Going for Gold Health Trainer Champion Challenge

The Bowel Cancer Info Share Pack aims to help raise awareness of bowel cancer prevention, signs and symptoms and the screening programme with family and friends. Bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death in the UK, but most importantly caught early it can be treated very successfully. This is why the South of Tyne Bowel Cancer Screening Centre and the Gateshead Health Trainer Champions have produced the info share pack.

A team of volunteer Health Trainer Champions and bowel cancer screening centre staff have the Going for Gold challenge of giving out 2012 Bowel cancer info share packs across the borough of Gateshead. The share packs aims to spread the word through a relay of information being passed on to family and friends.

Going for Gold is Gateshead Council's campaign to inspire, encourage and enthuse local people, whatever their age or activity level, to participate in sport and physical activity with the aim of leading a healthier lifestyle, and we know a healthy lifestyle reduces your risk of bowel cancer.

A Launch event on the 24^th January at 1.00pm in the historic Gateshead Old Town Hall will mark the start of the challenge visiting sports clubs, community centres and leisure facilities and more giving out share packs.

At the launch there will be staff from the Bowel Cancer Screening Centre with a walk through inflatable bowel. Health information on nutrition and diet plus activities including a free exercise taster and gym tots.

The event is free and an opportunity to take away a bowel cancer info share pack and free swim voucher for every person who participates.

For further information about Going for Gold and Health Trainer Champions contact Kay Robson 0191 44 6953 and for information on Bowel cancer screen contact Julie Tucker Tel: 0191 445 2554

Sunderland Men's Health Launch Event

Monday 6^th February 2012

12pm to 3pm

Stadium of Light

Sunderland Men's Health Steering Group invites you to the official launch of the men's health network across Sunderland. This will give participants the opportunity to become aware of the current work around men's health and become involved in unravelling issues endeavouring to narrow the gap of male life expectancy and develop sustainable working.

Event is at the Stadium of Light Sunderland in the Riverside room

Monday 6^th  February 2012

Arrival and lunch at 12 noon

Launch will begin at 12:45pm

Finish at 3.00pm

RSVP by 27th January 2012 to Menshealth@sotw.nhs.uk  or call Janice Ellison on 0191 529 7199

Weight management courses are now being made available to even more NHS staff. It's Halloween so the festive season is just around the corner and staff can learn how to maintain a healthy weight even with all the mince pies and TV movies on offer!

Check out the flyer for the workplace course details: Weight Management Courses Nov 2011.doc.

For more information about the courses or services available to the public contact;

The Health and Lifestyle Programme on 0191 2831156.

Health Lifestyle final (1110-264).pdf

Or

The Sunderland Health Trainers on 0191 5027164

A4 Health Trainers leaflet.pdf

Staff of South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust are invited to a drop in session get access information and support to improve their health and wellbeing.

  Roadshow Poster Final.ppt

The event on Friday 23rd September (09.00-12.00) is being hosted by the Wellbeing Team at South Tyneside District Hospital and will be supported by other services including the Health and Lifestyle Programme, Stop Smoking Service and NECA. The roadshow will be held at the function room off the restaurant to catch staff coming on and off their break.

The planning workshop generated lots of great ideas and these have been used to put together a programme of activities for the staff of NHS South of Tyne and Wear and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust. Check out the link for our plans!

WMHD 2011 posters.ppt

Know Your Numbers! Week is a national annual campaign run by UK charity the Blood Pressure Association which increases public awareness of issues surrounding blood pressure and offers free blood pressure checks to members of the public. This year's event takes place from Monday 12 - Sunday 18 September.

NHS South of Tyne and Wear and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust is participating in this year's event as a great opportunity to reach people who wouldn't usually get a blood pressure check. Staff can come along to drop in sessions at their workplaces. Staff can contact the NHS Health Checks Specialist Nurse Practitioner, Simon Ayre, for times and dates on 0191 5025050.

More information from the Blood Pressure Association

If you would like more information about high blood pressure, please visit the our website at www.bpassoc.org.uk or you can also call our Information Line on 0845 241 0989.

Check out if your lifestyle is effecting your blood pressure by taking this quiz!

Following on from the successful World Mental Health Day Briefing/Planning Event in May; NHS South of Tyne and Wear and South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust held their own planning workshop for staff on the 26^th of July.

The event was well attended and participants had the chance to try out activities on the five-a-day for health and happiness theme while they had table top discussions and generated a wealth of ideas.

The Wellbeing Team is now busy organising a variety of activities for staff and will be working with Health Advocates and Champions to make sure the World Mental Health Day message reaches the entire workforce.

Staff can contact the Trust's Workplace Mental Health Worker, Michelle Noble, for more information on 0191 2831643.

Having being successful in securing funding from the FA's small sided football grant, Sunderland City Council in partnership with The FA are launching a new 5 a side football opportunity for local businesses. The league will be hosting at Houghton Sports Centre's brand new 3^rd Generation synthetic pitch.

The league has been subsidised by Sunderland City Council who will pay all FA affiliation costs to offer workplaces the perfect opportunity to enter a league format at a minimum cost. The league will be fully affiliated to Durham County FA and games will be officiated by qualified referees.

The Sunderland Council Business 5 Aside League is scheduled to run every Tuesday evening for 14 weeks beginning on Tuesday September 6^th with the final round of games to take place on Tuesday 6^th December. Each game will be scheduled to last for 26 minutes (2 x 13 minute halves) and teams will be invited to continue for a second season after Christmas. All league tables and fixtures will be available online through The FA's dedicated league website "Full-Time", so teams can track their progress in the league as well as check up on upcoming fixtures.

As a bonus, each team who enters will be invited to play in a one off tournament free of charge on Saturday 3^rd September. This tournament will mark the official opening of the facility.

Following the seasons climax the winning team will be presented with the Houghton 5 a Side trophy to be defended the following season.  Companies are not restricted as to how many departments or teams they wish to enter. A full list of league rules will be sent out upon receipt of the team's application.

For all enquiries or to enter your team(s) please do not hesitate to contact Simon Wardle on 0191 561 4598 or email simon.wardle@sunderland.gov.uk

Houghton 5v5 Notice.doc 

Also attached is a flyer for a new league in the City to be help at Farringdon Community Sports College.  For more information on this scheme, please contact Giles on giles.sandercock@safc.com.

Farringdon 7s football.pdf

For details of the Sight North East exhibition at St James Park, Newcastle on Sept 7th, download the information leaflet below.

Sight North East.doc

In September 2011 Women's Health in South Tyneside will be running New Beginnings, a support group for mothers and female carers of children who have been sexually abused.  WHiST is a supportive and safe environment where women can get support and advice at their own pace. 

Anyone interested in attending New Beginnings should contact WHiST for more information on 0191 4546959. NEW BEGINNINGS LEAFLET for 9th June.pdf

www.whist.org.uk

If you have a Visual Impairment

Here is a list of the various events that take place in our Gateshead Centre. Our range of opportunities offer you the chance to try something new, develop a hobby and of course meet new people and make new friends.  

For more information call our Gateshead Centre on 01914785959 and ask to speak with Judith.

Monday: 10:00 to 12am: Knitting Group, join the knit and natter group with a cup of tea. Don't worry if your not a seasoned knitter; Gwen is on standby and willing to lend a hand.

Monday 10:30am to 12:00pm: Arm Chair Keep fit

Exercise the easy way, sitting down but still getting the heartrate working.

Monday: 1 to 3pm: Learn to turn on a computer and get used to typing, controlling the mouse, saving a document, then progress to emailing and shopping on line.

Tuesday: 10 to 12:30pm: Art Class. Enjoy tactile artwork and producing outstanding pieces of art and the company is not bad either.

Tuesday: 1:30 till 3:30pm: History Made Interesting: often with an amusing twist. New people welcome to join. The group restarts on the 10th May.

Wednesday: 10:00 to 12:30pm: My Sight My Future: This eight week course gives information, and advice about adjusting to sight loss. We focus on building confidence and increasing independence.

11:30 to 2:30pm: Lunch Club: Come and join us for a relaxing lunch at the canteen, then a cup of tea or coffee and a quick quiz to round the afternoon off.

2 to 4pm: Beverly Court: (every fortnight) social group. Occasional speakers and games, for bingo lovers.

Thursday afternoon: Reminiscence: Remember when ... look back on your life and discuss with others how their lives have similarities/differences to yours. (Currently not in progress. time and date to be arranged soon).

Friday: 10:30 to 12:30pm (fortnightly) Craft Group: Enjoy making bags, cards, Christmas decorations, presents etc.

1:30 to 3:30pm. Drop In Afternoon. To talk to staff to see equipment and to see what help we can offer.

For more information on how to find us visit our web site at www.sightservice.co.uk and click on the how to find us link.

0031 NHS Mens Health leaflet email.pdf

See the men's health poster

As part of the National Men's Health week, Sunderland Men's Health Network are having a Health Campaign TODAY from 10am to 4pm
outside Marks & Spencer (Sunderland High Street West) promoting healthy living for men

What's happening?
10am: Official opening by the Deputy Mayor of Sunderland, Cllr Ian Kay

· Meet former Sunderland Players or get heard on Radio Sun Fm

· Enjoy a penalty shootout wearing drunk simulation glasses

· Men's health checks will be available with experts assessing       lifestyle

· Free blood pressure tests and Body Mass Index (BMI) calculations

· Stalls on alcohol, smoking, sexual health, Stroke & Cancer    awareness and much more.........

· Free Non Alcoholic Cocktail and Fruit

Throughout the day you can come to any of our stalls and receive FREE health information

If you stop by you could win free tickets to see The Kings of Leon tonight or tickets to a Sunderland Game

If your interested in getting involved with men's health, email menshealth@sotw.nhs.uk or call Yusuf on 0191 52972

Diabetes UK National Diabetes Week 2011

'Let's Talk Diabetes'

In the UK, diabetes affects approximately 2.8 million people. More than one million people in the UK are thought to have undiagnosed type 2 diabetes with 6000 of these individuals living across the NHS South of Tyne & Wear area. Daily, around 84 people are diagnosed with diabetes and 28 people die from this disease.

Diabetes UK's National Diabetes week 'Let's Talk Diabetes' is taking place from 12^th to 18^th June and is being supported by NHS South of Tyne & Wear's Wellbeing Team with a week of drop-in sessions for all the Trust's staff. Drop in Schedule.doc 

All members of staff can come along to this confidential drop-in to have their questions answered, learn more about the causes and how to lower the risk of developing diabetes for themselves or their family and friends.

Free blood glucose checks will also be available. Click on the link below to see how the check is carried out.

Diabetes Week.wmv

For more information please contact Simon Ayre on:

0191 5025050 or simon.ayre@sotw.nhs.uk

National Diabetes Week official Website:

http://www.diabetes.org.uk/Get_involved/Diabetes-Week/

Congratulations to everyone who completed the Race for Life at Saltwell Park on the 15th of May.

Linda Wintersgill and her daughter Stephanie, Bridget Workman, Claire McNeill, Sarah Rushbrooke, Jane Beveridge, Joanne Bishop and Elaine Robinson from the North of England Cancer Network and Clare Richardson from the Gateshead Primary Care Mental Health Team have kindly shared their photos.

The North of England Cancer Network are calling for volunteers to spread the Be Clear on Cancer message at the Race for Life events over the summer. If you can help - please email the North of England Cancer Network on necn@sotw.nhs.uk

Race for Life Gateshead.wmv

Open day for all at the Oasis Project Saturday 4th June 2011 10 am - 4 pm, 203 High Street, Gateshead

Open Day2.doc

It's never too late for a little bit of healthy eating.........

Fruity Friday Gateshead Health Trainer style is this Friday, 20^th May at Gateshead Interchange.  Team members will be offering the public samples of smoothies and healthy eating information between 10.00am - 2.00pm from inside the Connexions office.

We take the healthy eating theme on into June with 4 days of activity in Saltwell Park.  Tuesday 31^st May - 3^rd June team members will be offering mini MOT's and handing out snack swapper wheels, healthy eating on a budget booklets and much more to every visitor to the Pavilion building.  Our volunteer Health Trainer Champions will be engaging visitors to the park and sign posting them to our activity throughout the holiday period.

timetable health trainer healthy eating programme May-june 2011.doc

Today is Fruity Friday and NHS South of Tyne and Wear has delivered fruit to each of their staff bases - that's thousands of pieces of fruit!

Fruity Friday is an annual awareness and fundraising campaign by World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF UK), to increase public awareness of the links between diet, nutrition and cancer prevention.

Staff are helping to raise awareness by wearing yellow. The photo shows the Occupational Health, Safety and Security Team's effort last year! Can you do better this year?

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The learning disability team presentation is now on tour visiting groups in Gateshead

blogg.doc

Gateshead Council Sport, Wellbeing and Independence service initiated a pilot gym voucher scheme in November 2010 for Carers in Gateshead. The first 200 carers to sign up will receive a free gym induction pass to be used in any Gateshead Council Sport & Leisure gym (excluding Birtley Leisure Centre).

Each person who signs up will be asked to complete a one to one personal health check at the start, and at 6 and 12 months of the scheme to monitor change and progress made.

The voucher covers the induction and first months admission cost to use the gym. After this period participants who are in receipt of Carers Allowance will be able to access facilities at a discounted rate as part of Gateshead Council's Active Access scheme.

Gateshead Health Trainers will be the main point of contact for carers who may require assistance. Participants will be invited to make an appointment with a Health Trainer to complete a Personal Health Check, allowing them to take a look at their lifestyle and current health priorities. The Health Trainer will then assist in signposting them to the appropriate services and provide information on how they can further improve their lifestyle.

For further information on the scheme contact the Gateshead Health Trainers on 0191 433 6953 or email healthtrainers@gateshead.gov.uk

World Mental Health Day Briefing Event

Five a day for health and happiness!

Connect....be active....take notice....keep learning....give

We would like to invite you to our World Mental Health Day Briefing/Planning Event which is taking place on

-        Wednesday 11^th May at The Media Centre, Stonehills, Shields Road, Gateshead NE10 OHW.

-        The session will run from 1pm until 3.30 pm

Women's Health in South Tyneside (WHiST) is a South Shields based charity working with women around physical and emotional wellbeing.

On Wednesday 13th April 2011 we are holding If I Can, You Can, an event to highlight the achivements of WHiST members who have set up their own businesses.

WHiST members worked with TEDCO to turn their ideas and hobbies into businesses.  If I can, You Can is an opportunity for these women to advertise their success and sell products.

Working with WHiST and TEDCO has helped women gain confidence, improve their wellbeing and make financial changes to their lives.

If I Can, You Can, 11am-2pm at WHiST, 33 Mile End Road, South Shields. NE33 1TA

Telephone 0191 4546959 for more information

stall at WHiST

if I can you can at WHiST.doc

Can I remind those of you who are organising events/activities to support No Smoking Day on Wednesday 9th March, to register your events on the national No Smoking Day Event Register.

Come along and give your opinions, suggestions and contribute to our ongoing engagement about the development of the new primary care centre in Houghton Le Spring.

Houghton Drop-in Event 2010 Invite & Flyer.doc

Get involved in raising awareness of a range of health issues throughout 2011.  Please download the campaign form, complete your details, and highlight the health campaigns you are interested in suppporting

Find out what national health campaigns are running throughout 2011! Links and contacts details also available. Health Campaign Calendar 2011.doc

Training sessions are now available throughout November for council employees, NHS staff, voluntary sector organisations and volunteers.  These sessions are available to assist you in making it easier for people to find information, advice and services.  For futher information click on US Website Training - flier invite.doc

  All primary and community care staff across South of Tyne and Wear are invited to an awareness event on Dementia. 

Time to Change- Let's end mental health Discrimination

The Exercise Therapy Department are holding 3 events for Time to change. These events are open to service users and carers within NTW NHS Foundation Trust and will be held across Gateshead and South Tyneside. The events are:

Millers trail walk (4-8 miles) on the 9th August in South Shields

Rounders on the 25th August in Gateshead Venue to be confirmed

Football Tournament on the 7th September at the Power League (PITZ) Dunston Gateshead

For more information plaese contact Exercise Therapy on  0191 445 6246 

The next meeting of the CEHI Weblog Working Group will take place on Friday 21st May between 1pm and 3pm at the offices of the City Learning Centre, Unit 6, Keel Row, Metro Riverside Business Park, Gateshead.  Follow the links to download a location map, the agenda and the minutes of the last meeting.

These are photos taken from 2 x briefing sessions that took place to plan activities/events for No smoking Day in 2010. These sessions brought together a range of individuals and organizations who were raising awareness of No Smoking Day. This included, a range of health staff, local authority staff, staff from local businesses, community workers and those from the voluntary sector.

Sector 3 are one of several partners in"Health Stop", a new unit in the Metro Centre, where shoppers can drop in and get advice and information on all sorts of health issues.

Sector 3 will be talking to people about Brief Intervention for Smoking on Saturday 8th May between 10am and 1pm.  If you are at the Metro, why not drop in and see what's going on - or even better, get some info for someone who's thinking of quitting smoking.  Help is here! 

Thank you to everyone who supported No Smoking Day 2010!

Enter your activity/event for the No Smoking Day Organiser of the Year Awards 2010.  It doesnt matter how large or small your event/activity was, all these events are important in helping to raise awareness of the importance of giving up smoking.  See below for details.

Healthy Highfield Week is an opportunity for everyone to see what is going on in Highfield, in the West of Gateshead, and to get involved in healthy activities and sessions.

The Primary Care Trust is an NHS organisation responsible for improving the health of the local community and providing health services to the population.

The Public Involvement Team is committed to involving patients and the public in the work of the Primary Care Trust.

If you would like to be involved in designing and developing health services you contact us on 0800 783 2556 or e-mail getinvolved@sotw.nhs.uk

Blog training session at Gateshead City Learning Centre on Monday March 15th and Friday March 19th, 9.30-12.00. The session will take place in Unit 6 diagonally opposite and across the carpark from the CLC main building.

This is a hands-on session and you will get experience of multimedia web-publishing.

Please feel free to bring along "real" content, text, images or multimedia that you wish to publish, either on a memory stick or disc.

Please note: if arriving by car please ensure that you park in a Gateshead CLC tagged space.

Directions and location information can be found at the ictGateshead website

Training Materials
Basic User Guide to Blogging with CEHI

Our Alcohol IBA course is free to all NHS staff across Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland.

Identification and Brief Advice (IBA) is effective in helping people who drink in a harmful way to reduce their alcohol consumption and our IBA course will enable you to:

• Develop a "prompt" tool to help you "Think Drink" for common presentations


• Raise the issue of alcohol related harm using a simple and non-confrontational "opening"


• Calculate "Units" confidently


• Assess a clients readiness to change and modify your response accordingly


• Deliver advice in a short, personalised and structured way

The training can be delivered as an "open" group session, where participants may come from one or more of these services, or as a "closed" session, which will be restricted to members of your team. Our course is in two parts:

1. An on-line pre-learning programme (max of 60 mins). This gives the theory behind IBA and describes the effects of drinking at a higher than recommended level.

2. A practical skills workshop (90 to 120 mins). This will equip you with the practical skills and confidence to identify the early signs of harmful drinking and to raise the issue of alcohol with the patient. You will be able to accurately assess their risk and learn how to say the right things that will help the patient.

Visit www.alcoholfirstcontact.co.uk to find out more.

If you are interested in supporting health campaigns during 2010, please complete the Health Campaign Form, and return to the Public Health Improvement Information Team based at Clarendon.

No Smoking Day Briefing Session

We would like to invite you to a No Smoking Day Briefing Session . This year we are running two briefing sessions.

The Department of Health and Du service design invite you to a Learning Event which will focus on Reducing Health Inequalities and the role that third sector organisations can play.The event at the Sage on 25th November will be the culmination of four months of activity on this site - on the online exhibition, the bulletin board and, for the studious, the knowledge repository, other wise known as the pre-event reading.

For Further Details go to: Hi3

Telephone: 0845 4501251

Please come and meet the team and celebrate the opening of the new and improved SMART service at our launch in June.

SMART - (Substance Misuse Awareness Raising and Treatment) has moved to new premises and grown in size to improve service delivery to young people in Gateshead.

We are holding two informative and fun open days. You will have the chance to learn more about our service, meet the team, see how we work with young people and the resources we use, and be able to network with colleagues as you enjoy light refreshments and a drink from our SMART non - alcoholic cocktail bar!

GATESHEAD THUNDER WILL BE HERE TO OFFICIALLY OPEN PROCEEDINGS ON JUNE 11TH 10am.

Please let us know the day and session you would like to come to.

If you think appropriate please pass this invite onto other interested parties. Look forward to seeing you in June....

A diversity training day for multi-agency staff will be held on Thursday 28 May 2009 at the Athletics Training Hall / Sports Academy of Gateshead International Stadium between 10.00 am and 3.00 pm on Thursday 28 May 2009.

For details on how to register please download flyer for contact details and further information:

Diversity Day Flyer, 172KB, PDF

Sunderland Teaching Primary Care Trust would like to invite you to a drop-in session to view the progress to date on the new Houghton Primary Care Centre.

The public drop-in session will take place at Houghton Library, Newbottle Street, DH4 4AF on Friday 8 May 2009, 2pm - 7pm.

For further details please download either of the following:

Houghton Flyer (flyer).pdf:

Houghton poster (final).pdf

This year our Cancer Prevention Campaign will focus on lifestyle and cancer.
More than one in three people in the UK will develop cancer during their lifetime.
Making positive changes to lifestyle choices and attending screening tests can all help to reduce your risk of cancer.

How can you Reduce your Risk

Dont smoke
Keep a healthy body weight
Know the risks of alcohol
Be active
Eat healthily
Be SunSmart
Take part in screening such as breast screening, cervical screening and bowel screening
Practice safe sex

If you would like to raise awareness of lifestyle and cancer, please contact the Public Health Improvement Information Team for a free awareness pack on 283 1124/ 283 1125/ 283 1126 or email healthinfo@sotw.nhs.uk

for further information on lifestyle and cancer go to:-

http://info.cancerresearchuk.org/healthyliving/

What is CEHI?

The Centre for Enabling Health Improvement, or CEHI, is a network of people in Gateshead, South Tyneside and Sunderland with an interest in improving health. Some work in the NHS, some work for Local Authorities, some work in the voluntary sector and some are members of the public who have an interest in health issues.

Want to find out more?

No Smoking Day 2009 Briefing

26th February 2009
12 noon to 1.15 pm
Quality Hotel, Boldon

You are invited to our 2009 No Smoking Day Briefing. This is your opportunity to find out more about the background and theme for this year's campaign. There will also be the opportunity to speak to public health professionals, get advice on making the most of your displays, and access to free materials.

Briefing Event

12 noon Lunch
12.30 pm Welcome
12.35 pm Take the first step: No Smoking Day 2009
12.45 pm NHS Stop Smoking Services
12.55 pm Materials available to help you
1.05 pm Making the theme come alive: some examples of how to use the material
1.10 pm Questions and close

To book your place for the briefing, please contact:

The Public Health Improvement Information Team:
Email : healthinfo@sotw.nhs.uk
Telephone: 283 1124/ 283 1125 / 283 1126.

Download details of stop smoking support for PCT staff.

Quit Support for Gateshead PCT Staff

Quit Support for South Tyneside PCT Staff

Quit Support for Sunderland PCT Staff

To contact the Stop Smoking Service please call:-

Gateshead and South Tyneside:- 08005316317

Sunderland:- 08005874865

Follow the link below to download the national health campaigns calendar for 2009

National Health Campaigns Calendar 2009

A group of health professionals in Sunderland are holding an event aimed at the over 65's to raise awareness of "falls" and "falls Prevention".

This initiative will take place in the "Market Square" at the Bridges Shopping Centre in Sunderland between 10am and 2pm on the above date...

The event will promote activities that older people can do to remain independent in later life and inform them of how to reduce their risk of falling and fractures. This will include a health check, advice and information from a multi disciplinary Team.

Several key organisations are supporting the day including Age Concern, Sunderland Carer's Centre, Community Furniture service, Home Improvement Agency and several others.

The poster for the event can be downloaded HERE (125k). If you have any other queries in the meantime then please call Christine Pigford (Sunderland Falls Co-ordinator) on 0191 5026912.
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We look forward to seeing you on the day!

This year’s campaign will be encouraging mothers from low-income backgrounds to initiate and continue to breastfeed their baby. The campaign focuses on encouraging women to access the support that will help them to breastfeed for longer, and the strapline, ‘Breastfeeding: every day makes a difference to your baby’, reflects the message that each day a women continues to breastfeed is another day the child receives important health benefits from its mother’s milk.

What’s going on in Gateshead!

Bosom Buddies celebration evening at Pelaw Social Club
Friday 16th May
7pm – 11pm with disco, buffet and raffle.
Tickets £4.00 available from Heather Stone at Felling Children’s Centre
Tel: 433 5639

“Buddies at Saltwell Park” – Saltwell Towers
Saturday 17th May
10 am – 4 pm
Information stands, colouring activities, craft, raffle, music and movement, face painting, raffles.
Contact Felling Children’s Centre
Tel: 433 5646

Our friends at Gateshead City Learning Centre are hosting a Xmas Craft Fair on Saturday and Sunday 1st/2nd December, 9.30-4.00pm at Gateshead CLC, Unit 13, The Watermark.

That's just along from Tyne Tees TV and close to the MetroCentre.

There's over 40 stalls of goodies and gift ideas - glass, wood, art/photos on canvas, jewellery, embroidery, confectionery, cards and papercrafts and lots more. Bring your purse/wallet!

Special appearances from Sam and Zozo (African Master Drummers) and maybe, just maybe, Santa Claus...

Free Entry. Free Parking. See you there!

We are a partnership project called Link Up in Gateshead which aims to bring a range of preventative services for people over 50 who live in Gateshead.

The activities are free and availalbe to anyone in Gateshead over 50.

I have attached a leaflet for the information on our lifestyle matters courses. CLICK HERE FOR LEAFLET

We are also organising the following programmes:

Link Up to Health and Wealth Drop into our Health and Wealth Checks for individual information and advice from the Community Health Team and Pension Service. 22nd May 2007, 10 - 12am Blaydon Library and 5th June 2007 2 - 4pm Cromer Avenue Church Low Fell

Link Up to Seven Steps to Healthy Eating Come to our eight week FREE course or to find out more call the team on 4332092. Wednesday 30th May 10 - 11am Birtley Library and Monday 4th June 10 - 11am Whickham Library

Penny Gray
Project Manager

26th March 2007 2.00pm to 4.00pm
Venue: The Community Room, Bensham Hospital

This seminar is the third in a series (the first was the Evaluation Seminar and the second was on Community Development) and is about Behaviour Change. It is aimed at the wider public health workforce who already have a basic knowledge or who are interested in finding out more about Behaviour Change.

People who are interested should register their interest with Emma Cowan on emma.cowan@ghpct.nhs.uk or 0191-4971515. Please note that numbers are limited so book early!

Watch LoFi version (Windows Media)

Watch HiFi version (Windows Media)

Sexual Health Awareness Week (12th to 18th February)
No Smoking Day (14th March)
Breastfeeding Awareness Week (13th to 19th May)
Cancer Prevention - Fruity Friday (25th May)
Heart Health Week (2nd to 10th June)
Immunisation Awareness Week (10th to 16th September)
World Mental Health Day (10th October)
Alcohol Awareness Week (10th to 16th December)

These health promotion campaigns will be promoted across the borough of Gateshead in 2007. To register to receive an awareness pack of resources please complete the attached Campaign Resources form.

Download campaigns and dates (PDF 70KB)
Download campaign resources order form (Word 30KB)

HIV is the fastest growing serious health condition in the UK. By December 2005 there were an estimated 65,000 people living with HIV, a third of whom were undiagnosed

In 2004 there were 7,275 new reported cases, which was nearly double the number reported for 2000 (3,851).

TAKE PART IN THE GATESHEAD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENSUS
– WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND THE BOROUGH

Gateshead Public Health Partnership is undertaking a census of community development activities across Gateshead. Many groups and individuals have already been approached directly and have returned their completed forms. But, we haven’t been able to personally contact everyone out there.

If you haven’t been approached then please help us to make sure your work is recognised in the census. You can help by downloading and completing the census form below and then return it to the address on the form by the end of August.

Time is running out – don’t delay.!! Please post any questions, queries or comments on the weblog or contact jackie.gray@ghpct.nhs.uk

Download community development census form (Word: 44KB)

Choosing Health - Getting it going in Gateshead

an hour to walk, talk and be informed

- Health walk in your area

- Talk to the Director of Public Health

- Get information about health to support you in your work

18th July 10.00 – 11.00 Drop in Centre, Hookergate School Conference Room

18th July 12.30 – 13.30 Kibblesworth Millenium Centre

18th July 14.30 – 15.30 Whickham Library

19th July 10.00 – 11.00 Walk in Centre, Bensham

19th July 14.00 – 15.00 Pelaw Surgery

These events launch the 2005 DPH Annual Report

Download DPH Annual Report 2005 (PDF: 1.5MB)

22nd – 28th May is Cancer Prevention Week, with the highlight of the campaign being Fruity Friday on Friday 26th May. The focus of the campaign this year is the 5 A DAY message, and how eating more fruit and vegetables can reduce your risk of cancer.

If you would like copies of campaign materials to help promote this campaign message, please contact the Health Promotion Resources Service for Gateshead on 0191 433 5684.
If you are doing anything for the campaign or if you have any comments about the resources…please let us know.

Our health, our care, our say: implementing the white paper
Advance notice of regional workshop for the North East
Monday 3 July 2006, Samsung Centre, Teesside
More details

Dear colleague,

The evaluations for the above journey have been collated.

Your journey today!

Your postcards!

If you have any comments, please follow "comments" link below

Regards

Clare Ross
Secretary for Health Promotion

The Choosing Health Events Group are having a Reunion!

We are going to be looking at our journey so far, sharing your travel stories, and viewing your holiday snaps!

If you would like to join us then please fill out the invite with your details and send it to - Clare Ross (details in letter below).

Invitation Letter

programme

" A Carnival of Achievement and Success"

THEME: Choosing Health............Enabling Health................Enabling me

You can find more information about the Virtual Studay Day Below

CEHI Virtual Study Day

Gateshead Health Trainer Partnership

A powerpoint presentation by: Pat Elms, Nicoll Loyd and Trevor Hopkins

Download Presentation [Powerpoint: 22.5MB]

Reflections on a Healthy Communities Beacon Year

Powerpoint Presentation by Trevor Hopkins and Nicoll Loyd

Download Presentation [Powerpoint: 15.4MB]

Sexual Health Awareness Week, February 13-19th 2006

Mark Lambert video contribution now available for viewing.

View Mark Lambert video: (hi-band - windows media - 11mins)

Choosing Health identifies the need to make "every contact a health improving contact".

As part of its ongoing consultation on the needs of staff, CEHI is asking in relation to sexual health the following questions.

1. What training do you need?
2. What kinds of activities or information would it be useful to share between practitioners, teams, services and organisations?
3. What sorts of information, data or advice would it be helpful to access?
4. What kind of support or training do you need in order to make best use of the weblog?

We'd be grateful if you could take time to consider the above questions and then use the COMMENTS link below to add your responses.

[Thanks to the very many of you who attended today's event and who took time to comment via the blog.
We have now reset our comments facility. To comment further you now need to register with TypeKey. Just click comments and follow the instructions.]

Choosing Sexual Health Seminar – Improving Sexual Health
7th December 2005 – 9.30am – 1.00pm
The Regus, Maingate, Kingway North, Team Valley Trading Estate

The morning will be a mix of presentations and workshops.

The presentations aim to provide participants with a clear picture of what initiatives are on the horizon for Sexual Health and a clear map of the work that is already in place, including an overview of current frameworks to support practice.

Gateshead Centre for Enabling Health Improvement (CEHI) will be consulting on methods to support “making every contact a health improving contact utilizing the CEHI online resource available at www.gatesheadgrid.org/cehi

Workshops will support practitioners to recognize the skills they already have with their client group and look at simple ways of integrating sexual health into the conversations and interactions we have with service users.

There will be opportunities for action planning and structured networking with colleagues from your discipline and other areas.

Welcome...
We hope you enjoy the workshop - we encourage your participation.

This session will be blogged live...

OUR HOPES
- Space and Time to think, share and learn together
- Practical ideas to take away
- Surprise Ourselves?
- Get involved
- Convention at the door
- Anything else?

Let's blog!

What are your vile preoccupations?
Bin them!

Groups of 5 -
The Latest Plan
Read the brief - be radical
20 mins reflection - then flip OR blog your group's output

OK...

Issues...
Difficult, challenging...
relationships and knowledge (not knowing)...planning from scratch...an uncomfortable place to be...multiple scenarios present themselves...morals and beliefs (personal and organisational culture)...environment is important...
timeframes (important)....

create the right conditions to do challenging things together...

Gateshead Stuff
If this was the Choosing Health stratgey...
What would you add?
What would you do differently?

did the issues apply across?
more informed about CH...a belief in the product...passion...not everyone shares that belief/passion
doing things in a different way, welcoming new skills and competences...
needs an honest approach...need courage to re-vision and re-energise
need to sell to the commissioners and staff and customers
problem in getting buy-in for the "slightly different" approach...
needs to be in part bottom-up...

energy...from without and within (other agencies, vol sector)
approached as a new/real opportunity...
how did Ghd engage the workforce?
what falls off the end?

motivation...
ICT...
knowledge...

are we very good at selling Choosing Health?
what exactly are we selling...product/lifestyle/aspirations...

Qs
School Nursing team - issues?
Within BSF/PFI new builds...any consideration given to SN teams?
greater leadership in Healthy Schools initiative...

Beacon Council Healthy Communities Event

We welcome your feedback, opinions, ideas and questions...and we'd like to share them.

Simply click the comments hyperlink below and share your thoughts.

Thanks!

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Download file

Do you want to get your health messages across to the people to whom it really matters?

Do you want your service to reach the people to whom it would benefit most?

Do you want to know how social marketing works, and how it could help you acheive these goals?

If you agreed to any of these questions, then this event is for you. Please download file.

Opening Speech
'Selling the vision for public mental health'
Dr Mark Lambert, Director of Public Health, Gateshead Primary Care Trust

View Mark Lambert video: (hi-band - windows media - 06mins.23secs)

please note: sound interference on latter part of the clip

Why not continue Friday's conversation by using the CEHI online Forums?

Simply register and then follow or create new topics for discussion.

We welcome your opinions, ideas and questions.

The Choosing Health journey continues....

NB there has been a change of date from the previously advertised date of 20th September.

The next event on this journey will take place:
Date: Friday, 30th September
Venue: The Media Centre, Stonehills Complex, Gateshead
Time: 9.30 - 2.00pm (including lunch)

See below for draft programme and invitation letter. You can also
download the Mental Health Foundation Report 'Choosing Mental Health'
which gives the background and a response to the public health white
paper in regard to mental health.

Download Invitation Letter

Download Programme (PDF:130KB)

Download Choosing Mental Health Report (PDF:270KB

Stop Smoking!

The Choosing Health journey continues...........

The next event on this journey will take place on 11th July 2005 between 12noon - 4.15pm

Click below for draft programme

Download file

If you have not yet registered to attend this event please contact Shelagh Cockburn Tel 0191 4971516

So...here we are at the Renaissance Hotel, Manchester with Beacon Council colleagues, promoting Gateshead CEHI. We're going to blog the conference and invite feedback on the various workshops and key presentations.

Photos to follow....

Apologies...the July event will take place on the 11th and NOT the 14th as originally posted.

11th July
Smoking
Will include launch of the Director of Public Health's Annual Report on the health of the people of Gateshead.

Half Day sessions: times and venues to be confirmed.
Full details to appear here.

21st June
Sexual Health

11th July
Smoking
Will include launch of the Director of Public Health's Annual Report on the health of the people of Gateshead.

20th September
Mental Health & Wellbeing

25th October
Reducing Harm and Sensible Drinking (alcohol)

16th November
Inequalities

Tackling Obesity, Increasing Physical Activity and Improving Nutrition in Gateshead

Date: Wednesday 11th May 2005
Venue: The Media Centre, Gateshead
Time: 9.00am - 1.00pm (including lunch)

Download Event Programme (PDF: 185K)

Conference in Health and Social Care � from drawing board to service delivery

Friday 16 September 2005
9.00am to 4.30pm

Ushaw College, Bearpark, near Durham City

The County Durham and Tees Valley Research and Development Liaison Group, together with the Northumberland, Tyne and Wear Strategic Health Authority have organised a fourth annual Research and Development conference event.

Download Conference Flier

Following the 'Choosing Health' event, which was held at Gateshead Civic Centre on the 2nd February 2005, we have collated and analysed all the feedback that was given on the day. If you attended the event you will remember we asked you three things you can do to keep the journey going. This has now been analysed and drawn together in the following document. Download file

This document will be used in pushing forward the 'Choosing Health' agenda in Gateshead. We will be addressing this document in more detail at the next 'Choosing Health' event we are planning in May 2005. So watch this space!

Also, on the day you were asked to express your interest in the topic areas discussed. If you can't remember what you signed yourself up for, or you're interested to see who else is signed up, then here is a list to refresh your memory. Download file

Huge attendance at the Choosing Health seminar which saw a soft launch of this weblog in its developmental stage. Lots of interest, lots of potential and below, already one eager blogger!

Thanks to Gateshead Libraries staff for helping out with the public internet sessions.

Comments, opinions, ideas, feedback....?

We welcome your views on today's Choosing Health seminar.

Simply click the Comments link beneath this posting and leave your feedback. You may need to refresh your browser to see the updates to the site.

Thanks!

Ready to travel with us?
Gateshead Civic Centre: Wednesday February 2nd: 9.00am -1.00pm

Itinerary
9.00-9.30am
Check in and refreshments

9.30-9.40am
Get ready to travel -(Alan Baty, Chair of Health and Social Care Partnership)

9.40-9.55am
A quick look at the map - (Dr Mark Lambert)

9.55-10.15am
What a view! - (Adrian Smith, Amanda Potts)

Stop-offs along the way

10.15.10.45am
Video on Nutrition and Obesity - (Angela Hannant and Tom Hall)

10.45-11.15am
Refreshments

11.15-11.30am
Smoke Free Island - (Paul Gray)

11.30-11.45am
Health Trainers - (Trevor Hopkins)

11.45-11.55am
Sexual Health -(Sheron Robson)

11.55-12.15pm
Where to next - (Dr Jackie Gray)

12.15-12.30pm
Thanks for travelling - the journey goes on . . . (Alan Baty)

12.30-1.00pm
LUNCH

Download Itinerary (PDF)

Government White Paper On Public Health�

What it means for Gateshead�

What it means for me�

Come along to a seminar on Wednesday 2nd February 2005
at the Civic Centre, Gateshead: 9:00am - 12:30pm
Lunch is provided.

If you would like to attend please email your details to Clare Cockburn clare.cockburn@ghpct.nhs.uk
Or contact the Health Promotion Team, 14 Regent Terrace, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, NE8 1LU Tel: 4789061 Fax: 4900621