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.

Some Updates on HELPP

The HELPP website has some new features that you might like to investigate:

The What’s On Page now has all the information you need about HELPP’s groups in Midlothian but there is also a new calendar allowing you to find out quickly and easily what’s on throughout Midlothian.

The Publications Page has new posters and fliers for the Grandparents Parenting Again and Kinship Carers Group and the Woodburn Women’s Health and Motivation Group (WWHAM) that can be downloaded in PDF format.

Coming soon you’ll be able to find leaflets and posters about the Women’s Health Organisation (The WHO Group), our new healthy living course in Mayfield and our other groups throughout Midlothian.

The meeting room at HELPP’s office in Dalkeith is now almost complete after being decorated – keep checking the blog for pictures and information on how to book for meetings and groups.

International Women’s Day 2008

HELPP, in partnership with Midlothian Community Learning and Development, are pleased to present an International Women’s Day event on Wednesday 12 March.

The event will be held at the Greenhall Centre in Gorebridge from 9am-1pm. Workshops include Tai Chi, Arts and Crafts, Head and Neck Massage and Health MOTs and Healthy Eating Advice.

The whole event is free with a creche available. Visitors are welcome to join the team for lunch afterwards. Click here for more information or call Pamela on 01875 825073 or Anne on 01875 825091. Visit our entry on the International Women’s Day Website here

Our other event marking this year’s International Women’s Day will be held at Newbattle Community High School for S1 and S2 girls. More information is now available from class homerooms.