by Miia | Apr 13, 2021 | Befriending, Connecting, Dawlish Hospital, Home Help, HOPE, Quarterly Update, Social Prescribing, Statutory Sector, Supporting, Transport, Volunteering, Wellbeing Co-ordinators
What a start to 2021! We were all geared up to get stuck back in after the Christmas break, but then many of us found ourselves once more juggling home-working with home schooling as Lockdown 3 hit! Once again the resilience of our team, and the tools that we use to...
by Chloe | Apr 12, 2021 | Dawlish Hospital, News, Social Prescribing, Staff Interview, Statutory Sector, Working for VIH
Hannah Shiels has recently joined our team and will be based at Dawlish Hospital from 20th April supporting people on the ward and their families at home, throughout their stay and as they return home or perhaps make a transition into a care home. . I’ve just...
by Chloe | Mar 8, 2021 | Empowering, Health Coaching, HOPE, Prevention, Social Prescribing, Supporting, Tools, Wellbeing Co-ordinators, Wellbeing Partnership
One of our Wellbeing Co-ordinators shares how her experience of facilitating the HOPE course has helped her during lockdown: Whilst training to deliver the HOPE course, my awareness was raised about how difficult it is for individuals to change their thought...
by Chloe | Mar 2, 2021 | Empowering, Health Coaching, Social Prescribing, Statutory Sector, Tools, Wellbeing Co-ordinators
At its very simplest, social prescribing is about recognising that non-medical, social factors can have as much of an impact on our health and wellbeing as medications can. A Social Prescriber takes time to get to know someone and find out what sort of activities...
by Chloe | Feb 9, 2021 | Coronavirus, Empowering, Health Coaching, Prevention, Social Prescribing, Statutory Sector, Wellbeing Co-ordinators, Wholelife
At the beginning of the 2020, we were part of a 28 day plant based challenge, led by local consultant gastroenterologist Dr Alan Desmond and GP Dr Jenny Corser. At Volunteering in Health we held weekly plant based bring and share lunches throughout the...
by Chloe | Jan 12, 2021 | Connecting, News, Social Prescribing, Statutory Sector
There will be a process of public engagement about the design of the Teignmouth Health and Wellbeing Centre from 8-21 January as part of the planning process. Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust has set up a dedicated website to do...
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