Dumfries and Galloway Mirco-markets project

To view the project leaflet please click here.

Dumfries and Galloway Wellness & Recovery College

The Dumfries and Galloway Wellness and Recovery College (Course Guide)

The Dumfries and Galloway Wellness and Recovery College, is a local initiative that delivers a range of wellness and recovery focussed learning and development opportunities. Courses will provide students with a range of learning opportunities, these may include: 

• Learning skills and strategies to cope with challenging times, for example in relation to change and loss
• Strengthening personal coping skills
• Developing and maintaining positive relationships
• Helping to understand personal responses to situations  

Courses vary in content and length. You may be interested in signing up for just one course or more.

To view the course guide please click here.

To view the courses available click here.

For more information please contact the BHC Office.

Day Opportunities Fund

Building Healthy Communities Launch Invitation

Please click here to view Invitation.

Building Healthy Communities Premises Launch

Please click here to view the poster.

c4urself

The latest newsletter from C4urself full of helpful and informative items. It features the National Sexual Health Campaign. 'Sex It's Healthy to Talk about it, information on sexting, pornography, local information on STI's, new leaflets and much more. This edition also contains an education pack on grooming which has been produced by Barnardo’s called Sex, Secrets and Lies.This is a very useful resource which contains information on :

·        The signs and indicators

·        Vulnerabilities which may lead to exploitation/abuse

·        Being safe – tricks used by abusers

Click on link below to read

http://www.c4urself.org.uk/downloads/Newsletter22.pdf

The National Osteoporosis Society

The National Osteoporosis Society

Invites you to

Managing Osteoporosis: looking after your Bones

A Medical Update

Dr Anne Drever, Lead Clinician, Osteoporosis

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Osteoporosis in Dumfries & Galloway

Sister Katrina Martin, Menopause/ Osteoporosis Specialist Nurse

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Osteoporosis and Exercise

Katie Begg, Community Physiotherapist

NHS Dumfries and Galloway

Wednesday 11^th June 2014

2pm – 3:30pm

At the Empire Suite

Cairndale Hotel, 132-136 English Street

Dumfries DG1 2DF

please note that access to The Empire Suite is

next to the car park at the rear of the hotel

Tea/coffee/biscuits will be served from 3:30pm

A small donation would be welcome to support the work of the Charity

For further information please contact:

Anne Simpson

Development Manager for Scotland

Tel: 01698 811 171

Alcohol Awareness Week

Building Healthy Communities in Dumfries & Lower Nithsdale provided an information session to support Alcohol Awareness Week where members of the community were given the opportunity of taking part in a “true or false” quiz to test their awareness of the effects of alcohol. 

Addiction Dance Company

“Boogie on Down…” – A dance fitness class was identified as a need for local people of all ages and abilities.  This took place within the Summerhill Community Centre with dance instructors from the Addiction Dance Company – a good time was had by all who attended.

Crafting Craze

Check out the Thursday morning and Crafternoon Groups who had a fab time showing off their “stuff” – needless to say those who came along were well impressed and looking to take up the “crafting craze”.

Congratulations!!!!

Woop Woop Guys!!! – Huge congrats go to Anne Mellstrom, Tam Muirhead, Anne Musgrave and Maggie McAllister who all completed a 8 week First Degree Reiki and was supported by Eileen Jardine, Reiki Master.   We’re thinking that there will be a long list of “guinea pigs” wanting to be practised on…well done folks.