Advice on Blood Disorders
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Offering advice services to people and their families affected by Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
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Offering advice services to people and their families affected by Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia
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Teaching people the technique and discipline that boxing can provide.
Keeping the community fit and healthy to improve their fitness and well-being.
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Ethnicity focus: English, Turkish, Indian, Polish, Somali, Pakistani, Congolese, Afghan, Iraqi, Bangladeshi, Afro Caribbean, Eastern European
Community based, face-to-face support for people with arthritis
Ethnicity focus: English
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Ethnicity focus: English
More detailsBrain Injury Rehabilitation Service - Dudley, Sandwell and Willenhall
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BSL Interpreting Services
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Low level support and signposting service that is free to access and referrals are open to everybody aged 18 years and over and includes people with disabilities and long-term conditions, mental health, learning disability and dementia, as well as carers.
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Individuals, couples and family therapy sessions are available Mon-Wed.
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Ethnicity focus: English, Indian, Somali, Pakistani, Congolese, Bangladeshi, Afro Caribbean
A counselling service for brain injury and stroke survivors, their carers and close family members for a defined range of problems.
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Dementia Cafe
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A specialist day care for people with dementia
Quality: CQC Registered
A Specialist home care and support service offering personalised one-to-one support in your own home to help you maintain your independence
Quality: CQC Registered
Ethnicity focus: English, Indian, Pakistani
We offer personal care to support with daily living needs, enabling people with complex needs to remain in their own home for longer. This can be provided alongside social care services or funded by the person themselves or their family.
If you have a personal budget, we are here to help and support you with your care package.
Quality: CQC Registered
To Identify and assess individuals who are at risk of presenting early signs and symptoms of long term conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, stroke and cancer.
This project targets a mix of age groups, genders and ethnicity.
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Fall Prevention programmes target those that have not previously fallen (i.e. to prevent a first fall). The long-term priority objective is to reduce hospital admissions for falls, increase healthy life expectancy and ultimately support older people into healthy lifestyle activities such as increasing their physical activity.
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Having a fall is not an inevitable part of ageing. With the right knowledge and support, whether you are 65 or 95, there are a number of simple changes you can make to your lifestyle and home to help reduce your risk of falling and protect your independence.
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Sandwell's leading social and therapeutic horticultural project supporting peoples health and wellbeing for over 20 years (an Ideal for All project - registered charity for disabled people)
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Social and Therapeutic gardening, Healthy lifestyle and Mental Wellbeing service for people aged 18+ in recovery for drug and alcohol misuse in Sandwell.
Meet like-minded people, make new connections, learn something new or share skills, spend time on our beautiful garden sites and help create a healing garden for the future for you and others to enjoy.
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Signposting, advice and a listening ear.
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Support to people to lead a healthier lifestyle.
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Ethnicity focus: English, Indian, Somali, Pakistani, Congolese, Bangladeshi, Afro Caribbean
Let's Talk Hope provides support to people who have had cancer or survived cancer, as well as their families and friends in a relaxed & friendly atmosphere.
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We will cover the following areas:
• What is Mental Health and the impact of poor mental health
• What is wellbeing? Five Ways to Wellbeing
• Educating individuals to identify poor mental Health
• Know where to go for help and support
• Socializing in safe environment and without judgement
• Signs of relapse
• Breathing Techniques /Mindfulness sessions
• How to deal with stress and anxiety
• Self-care /Positive thinking
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Daily outmeal service delivery directly to your door
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Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Outreach services
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Outreach support for people recovering from functional mental health and family members.
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Ethnicity focus: English, Indian, Somali, Pakistani, Congolese, Bangladeshi, Afro Caribbean
A programme of sessions on a variety of Mental Health topics.
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Portway Lifestyle Centre is an exciting new leisure facility for Sandwell, a vibrant and unique sports, health and wellbeing centre for the whole community and centre of excellence for people with disabilities. Sandwell residents with a disability may be eligible to apply for a Portway Pass.
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We provide rehabilitation and mobility training and work with people utilising their residual vision effectively and safely in order to ensure individuals can live independent lives.
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An organisation for deaf, hard of hearing and deafblind people run by deaf people.
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The SHIP programme aims to address the health inequalities affecting residents of Sandwell. The programme is funded by a grant from Sandwell Council Public Health and has eleven delivery partners, who are providing activities and interventions with residents across the diverse communities of Sandwell. The SHIP programme has two key objectives:
• Mental health and wellbeing
• Preventing and managing long-term physical health conditions.
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All of our projects:
• Work on the side of those we support.
• Are independently of service providers and statutory agencies.
• Are free from the potential conflicts of interest unlike those that may provide other services.
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CBO is delivering activities to address both streams. We will be delivering the following;
1. Ladies exercise
2. Gentle exercise for the over 50s
3. Men’s gym session and exercise through the action man club
4. Talking therapy.
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Coffee Morning- Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9am- 11am.
sewing class- Monday and Tuesday from 11am-1pm
Physical activities and traditional dance on Saturdays from 4pm-7pm
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Family, friends and survivors affected by acquired brain injury or stroke are invited to our informal Social Group on every other Thursday evening between 7 pm and 9 pm at our centre on Martin Hill Street, Dudley, DY2 8RT.
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Home From Hospital Care provides support for Sandwell residents who have recently been discharged from City Hospital and Birmingham residents leaving Birmingham hospitals to attend medical appointments and collect prescriptions. Transport, company and emotional support are part of this service.
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We will deliver weekly sessions relating to a range of long-term health conditions with refreshments and activities included. We will bring external experts to talk to the local community to answer questions and help with concerns which may eliminate some "myths" that may have arisen about the during lockdown.
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The YCA in Sandwell is part of the Sandwell Health Inequalities Programme (SHIP) which aims to address health inequalities within ethnic minority communities in Sandwell, prioritising mental health and wellbeing and the prevention of long-term conditions. Throughout the year, the YCA in Sandwell will be delivering a variety of activities* such as yoga, football, bike rides, swimming, social clubs, awareness workshops and counselling. To find out what activities are taking place currently please call 0121-525-3909. #SHIP
*For faith/cultural reasons, some of the activities will males only or females only.
Quality: Matrix
Various physical zumba activity for females only
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