Alzheimer Scotland local groups - Active Minds & Knit and Natter

To view details of the Knit and Natter group, please click here

  

To view details of the Active Minds monthly meeting, please click here

Isle of Whithorn Youth Group - New Age Curling.

Samantha went along to the Isle of Whithorn youth group last night where they had a few games of New Age Curling. The games were very competitive with the Blues winning 6-4. Well done girls.

"Fun, but some of us didn't stick to the rules!

  

"Really good and very competitive"

Boccia & New Age Curling

Today's session of Boccia & New Age Curling saw the Reds win the curling 15-3.  The Blues came back to thrash the Reds 11-2 in the Boccia. The whole session was very competitive and a lot of fun! Thanks to Esme for keeping the scores.

There will be no Boccia & New Age Curling until 4th April due to the Easter holiday. 

Monday Club – Keep Well

On Monday, the members were given a short talk by Julie Gorman about the benefits of the Keep Well Programme. 

This is open to anyone over the age of 40, is completely confidential and is like having an M.O.T. test on yourself. Any findings that may be have an adverse affect on your health would be passed on to the G.P. to keep an eye on you!! Keep Well is an NHS project as part of proactive Public Health.

One of the benefits of Keep Well is that you could be given access to Health Coaching to help you improve your health in a variety of ways. Be it weight loss, exercise, diet etc.

This was extremely informative and Keep Well can be contacted on 01387 272718

The session finished with another exuberant performance by Pam as she led the group in Gentle Exercise to Music.

Due to Easter hols etc, the next meeting is now on April 11^th where David Coe is providing material for an Art workshop. Look forward to seeing you all there.

Reminder - Wigtownshire Cancer Gathering - 19th March 2016

Reminder  

Macmillan Cancer Support, NHS Dumfries & Galloway and DG Health and Wellbeing are holding the first Wigtownshire Cancer Gathering on 19th March 2016 at the Stranraer College.  For further information please click here.

Stranraer Rotary Mull of Galloway Marathon

Take a look at the event below and if interested, contact the people mentioned:

safeTALK Training - May 2016

safeTALK trains people in recognising thoughts of suicide and connects them to suicide intervention skills.

If you are interested in this training, please click here to view full details. This training is FREE!!

Wigtown Poetry Competition

Please click here to view the information.

Monday Club - Healthy Foodie Session

On Monday, the group who attended the Monday club were invited to have a go at a Thai cooking workshop led by Dave from Building Healthy Communities.



The group were given the choice of cooking Beef served in a cabbage cup, or Chicken in a lettuce cup.



What a fantastic session it was, with everyone either eating or taking home their results.

"Really nice and tasty" "What a good idea"  "never thought of doing that" were just a few of the positive comments. 

After clearing away, everyone relaxed with Pam's gentle exercise to music. A great morning!!




Next meeting is on 14th March, with a talk by Julie Gorman on the Keep Well programme.

Healthy Lifestyle Consultation - Wigtown School

The BHC team were invited to do a consultation with all the children of Wigtown School to fit in with their Healthy Lifestyle topic this term.

This involved the team visiting all classes over a period of 2 weeks and asking specific questions about lifestyle, activities and finishing with a task on naming fruit and vegetables in their growing phase as well as how they look when ready for sale in shops.

All the classes did really well and contributed greatly to the activity.

A report will be sent to the School on completion with a summary of the results. This will help them plan activities in the future.