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 Miia | Mar 31, 2021 | Finance, News, Volunteering, Wellbeing Co-ordinators, Working for VIH
Meet the Managers At Volunteering in Health, we have a management team of four part time staff each bringing different skills and experience to the charity to ensure it runs smoothly day to day, supporting as many people as possible in the right way for them, as well...
by Chloe | Mar 29, 2021 | Empowering, Health Coaching, HOPE, Wellbeing Co-ordinators
In the voluntary sector we are infamous for not having much hard data about what we do, but instead having hundreds of lovely stories to illustrate how we help people. We are always working on ways to bring together some more black and white facts and figures, but we...
by Chloe | Mar 12, 2021 | HOPE, Staff Interview, Volunteering, Wellbeing Co-ordinators
Recently we interviewed for our new Hospital Link Worker and we are excited to soon be welcoming Hannah to the team. She will be based at Dawlish Hospital supporting patients on the ward and their families at home. Throughout Covid, visiting times in hospitals has...
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...
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