Lifelong Commitment to Volunteering Award

Last Thursday at the Machars Area Partnership for Building Healthy Communities A.G.M., at the end of the official proceedings, an award for Lifelong Commitment to Volunteering was made to David Hirst.

David has been involved with Building Healthy Communities for over 10 years and has been running Heartstart courses as a volunteer for even longer. Over the years he has trained over 2300  people in CPR in the Wigtownshire as well as being an active member and Treasurer of the Machars Area Partnership.

Below, is David receiving his award from Nathalie, Community Health Development Worker for BHC Machars.

Isle of Whithorn Youth Group - Food Challenge!

Inspired by "I'm a Celebrity" The young people at the Isle of Whithorn Youth Group had asked for their own "Food Challenge".

Various foods were made available ranging from jellied worms and lizards tails (spaghetti in jelly and Gherkins) to stinky fish and seaweed (anchovies and battered seaweed)

The group were split into 2 teams and had a lucky dip to choose their food challenge.

As can be seen, not everyone enjoyed the taste!!!

The young people attempted most of the 16 dishes prepared for them, some more challenging than others, and had a great evening!!

The winning team chose the theme of the next cooking session which will be a healthy Chinese dish!!

Well done everyone!!

Scrabble4Fun

Tomorrow see the start of the new BHC Scrabble4Fun Initiative.

The first community in the Machars to benefit from the fun and games is Port William and the event kicks off at 10.00am at "The View" Port William.

Please see poster below for more details.

Isle of Whithorn Art Group

The group meet every Wednesday at St Ninians Hall in the Isle of Whithorn from 

12.30 until 3pm.

New members are always welcome where they can learn and share their skills. 

This is a vibrant group of people who get together for a social chat whilst relaxing and partaking of their favourite arts and crafts.

 Here are a couple of paintings recently completed. For further details, 

contact BHC on: 01988 501111

Jills in the Community

The Jills have been busy in the last couple of weeks re-decorating a hall stairs and landing in the community.

As can be seen from the photos, the colour change from chocolate to cream proved a 3 coat affair but was completed with skill and dedication.

Well done to Tracey, Claire and Mary for all their efforts.

New tasks from people in need will be considered. If interested in how the Jills can help you, contact the office on:

01988 501111

Scrabble 4 Fun

The Machars Area Partnership for Building Healthy Communities (MAP) are organising a series of Scrabble groups around the Machars, starting on Thursday 24^th November from  10.00 to 12.00 at The View, Port William and every week thereafter (apart from a break for Christmas).

Everyone is very welcome, whether they are experienced players or absolute first timers, these are intended to be social, fun, events where they can have a not too serious game, a good blether, a cuppa and maybe stay on for lunch afterwards.

MAP have been very fortunate in being sponsored by Mattel, the distributors of Scrabble, who have donated 24 Scrabble sets worth nearly £500, completely free of charge.  Attendance is free of charge and people will be there to guide participants through the way of playing. MAP are also very grateful to PIRSAC for allowing the use of The View as a venue.

In the coming weeks, further groups will be started in Wigtown, Glentrool, Newton Stewart, Whithorn and the Isle of Whithorn and if anyone wants further details, they should contact Building Healthy Communities on 01988 501111.

BHC Regular Activities in the Machars

BHC Machars run Initiatives and Activities on a regular basis in the area. The Activities that are currently running and an explanation of each can be viewed by clicking HERE.

If you have any queries about these, or any other activities, please contact the office on 01988 501111

TCAT and Move More programmes

The TCAT (Transforming Care after Treatment) and Move More programmes are run as part of Building Healthy Communities, in partnership with Macmillan, across the region and offers support to anyone affected by cancer including family members and carers.

To read more about this new initiative and get involved, click on the following links:

To find out about the TCAT programme  click here

To find out about the Move More programme, click here

To view the referral form and take part, click here.

Hard of Hearing Newsletter

To view and read the latest Newsletter from the Hard of Hearing Group in Dumfries and Galloway, please click HERE