Wellbeing for Life

Wiltshire’s 5 Year Plan for health & social care
NHS Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is keen to hear your views and get your input into the provision of healthcare services across Wiltshire over the next five years. 

Facilitated by Avril Baker Consultancy, the CCG is undertaking a consultation exercise aimed at identifying some of the barriers or problems that patients and the public may have experienced in accessing or receiving healthcare and feedback on future priorities. Feedback from local groups will enable the CCG to plan and organise better delivery of healthcare in the county over the next five years through progressing the following aims:

• Encourage and support individuals to take responsibility for their own well-being
• Ensure more equitable access to a high quality and affordable system, which delivers the best outcomes for the greatest number
• Enable better provision of care at, or close to home, thereby reducing unnecessary hospital admissions

Visit www.wiltshireccg.nhs.uk/wellbeingforlife

If you have any questions about this consultation please contact the Communications Team at Wiltshire CCG on 01380 733738 or e-mail wccg.info@nhs.net   

THE NHS CLINICAL COMMISSIONING GROUP AND WILTSHIRE COUNCIL

are making a draft plan and therefore are keen to hear your views and to get your input into how healthcare services can  be provided over the next five years. 

They have asked the Avril Baker Consultancy to gather information on your views and needs. 

Avril Baker will therefore be coming to talk to us at

The Memorial Hall on

Wednesday 14 May 2014 from 10 am – 12 noon

Please try and come.   Your views are very important.    Tea and coffee will be available.

More info HERE

Free Wills for over 75's during May.

The solicitors firm Bonallack & Bishop are offering older people living in South Wiltshire over the age of 75 to have a will drawn free of charge. Clients can either ring AgeUK Salisbury District or Bonallack & Bishop to arrange an appointment either at the AgeUK office on any Tuesday throughout May or one at the Bonallack & Bishop office on any other day throughout May.

We would be grateful if you could spread the word – attached is a poster with contact details.

Many thanks

Mrs Pippa Webster

Information & Advice Manager

AgeUK Salisbury District

21 Brown Street

Salisbury

SP1 2AS

T:  01722 335425

E:  info@ageuksd.org.uk

W: www.ageuksd.org.uk

Registered Charity Number: 1105600

A Company limited by guarantee registered in England

Company registration No. 5196112

Registered Office: as above

Age UK Salisbury District is an Appointed Representative of Age UK Enterprises Limited which is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority for insurance mediation. Financial Services Register number 311438.

Malaria - Now and Then

On 31st March at 10 am I hope we shall have a talk about Malaria and all that goes with this - the history of the disease and how we are coping with this today.
The speaker works as a doctor specialising in Haematology at Salisbury Hospital.
Further Information HERE

Low Energy House

STOP PRESS - Talk postponed until the Autumn.

Jeremy Harris has built his own home insulated to such a standard that it will have a negative energy consumption. There are many innovative ideas built into the house.

There have been many hurdles on the way to the final build and only by great tenacity and quite a lot of patience and good humour have been essential.

The fascinating story of how all this came about can be heard in the Harnham Memorial Hall on Monday  31st March starting at 10 am for a mere £1 entry cost.

Click HERE for more information.

The South Wiltshire Farmland Bird Project

The South Wiltshire Farmland Bird Project is an exciting initiative working closely with farmers to stabilise and increase the numbers of farmland birds and rare arable plants.

The Sci_Tech group had a talk from Tracy Adams today. An excellent and informative talk it was. For those who sadly missed this you can see a lot about it on their web site - just click HERE.

There is a video here that is very informative about the project if, sadly, of lowish video quality.

Tracy also offered to take us on a Farm Tour in the summer if there is sufficient interest from members. Just inform the Sci-Tech committee members please.

STFH

SALISBURY TRUST FOR THE HOMELESS

PHOTOGRAPHIC COMPETITION 2014

RULES and CONDITIONS

1.  There are two age groups, ADULT and JUNIOR (16 and under).

2.  The competition is open to all except professional photographers.

3. There are three categories:  21^st CENTURY, WEATHER and SMALL. No portraits allowed. You may enter up to three images per category.

4.  Each photograph must be accompanied by an official Entry Form and a fee of £1 per photograph, by cheque made payable to “STFH”, or by cash to the office.

5. Photographs must be 7” X 5”, glossy or matt, unmounted, with your details on the back           for identification purposes.

6.  Images must be your own work and it is your responsibility to ensure it does not infringe        any third party or copyright laws.

7.  Copyright of all images submitted for this competition remains with the respective     entrants.  Prints will not be returned but may be collected from the library on the    morning of the last day of the exhibition.

8.  All photographs will be judged anonymously and the judges’ decisions will be final.

9.  Prize winning photographs will be exhibited in Salisbury Public Reference Library, Market Place, during May 2014. All the best photographs will be exhibited if there is sufficient space.

10. Closing date for entries is Friday 18^th April 2014.  Send photographs, forms and fee to:

            STFH, Bevan House, 148 Fisherton Street, Salisbury SP2 7QW