Southern Brooks Community Partnership has launched two new initiatives aimed at making Patchway a better place for people with dementia and their carers to live. Following the launch of the Patchway Dementia Action Alliance in September, monthly dementia awareness sessions are being staged at various venues in the town and a monthly ‘memory café’ is being held at the Casson Centre. Dementia Awareness
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Launch of Patchway Dementia Action Alliance
Local businesses and organisations will publicly pledge their support to make Patchway a dementia friendly community at Coniston Community Centre on Friday (20th September). The event, which runs from 10am to 1.30pm, will mark the launch of the Patchway Dementia Action Alliance. The occasion will see over 60 key people representing businesses, statutory services, and community and voluntary organisations, as
Continue readingHave your say: Is Patchway a dementia friendly community?
People living with dementia are being asked by Southern Brooks Community Partnership to come forward and give their views on how Patchway could be made a better place for them to live. Their views will inform the formation of the Patchway Dementia Action Alliance. The consultation will be launched this Wednesday, 22nd May, during national Dementia Awareness Week, with a
Continue readingNHS seeks suggestions for new services at Patchway Clinic
Local residents are to be given a number opportunities to make suggestions for new services that could be provided at Patchway Clinic, which was recently given a reprieve from closure by NHS South Gloucestershire. Currently, only two thirds of the space at Patchway Clinic, and three quarters at Filton Clinic (also previously threatened with closure), is being used. In March
Continue readingHousing developments win reprieve for Patchway Clinic
NHS South Gloucestershire’s review of services at Filton and Patchway clinics has concluded that both facilities and clinics should remain open and that the PCT (Primary Care Trust) will seek to expand the number of services provided there. Currently, only two thirds of the space at Patchway Clinic, and three quarters at Filton, is being used – according to an
Continue readingViews sought on future of Patchway Clinic
Thursday’s Safer and Stronger meeting to hear presentation from NHS representative Local people are being invited to share their views on the future of Patchway Clinic in Thirlmere Road [map] following rumours that it might be closed after some of the services it offers were transferred to the new Patchway (Severnvale) Hub. The Hub, which opened in September 2011, brings
Continue readingParents of children with drink or drug problems offered help
People in Filton and Patchway who have a child, partner or relative with drink or drug problems can get help from a new local service. The West Country-based charity Developing Health and Independence (DHI) is running a support group and one-to-one counselling sessions for local families. The support group, called Families Also Matter, meets at the Sure Start Centre in
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