Women’s Health Organisation) are to premiere their new DVD Who Cares… on Monday 12th May.

The DVD is about the Gorebridge community and deals with people’s misconceptions about the area.

You’ll be able to see the DVD on HELPP’s new YouTube channel from Tuesday 13th May and there will be more information about the launch appearing on the blog too.

For more information about the WHO Group click here