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NHS North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group ‘Getting to know you’ Event

10th October 2012

Al-Hikmah Centre, Batley

NHS North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group would like to welcome

all organisations to the event today. We hope that you will find the

networking event a great opportunity to find out about our organisation

and for you to tell us about yours.

We are genuinely interested in discovering what services you offer and

how we can best work together to help the people of North Kirklees to live

This booklet contains brief descriptions of the groups participating in the

speed dating session part of the event.

longer, happier and healthier lives.

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Contents

Action for Blind People 3

Action for Children 4

Alliance for Healthy Living 5

Carlinghow Cross Bank Neighbourhood Watch 6

Cloverleaf Advocacy 2000 Ltd 7

Community Links 8

Crossroads Care In Mid Yorkshire 9

Fit4Funding 10

Fusion Housing 11

Hilary Calverley Hypnotherapy 12

Holme Valley Gardening Network 13

Hoot 14

Horton Housing 15

Huddersfield Epilepsy Group 16

Hum Sath Sath Project 17

Kirklees Active Leisure 18

Mears Home Improvements 19

MENCAP 20

My Community, My Choice: The Exchange 21

Open Art 22

Pennine Domestic Violence Group 23

Ravensthorpe Community Centre Ltd 24

St Andews Dementia Support Group 25

Stroke Association 26

Women’s Centre 27

WRVS 28

Notes 29

Floor Plan 30-31

‘You and the CCG’ 32

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Action for Blind People

www.actionforblindpeopple.org.

Action for Blind People is a national charity with local reach, providing practical help and support to blind and partially sighted people of all ages. We listen, we understand, we act. Our services include Eye Clinic Liaison Officers, Independent Living, Employment, Assistive Technology, Housing, and Children, Young People and Families. Action for Blind People employs two Eye Clinic Liaison Officers (ECLOs) in Kirklees, who are based in the eye clinics at Huddersfield Royal Infirmary and Dewsbury District Hospital. Eye Clinic Liaison Officers (ECLOs) are there at the point of diagnosis to offer one-to-one practical and emotional support. At this confusing and frightening time, many people simply don’t believe they will ever be able to lead a ‘normal’ life. But ECLOs can offer guidance and reassurance tailored to a person’s specific needs. They can put people in touch with the right support services and organisations. The ECLO services in Kirklees work closely with clinicians and local and national statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure blind and partially sighted people receive a seamless service tailored to their individual needs, incorporating formal referral processes and a broad range of information which enables people to make informed choices about their treatment and independence. Key achievements include the forming of links with local BME community groups in Dewsbury, to engage with this under-represented group and increase awareness and accessibility of local sight loss services. In Huddersfield, the ECLO has recently been involved in a Sensory Independence Group and a Falls Awareness event in the town centre in partnership with local specialists.

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Action for Children

www.actionforchildren.org.uk

Everything Action for Children do is to help the most vulnerable and ne-glected children, young people and their families. Passion: We are driven by our desire to help children and young people overcome injustice and disadvantage. Equality: We believe all children and young people have equal worth and equal rights. Hope: We believe in a child or young person's potential, no matter what they have experienced or what they have done. Action for Children is commissioned by Kirklees Council to lead and manage 5 Children’s Centres across Dewsbury including Dewsbury Moor and Scout Hill Children’s Centre, Ravensthorpe Children’s Centre, Chickenley, Earlsheaton and Shawcross Children’s Centre, Flatts and Eastborough Children’s Centre and Mirfield Children’s Centre with a population of approximately 4500 children under 5. In the last 12 months 57% of children living in Dewsbury and Mirfield accessing Children’s Centre services the majority of who live in the worse 30% super output areas. Action for Children in Kirklees has adopted the Outcome Accountability Based model to identify priorities to improve outcomes in health, economic well-being, community engagement, educational attainment and safe guarding. We deliver a range of evidence based parenting programmes, volunteer opportunities, family support, family learning and health sessions with the aim of improving capacity and behaviours. We have a smaller commission with the PCT contributing towards reducing infant mortality by supporting vulnerable women during pregnancy and the first few weeks of their baby’s life by offering packages of family support to meet individual and group need. Impact is measured for all services delivered by Action for Children.

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Action for Children Alliance for Healthy Living

Our aims are:

To improve the health and wellbeing of the community

To work in partnership with statutory and voluntary providers in response to local need

To deliver common themed programmes building on the achievements of partner organisations to spread best practice

The Alliance works throughout the Kirklees area conducting large commissions e.g. £90,000 contract - Shopmobility scheme providing scooters for shoppers with disabilities and small commissions e.g. the Khidmat project providing support for people with low level mental health issues in North Kirklees and Interactive Health Days in areas of deprivation.

Current Khidmat Project in North Kirklees aims to

Improve mental wellbeing through participation

Make services accessible to hard to reach communities

Release the “silent voices”

Identify gaps in knowledge

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Carlinghow Cross Bank Neighbourhood Watch

Five years ago we had problems of youths causing a great deal of anti-social behaviour in the area. So we started the above group to deal with the problems and issues. We've made the area a better place to live. We work along side the Police and Councillors and other council agencies.

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Carlinghow Cross Bank Neighbourhood Watch Cloverleaf Advocacy 2000 Ltd

www.cloverleaf-advocacy.co.uk

Cloverleaf Advocacy provides an independent advocacy service for people with mental health needs, people with a learning disability, people with physical and sensory impairment, people on the autistic spectrum, older people and carers in a number of areas across the North of England. We also facilitate a number of self advocacy and service user involvement initiatives. Other services we offer include training, providing the Independent Advocacy Qualification, and service user and carer consultation/research

We deliver a wide range of advocacy and related services across Kirklees including, statutory IMHA, carers community support, befriending, timebanking, volunteering, safeguarding, LinK and community focused activities for vulnerable adults etc.

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Community Links

www.commlinks.co.uk

Community Links exists to provide excellent, client focused mental health services which value diversity, instill hope and improve quality of life through recovery. As an organisation we work across Yorkshire and Humber and are a substantial provider of mental health services and training in the region. Our services consistently demonstrate high quality, positive outcomes and value for money and we work towards a number of nationally recognised quality standards such as the Care Quality Commission, Customer Service Excellence and the Quality Assessment Framework. Within Kirklees we provide services for individuals with mental health issues and substances misuse issues and have been established in the area since 2007. Our Supporting People funded services offer support to individuals with Alcohol misuse issues (CLASS service) and those with co-existing mental health and substance misuse issues (Community Links Dual Diagnosis service). We receive funding from health for our CL Changes service to work with women with multiple complex needs and chaotic lifestyle associated with Personality Disorder. We work in partnership with Lifeline Kirklees in providing On-TRAK alcohol treatment service. We also offer Self Directed Support which allows individuals to develop a support package to suit their lifestyle through use of a personal budget. Most of our services are based in our Batley office although we work supporting individuals in their own homes and other community settings. Our work is carried out across Kirklees, including Batley, Dewsbury, and Huddersfield. Our services range in support length from 12 weeks up to a maximum 2 years. The people who use our services are involved at every level of provision, including Management Committee membership, recruitment and selection, and activities and event planning.

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Community Links Crossroads Care in Mid Yorkshire

www.crossroadscareinmidyorkshire.org.uk

We support clients across Mid Yorkshire in Kirklees, Wakefield, Calderdale and Leeds. We were successful in winning the tender in 2008, for a joint contract with Kirklees MC and the Primary Care Trust, to provide:

a regular short break, an enhanced service for those with complex care needs or long term conditions, palliative care night service for terminally ill people service for parent/ carers in the community Kirklees give us some additional funds to support parents/ carers of children

Kirklees Council see us as a preventative service and so carers can refer themselves to us. However, the contract does not meet the demand, and we have a long waiting list, and we can receive as many as 30- 50 referrals per month. In addition to the contract we do accept donations, and all donations are used to provide additional hours to carers, extras for special events or to combat crisis situations. We have a day centre for children with disabilities each Saturday. We do receive some funding from the PCT, but it is not enough to run the service. Again we rely on fundraising and donations. This has enabled us to extend the service to for children with autism and challenging behaviour.

We also have a substantial block contract in the Wakefield area but all referrals have to be made via a Social worker. We merged with a Crossroads scheme in Leeds in 2010 and have some private/ fee paying clients in the South Leeds area.

In 2011/2012 we provided 93,988 care hours, to 931 families, in Kirklees and Wakefield and we received 559 referrals during the year. We are inspected by the Care Quality Commission and were rated as’ excellent’. Ofsted rate our day centre as ‘good’. We have Investors in People, ISO 9001 and Croquet 3, Carers Trust Highest Award .We cover all areas in Kirklees and Wakefield, and we expect our services to grow.

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Fit4Funding

www.fit4funding.org.uk

We provide quality training and support on fundraising for voluntary, community and faith organisations and groups. We are based in Wakefield but work throughout West Yorkshire, providing free training in partnership with Voluntary Action Kirklees and a free funding website and newsletter. We have provided training sessions throughout Kirklees over the last 15 years, covering topics such as: “Finding funding”; “Applying for small grants”; “Bid writing for success”; “Business Planning for voluntary and community groups”; “Monitoring and Evaluation”; “Do-it-Yourself fundraising”; “Introduction to procurement”; “Project Planning”, “Planning your fundraising”; “6 steps to fundraising success” and so on. Our training is very practical helping groups to plan their fundraising effectively and successfully identify and access a range of funding sources. Some courses are accredited with the Open College Network. Fit4funding also has a website which contains access to funding searches, information sheets, information about training and up-to-date information on funding: www.fit4funding.org.uk Here are a couple of quotes demonstrating the impact we have had on community groups: “I just wanted to thank you and your team for the training, as I have managed to secure £700,000 in my first post at.... , mainly from the Big Lottery pots of money.” “as a result of the funding training, and the skills picked up at that event, coupled with some basic skills I already had and support from our Chairperson, I have managed to raise £20,288 which has basically saved our organisation from closure”.

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Fit4Funding Fusion Housing

www.fusionhousing.org.uk

Specialist support for young people aged 16-30, young pregnant women & young parents, young Asian women, refugees

Can help with:

Applying for a tenancy through the Council, Private Landlords or Housing Associations

Housing benefits advice and information

Setting up a home & understanding tenancy obligations

Budgeting on a low income & sorting out debt

Access to our furniture recycling scheme & other services

Involvement in learning through a range of courses including A Place of Your Own, Cooking, Boxercise, Childcare, IT and Digital Photography

Tailored support for literacy and numeracy

Information, advice, guidance and intensive support from the Personal Advisers to aid progression to education, training or employment

Engagement activities such as focus groups and peer support

Mentoring support to overcome problems and move on in life

Accessing the private rented sector by providing a Bond Guarantee

Private rented tenancy support

Accessing furniture, white goods and household items free of charge for those in need and supported by Fusion Housing

Accessing furniture, white goods and household items free of charge for those in need and living in a KNH property

Free collections for donations

Free deliveries to clients

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Hilary Calverley Hypnotherapy

www.hilarycalverley.co.uk

I am a Clinical Hypnotherapist based in Huddersfield. I also offer additional complimentary therapies to promote deep relaxation & to assist with the healing process, such as Reiki Healing, Emotional Freedom Technique, Guided Relaxation & Meditation. I offer one on one therapeutic sessions of all the above therapies. Clinical Hypnotherapy is used to facilitate positive & sustainable change impacting on mental emotional & physical health & well being.

Smoking Cessation Weight Loss – using The Hypno Slimmer programme & Virtual Gastric Band Fears & Phobias Stress & Tension Boost Confidence, Self Esteem Improve Concentration, Motivation, Ability to Learn Releasing Nervous Behaviours eg. Nail Biting

I work with a wide spectrum of the community to include: adults, adolescents & children. I work with people with learning difficulties, life threatening conditions & able bodied. I have provide therapies to United Response residents, Holly Bank Special School & I am registered with The Forget Me Not Trust Hospice.

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Hilary Calverley Hypnotherapy Holme Valley Gardening Network

www.holmevalleygardeningnetwork.org

We specialise in allotment and ‘grow your own’ activities in the Holme Valley and the wider community of Kirklees. Our diverse range of growing, cooking, and creative arts workshops and training activities support people and our economy to:

Gain confidence and enjoyment from growing fresh food to improve health and well-being Connect socially with others and with nature Create local employment and work placement opportunities

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Hoot

www.hootmusic.co.uk

Hoot Creative Arts is a charitable company delivering a range of creative activities as a means of promoting positive health and wellbeing. These activities include singing, music, dance, film, photography, drama, creative writing and visual arts. Hoot is an approved provider and Creative Partner of Kirklees Council, Creative Partner to South West Yorkshire Partnership Foundation Trust and an Arts Council National Portfolio Organisation. Hoot has a core staff team of 12 plus a range of associate artists, and works in close association with Artists in Mind (AiM).

Based in Huddersfield, Hoot works primarily in Kirklees but also across the Yorkshire region. Our work is focused on adults with mental health needs, or whose mental health is vulnerable, and older people, including those at the early stages of dementia conditions.

All of our work is informed by 6 key principles:

Inclusion – the arts are for everyone, even if they don’t think of themselves as creative Transformation – creativity allows distress to be explored and transformed Liberation - exploring creativity can unlock and unleash personal change Connection – involvement in the arts can reduce isolation and build social cohesion Curiosity – the arts can ask questions and shed new light that leads to changes in orthodox thinking and practice. Generosity – given the chance, people want to make useful contributions to the world

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Hoot Horton Housing

www.hortonhousing.co.uk

We are a voluntary sector, not-for-profit organisation. We provide a range of support, accommodation and training services through out Kirklees, Bradford, Calderdale and North Yorkshire.

The aim of the Association is to work in partnership with stakeholders, service users and the wider community with the aim of highlighting the needs of the most vulnerable people living within local communities and working with those partners in order to ensure the needs of vulnerable people are met;

to provide a range of high quality supported housing provision for single people who are either homeless or in housing need;

to provide a range of care and housing support options for people who find difficulty in accessing mainstream services;

to provide flexible support packages, relevant to individual needs, to people in their own homes;

to ensure that effective partnership work results in the development of housing and support services that reflect changing needs and individual aspirations;

to ensure that diversity is valued as critical to the success of the Association, and,

to ensure that all staff, clients, Board Members and other stakeholders feel equally valued, supported and respected.

We intend to achieve our aims by close partnership working, strategic planning including involvement in the wider strategic planning processes of housing social care and health bodies that are relevant to our work, by reflecting the views of service users, highlighting unmet need and the sometimes perverse effects of housing, social and health policies on vulnerable groups and individuals, and by developing an adequate supply of housing and support services for those whose needs are unmet.

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Huddersfield Epilepsy Group

The group was formed in 1973 by Epilepsy Action to serve the Huddersfield area, it is a support group and has a wide level of contacts in Kirklees south with some in the north, and are aware of the lack of an NHS epilepsy service in the north area. 10 Monthly meeting are held with a variety of speakers to stimulate the members eg. One of the epilepsy nurses, and 2 outside meetings to a place of interest. There are a cross section of abilities including some with a learning disability. 3 members are Epilepsy Action trained Accredited Volunteers able to give advice, talks and training sessions. This year Kirklees requested 2. one at the Thornhill Lease Community Centre, they were broadly based covering the epilepsies, their impact on life styles, on the individual and family carers, Followed by discussion. There was a cross section of the community present. In the mid 90’s after numerous meetings with the Huddersfield R.I. the Volunteers presented a report to the Board which lead to the appointment of a Consultant Neurologist and Epilepsy Nurses, and an epilepsy steering group for 6 years, Since the formation of the PCGs, in association with the Nerve Centre , a volunteer has been involved with neurological commissioning. One member serves on the Kirklees Learning Disabilities Board, Health Sub-group and Epilepsy is included in it’s work program. Fund raising covers day to day costs with a small surplus, however a reasonable charge is made for training sessions.

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Huddersfield Epilepsy Group Hum Sath Sath Project

Hum Sath Sath Project (Women’s project) is run from the Taleem centre in Orchard Street, Savile Town.

The group is for over fifties who suffer from diabetes, blood pressure, mental health problems. arthritis and other aliments.

I have being running this group for nearly 6 years. When the group started there were only a few attendees but slowly the numbers have grown. The group is open all to attend and join in.

The women which attend the activities come to socialise, do exercise, discuss current affairs ,plan a trip or group discussions and get a break from their daily activities.

There are volunteers at hand who help me out during the activities

We provide lunch and refreshments and the group runs from 10.30 am to 3pm.

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Kirklees Active Leisure

www.kirkleesactive.co.uk

Kirklees Active Leisure (KAL) is the charitable trust which manages 11 major sports centres and swimming pools on behalf of Kirklees Council. We are managed by a Board of Trustees who come from a range of backgrounds and bring a mix of skills to the strategic direction of the Trust. KAL’s vision is to get more people, more active, more often to do this we aim to provide high quality services and facilities to all our customers. We are dedicated to increasing the number of people taking part in sport, active recreation and wider physical activity through responding to the needs of the local community and providing a dynamic and excellent value for money service. Importantly every surplus pound is invested into improving the service and facilities we provide. Since KAL was created in 2002, more than £18 million has been reinvested by Kirklees Council and KAL into local leisure centres up until 2011, with further investment planned for the years ahead.

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Kirklees Active Leisure Mears Home Improvements

www.mearsgroup.co.uk

Mears Home Improvements Kirklees helps vulnerable people to remain safe and well in their own home. It helps prevent hospital admissions and people having to move in to residential care. Mears also supports hospital discharges by fitting key safes, grab rails, banisters, moving furniture and repair boilers/fires so vulnerable people can return home to a safe and warm environment quicker saving the NHS time and money.

This service is free to all Kirklees residents if it is referred to Mears by a hospital professional or Intermediate Care. It is also free for those over 60 who receive Council Tax Benefit or Pension Credit. People who receive DLA (over 18 years of age), Income Support, Attendance Allowance or Homecare are entitled to free labour with our handyman service.

Mears Home Improvements have supported over 3000 residents in Kirklees each year, helping save the NHS money in keeping people safe and healthy in their homes. Our handyman service is an essential part of some older peoples lives, not only does it help stop people having accidents in their home, it also makes people feel safe and therefore

physically and mentally healthy .

Our biggest achievement is receiving extra funding in November 2011 from the Winter Pressures Budget and the Re-ablement Fund to provide the free service to all residents in Kirklees who are referred to us via a hospital professional or Intermediate Care, therefore helping save money for the NHS by reducing hospital admissions and helping with hospital discharges.

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MENCAP

www.mencap.org.uk

Working with people with learning disabilities across Kirklees. We provide:

residential homes, supported living, community support, day opportunities, social activities, walking group, Buddy Volunteers, Safe Places scheme and Saturday Fun Club for children,.

We have been delivering quality services for many years and have been in existence since the 1940’s

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MENCAP My Community, My Choice: Exchange

www.mycommunitymychoice.co.uk

My Community, My Choice: The Exchange is a recently established social enterprise in Kirklees. We have made contact throughout North Kirklees. We bring together service users with service providers so that they can spend their personal budget on getting exactly the care that they need. We provide information for service users and providers to assist them in any way that they need. Our brokerage services are in their infancy, but already helping the community. We have helped to establish new care giving businesses by supporting grant applications and business planning. We have also offered similar services for businesses wishing to expand. Prices are negotiated on a case by case basis, dependant on needs and income. There is a joining administration fee of £30. We are currently in the process of setting up a user led telephone befriending service. During the closure of Red Laithes and Paddock day centres, we advised the members and carers on what they could do next and helped them through the difficult transitional period.

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Open Art

www.open-art.org.uk

Open Art is a creative organisation that brings the skills, knowledge and characteristics of the artist and the creative mind to bear, on a range of contemporary challenges broadly concerned with community, health and well-being. We explore and develop new ways of thinking and working, through high quality collaborations between artists, creative people, health and community services and the public. Our business is the professional development and management of these collaborations. We are based and operate in Kirklees but also work across Northern England. Our main areas of activity include:

Creative and healthy communities – using the arts to develop social connectedness and well being towards health and happiness Inspiring young lives – using arts to develop creative and life aspirations and to help imagine new possibilities Creative and healthy places - high quality, creatively inspired place making in health/care/ homelessness/housing sectors Workforce learning - cultivating greater creativity in the workplace Regional/national/local advocacy and development - creating fertile ground with new people in new places

We act as advisory consultants and/or partners to those interested in creative strategies and develop and manage new services and projects.

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Open Art Pennine Domestic Violence Group

www.pdvg.org

Pennine Domestic Violence Group (PDVG) provides comprehensive support services throughout Kirklees to all those experiencing or affected by domestic violence/abuse.

PDVG is made up of seven core services:

24hr Freephone helpline

Huddersfield Women’s Aid (HWA)

Kirklees Asian and Black Women’s Welfare Association (KABWWA)

Staying Safe

Sanctuary Scheme

Domestic Violence Perpetrator Programme (DVPP)

ISS Integrated Support Service

PDVG Volunteer Project

PDVG provide training to various other professionals and groups on the issues and impacts of domestic violence including work with service users and disclosure and safeguarding.

PDVG provide information sessions, drop-ins and group work to local community groups and centres.

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Ravensthorpe Community Centre Ltd

www.rccl.org

Ravensthorpe Community Centre Ltd is well establish community organisation who’s aims is to improve the quality of life of residents in our locality and surrounding areas by providing a modern, well equipped community facility that acts as a focal point for a range of community based activities and projects. We deliver variety of adult learning courses by ourselves and in conjunction with the Local Authority Community Education team and Kirklees College ESOL classes for BME communities along with various other courses which are taken advantage of by the wider community. We have recently been delivering adult learning courses and health interventions across Kirklees through a Kirklees RIG contract and Big Lottery Funding. The Centre runs a successful 26 place nursery and 8 place crèche which currently is operating at full capacity. The Centre itself plays host to many Community groups such as an Asian Mens Elderly Group (Sahara), A Senior Citizens Group (The Friendly Club), Mothers & Toddlers Group, A Youth Group (Youth Academy) and an Amateur Dramatics Group (reVision theatre Co). All these groups have been instigated with help from either the Community Centre Staff or its volunteers.

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St Andrews Dementia Support Group

Support groups for people with dementia and their carers. St. Andrews Support Group is a voluntary run organisation consisting of 2 weekly activity groups, a monthly Luncheon Club, a monthly Carers Friendship Group, and a monthly coffee morning and drop in. The Happy Memories Group and The Thursday Friends Group are weekly activity groups for people with a dementia type illness and their carers. They are active, lively groups, with activities designed to stimulate and exercise both body and mind. Carers have a choice of staying for the session or having a break for the session. There is a charge per session which include a sandwich, tea or coffee, cakes and biscuits. The Happy Memories Group meets Tuesdays St Andrews Church, Old Bank Road. Mirfield. 12noon to 3.30pm. The Thursday Friends Group meets Thursdays, St Paulinus Church Hall, High Street, Westtown, Dewsbury 12noon to 3.30pm. The Luncheon Club meets every second Monday in the month at Healds Hall, Liversedge. Transport can be arranged if needed. This group allows carers and people with dementia to meet and talk over lunch with others in the same situation in a social environment. The Carers Friendship Group meets at St Andrews Church Mirfield every fourth Monday in the month from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. The Group provides help and information on dementia, and on services, benefits and other resources available for people with dementia and their carers. Meetings can involve speakers from the local community, either professional or of a social nature. Refreshments are provided and transport can be arranged if needed We also have a coffee morning and drop in at Shackletons, Bradford Road, Batley on the third Monday in the month from 10.30am till 12.30pm.

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Stroke Association

www.stroke.org.uk

The Information, Advice and Support service works with stroke survivors and their families and carers. We cover North and South Kirklees and the service is free. The service can offer :

advice and support to make healthier lifestyle choices to prevent further strokes signposting to ongoing support from relevant providers of care to meet family needs advocacy support and advice on how to get help from health services, social services and voluntary organisations access to carer support groups and stroke clubs

Stroke Association is now carrying out 6 Month Reviews with all stroke survivors in Kirklees.

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Stroke Association Women’s Centre

The aim of Women’s Centre is to enable women to improve the quality of life. Our vision is to provide a holistic, one stop shop services that will combine centre based and community based services Our specialist women's mental health and well being service offers a whole woman approach to working with diversity of women. A one point access to wellbeing and mental health provision including therapies – both western and non westernised approach, women asylum and refugee, specialising in therapeutic work with women affected by war torture, trafficking and female genital mutilation and women offenders or at risk of offending. We specialise in groups and are guided by the concept of co-creation . Our Mental health and Well being services is at present working with over a 150 women per month using either groups, or individual case or therapy and support work , moving towards solutions to long and short terms troubles.

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WRVS

www.wrvs.org.uk

WRVS is well known for its operation of a Good Neighbours service covering all of Kirklees. In line with WRVS’s aspiration to continually find better ways to meet the express needs of older people and to keep them a vibrant, active part of their communities, we are now developing the services we offer. There are two main strands of what we can now offer in Kirklees, both built on the power of our volunteers:

Information, advice and resources

We are able to offer valuable information, advice and signposting to older people in Kirklees. In addition we offer a number of services we provide ourselves. These range from befriending older people in their own homes to things like transport services, help with shopping, escorting to events and on trips etc. a small charge is made for these services.

Health-related services

In partnership with Batley Resource Centre, and with funding from North Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group, we provide a Home from Hospital service. This service seeks to ensure that when older people have been in hospital their return to the community in smooth and sustained. Our volunteers provide a period of intensive support as people return home and through the all-important first few weeks back at home.

With funding from South Kirklees Clinical Commissioning Group we also offer a Social Prescribing Service. Working closely with GPs, Clinical Commissioning Groups and other health professionals we identify those people most at risk of hospital admittance in the near future and through our volunteers seek to offer appropriate support to help prevent conditions developing which might result in a hospital admission.

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WRVS Notes

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Alliance

for

Healthy

Living

Action for

Children

Carlinghow

Cross Bank

Neighbour-

hood Watch

Cloverleaf

Advocacy

2000 Ltd

Hilary

Calverley Hypnotherapy

Holme

Valley

Gardening

Network

Hoot Horton

Housing

Huddersfield

Epilepsy

Group

My

Community,

My Choice:

The

Exchange

Open Art Pennine

Domestic

Violence

Group

Ravensthorpe

Community

Centre Ltd

St Andews

Dementia

Support

Group

Table plan

Action for

Blind

People

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Cloverleaf

Advocacy

2000 Ltd

Community

Links

Fit 4

Funding

Fusion

Housing

Huddersfield

Epilepsy

Group

Hum Sath

Sath

Project

Kirklees

Active

Mears Home

Improvements MENCAP

St Andews

Dementia

Support

Group

Stroke

Association

Women’s

Centre

WRVS

Crossroads

Care In Mid

Yorkshire

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