A Moveable Feast (AMF) offers a range of expert, affordable and flexible health and well-being services for all. It also supports Arabic and Bangladeshi SW1 residents to live healthier lives through its community...
Sexual health issues in African communities continue to have an adverse impact on most individuals within the community. We provide a safe space for people from African communities who want to come and share and...
A Moveable Feast , with the support of the British Heart Foundation are running women only swim and sauna sessions for Arab and Bangladeshi women living in SW1. There will be 10 sessions of swimming and sauna running from 4th...
Based in North Kensington we offer advice and support in health and welfare of Arabic speaking women. We have a Domestic Violence project and also a children and families mental health project as well as many other...
A new guide to help local areas provide the best support in transition planning for disabled young people from black and minority ethnic (BME) communities has been published. The guide, entitled ARC guide for services –...
Henna’s befriender-workers will pay regular weekly or monthly visits to some of the most vulnerable ladies in the community. These visits could be to those who were members of Henna in the past and have been restricted...
A group set up to gather the needs of Black and Minority Ethnic patients registered with GPs in the following areas:
Queens Park and Paddington
Kensington &...
DO YOU LIVE IN PIMLICO AND SUFFER FROM A BREATHING PROBLEM?
BREATHE EASY PADDINGTON
is your Westminster patient support group, for anyone affected by a lung condition. We offer mutual support, information...
Hello everyone,
My name is Madi Habtemariam and I am the advice and development worker at the brand new advice service, Carers Kensington and Chelsea. This service is being provided by Carers UK in partnership with the Royal...
Deaf Hope Services
Deaf Hope is a new specialist domestic abuse service for Deaf women and children, and the first service of its kind in the UK. We have been established around 18 months and our current funding is...
The Westminster Dementia Adviser service provides advice, information and guidance to those who have received a diagnosis of dementia, as well as their families and supporters.
As well as working in partnership with NHS...
MRCF Launches New Website - The Dentist StudyBuddy
The Dentist StudyBuddy includes:
Discussion groups focused on topics so members study relevant materials together
Searchable...
Diabetes UK releases interactive CD ROM for the South Asian community
Diabetes UK has released a free interactive CD ROM about Type 2 diabetes tailored towards the South Asian community, to help...
You can download the leaflet below at this...
If you have employees off work sick or struggling with health problems you can refer them to Fit for Work Service at no cost to your business...
Please also note that a criteria of the national Fit for Work Service Pilot...
Please see below details for the Exiting Prostitution Good Practice workshops for summer 2012. I would really appreciate your assistance in forwarding the details to any of your colleagues and contacts who may be interested...
Become an expert in six weeks
A free course for people living with long term health conditions.
The Expert Patients Programme is a six week course for anyone living with any long term health condition. The...
Midaye Somali Development Network will be delivering the Expert Patient programme for residents of City of Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea and Hammersmith and Fulham.
Dates:
- Monday 14 May 2012
- Monday 21 May...
Expert Patient Programme
Courses at the Soho Centre for Health and Care
A course for people with long-term health conditions and for carers
Are you sick and tired of feeling sick and tired?
Do you have a long term...
‘Care closer to home’
PRIDE WITHOUT A FALL
‘WE WILL HELP YOU KEEP YOUR FEET ON THE GROUND’
Westminster Falls Prevention Service is a specialist team within Westminster Rehabilitation Services, part of...
West London African Women's service - Community support and...
Giving sick employees a helping hand
A free service set up to help people in employment on sick leave get back to work is celebrating after it secured further government funding.
The Kensington and Chelsea Fit For...
Having Problems Managing your Nail Care??? Apply for Westminster’s new Basic Foot Care Service now!
Keeping active, seeing friends and getting about are some of the most important things you can do to make sure you have a...
For more details please contact:
Rachel Okoro (Health Promotion Practitioner)
rachel.okoro@westminster-pct.nhs.uk
Chantal Revans (Wellbeing Team Mental Health...
Helping Hands for Refugees and Disabled is hosting
FREE TRAINING COURSES
FREE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CERTIFICATE COURSE
The following FREE trainings are going to be delivered at our organization for volunteers, staff...
Friend and Neighbour (FAN) Has helped so many people in Cardiff to overcome loneliness and I am sure it will help more people in London over the years.It would be great if you could signpost some people to our FAN group...
A website for mental health service users in...
The Halfpenny Steps Health Centre provides health services for registered and walk-in patients. It is staffed with a team of GPs, nurses and other healthcare professionals to deliver a high quality, continuous...
Please see below a list of Health Events taking place in various Westminster libraries in May and June. For more information please contact Kate, the Health Information Coordinator on 020 7641 8969...
NHS Kensington & Chelsea Health Trainers Health Trainers are local people who have been specifically trained to help, support and encourage individuals to improve their health and wellbeing. This may include taking up more...
enjoygetactive.blogspot.com
Find out about activies, meetings, and healthy recipes from Healthier Life for...
HEALTHWORKS√ Love life, Live longer
Lead by Dalgarno Neighbourhood Trust, Funded by NHS K&C
Looking after yourself, your family and your community
Supporting Health Needs
Individual tailored support
Group...
A guide to Home-Start's support and friendship:
To download this leaflet click on this...
If you wish to speak with a midwife please call the maternity helpline on: 020 3312 6135. The service operates Monday - Friday between the hours of 10.00 -18.00 (excluding Bank Holidays).
The maternity helpline will provide...
Some housing factsheets on key housing issues. The fact sheets provide a very basic summary of the issue, the possible actions you can take, and who to contact for further...
STRESSED, ANXIOUS, DEPRESSED?
If you are finding it difficult to cope with feelings of anxiety or depression, we can offer quick and easy access to help and support.
There are times when everyone feels stressed or...
Feeling stressed, anxious or depressed at work or finding it difficult to maintain or gain a job?
Contact the Work Solutions team at Jobs In Mind for advice and guidance about your current employment situation.
Call 020...
The Marlborough Cultural Therapy Centre (MCTC) is a pioneering project started in 1995 as the Asian Family Counselling Service in response to research showing the low uptake of therapeutic services by minority ethnic groups....
Maternity Action now has a telephone advice line on employment rights and benefits. Phone 0845 600...
If you live in Kensington and Chelsea and are experiencing problems with your memory you can now be referred to the Kensington & Chelsea Memory Service. This is a free diagnostic and support service from the local NHS. Our...
How to access services?
Primary Care Mental Health Services
Mental health services are provided in the GP surgeries and in the community.
Counselling Services
For help with short term emotional and psychological problems,...
Have you heard about our Home away from home blog? If not, then it's time to change this! :)
http://mrcfblogteam.blogspot.com/
Besides its 'official' blog, MRCF has a more personal blog called Home away from home which is...
Have you experienced low turn out at your events or course due to lack of childcare? Outsource your childcare needs to A Moveable Feast Mobile Crèche. Take advantage of our Service Level Agreements (SLA’s) which can...
Each year second hand smoke is responsible for: 20,000 lower respiratory tract infections, 120,000 cases of middle ear disease, 22,000 cases of wheezing/ asthma, 200 cases of bacterial meningitis, 40 cases of...
Please see below the press release for the launch of the spring edition of The New Londoners digital magazine. For access to the digital magazine: http://tinyurl.com/tnl0511 To visit the website: www.thenewlondoners.co.uk ...
Supported by:
An invitation to Mosaic’s Way!
Do you know every day, most of us experience stress leading to
Anger, fear, anxiety and loneliness affecting your...
If you know someone who is looking for employment in the NHS or a health related organisation then Westminster Kingsway College offers courses and training in central London to help progress their career.
NHS...
Here are a series of short films on how to use the NHS aimed at newly arrived migrants produced by the Black Health Agency. The film is available in English, Arabic, Cantonese, Farsi/Dari, French, Kurdish, Mandarin, Polish,...
Rape Crisis - North London
Tel: 0207 619 1369 (10am - 4pm) Email: rapecrisis@solacewomensaid.org Website: www.solacewomensaid.org
North London Rape Crisis offers free, confidential counselling, advocacy and holistic therapies...
Central London Communinty Healthcare (CLCH) organise health promotion activities for voluntary and community organisations. To find out more click here: http://www.bmehf.org.uk/images/stories/leafletupdated2011.pdf
This a...
May we present to you the first edition of My Story- Power to the People! a magazine from members of the Dual Diagnosis User Involvement Project in Westminster. It is written and designed by and for people with mental...
A new £750,000 health and fitness facility has been officially unveiled at Paddington Recreation Ground, London, which has been designed to be fully accessible for disabled users.
The new facility, which has been created by...
IMPROVING LIFE OPPORTUNITIES
- Are you a professional refugee/migrant?
- Do you have a qualification in your country?
- Would you like to work in your professional chosen field in the UK?
...
The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea can help with food safety, health and safety and hygiene awareness training. We offer courses leading to accredited qualifications and workshops.
We can offer training at the ...
Rape Crisis London has four centres that offer help, information and support to women and girls who have experienced sexual violence of any kind, at any time of their lives.
Whenever it happened, whatever the ...
Standing Tall
The Westminster Schools Domestic Violence Prevention Project
Free to all Westminster schools and youth centres.
What is Standing Tall?
A flexible programme of awareness training and support for...
The range of health and wellbeing services on offer to people in their local area is increasing with the development of a new ‘health hub’ at the South Westminster Centre. The aim is to:
Improve peoples’ access to...
"Speakeasy - the voice of inpatient mental health service users in Westminster & Kensington & Chelsea"
Speakeasy – the Recovery Issue can be downloaded at this LINK. In addition to the regular poetry, artwork and points...
The Community Group programme for Witnesses of Woman Abuse - Children's Group Programme
Renamed as ‘The Talking Without Fear Project’ In Westminster
Research tells us that children who witness violence against their ...
Welcome to the latest edition of The New Londoners magazine, featuring political comment and stories from and about migrants who contribute to daily life in London. The majority of the contributors are migrants and users...
You can see web chats with Imperial College surgeons here http://www.imperial.nhs.uk/aboutus/web-chat/index.htm. Contributors are anonymous and the consultants give general information and advice rather than specific...
Please see the information poster below promoting Westminster Mind’s new drop in/coffee sessions starting Tuesday 6th...
Living Well is an organisation which provides wellbeing services to those living with OR affected by HIV, who are 16+.Positive Self Management Groups – newly diagnosed , or unsure of how to manage your condition day to day...
For information about the latest events schemes and trainings around domestic violence. To download the newsletter click on this...
Please see below the quarterly newsletter for the Westminster IAPT Psychology service. You can also download it at this...
Your Westminster Wellbeing Service is here for...
AMF Women's ESOL session: Do you want to learn and improve you English? Do you want to study in a women only group? Come and join the group taught by a female tutor!
For more information contact Hasina Begum on 020 7227 0655...
Come and have a great weekly workout in an all female environment with AMF's Women only exercise classes..
For more information contact Hasina Begum on 020 7227 0646 or email...
ZAHRA GYM - Women Only Gym
Address: 611 Harrow Road London W10 4 RA
Telephone: 020 89644666
Website:...
An invitation to Mosaic’s Way!
A FREE six session course where you will leave feeling more confident about the life decisions you could make. NO EXPERIENCE IS NECESSARY. We are here to inspire and support positive...
The Women's Therapy Centre provides psychotherapy for women by women.
Psychoanalytic psychotherapy can be an effective intervention for women experiencing mental or emotional distress, enabling them to progress in their...
A Moveable Feast in partnership with Westminster Health Improvement Team and Improving Access to Psychological Therapies are delivering yoga and tai-chi sessions for women living in SW1.
The sessions run every Friday...