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Making osteoporosis easier to live with
Individual Swindon Osteoporosis Network meets monthly at the Health Hydro,
Counselling Milton Road to inform and support sufferers of osteoporosis.
The next meeting takes place on Friday 11 September, 1.30pm to
3.30pm, when Simon Clarke will speak on Health and Wellness.
For details of the group call Mercedes Palmer on 343222 or mail:
FREE [email protected]
introductory session
Dependency support for families and friends
Call Virginia Griffin on Are you affected by someone else’s dependency on drugs or alcohol
07986 758506 and don’t know where to turn?
Email: Swindon Carers Centre is reach- dential and take place from 10am
[email protected] ing out to help adult family members to12.30pm at Swindon Carers Cen-
and friends with a new autumn tre, 1 Wood Street on 19 September
Dip.Couns BA MBACP programme of Saturday morning 17 October and 14 November.
workshops. The trainer is Peter Smith from
The aim is to offer a greater Broadway Lodge which has an
understanding of dependency, excellent national reputation for
Get healthy, stay healthy, with A Solution to a reminder of participants’ own family work.
sense of value and self-esteem
For details and to enroll on the
HomeopatHy Your Problems and help them find new ways of programme, call Anne Billingham
Phone or visit the website for information Smoking, Habits & responding to somebody’s drug at Swindon Carers Centre on
allergy testing Compulsions, Fears or alcohol use. 531133 or mail: anne.billingham@
The workshops are free, confi-
prtc-swindon.org
150 foods and airborne irritants & Phobias, Anxiety, Panic,
Depression, Tinnitus, IBS,
tested with instant results. Sleep, Eating, Motivation,
No needles, no blood tests Trauma, Confidence, Foundation status will make for more
Ruth Derham, PHSH RSHom Relationships responsive mental health services
4 High Street, Purton Andrew Hill Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership (AWP) NHS Trust sets
Tel: 01793 771820 Hypnotherapist out on a formal consultation from 1 September in a bid to achieve
6000+ sessions conducted foundation status.
www.purtonhomeopathy.co.uk FREE ASSESSMEnT SESSIon A foundation trust is
01793 873451 a type of NHS organi-
sation that operates on
www.ahassociates.org the principle of work-
ing together with local
communities for their
benefit and requires
people to sign up as
members who will
provide support, from
receiving newsletters
through to participat-
ing on consultative
groups and manage-
ment committees.
The AWP is invit-
ing people to join as
members who will
raise awareness of
mental health issues
and challenge the stig- Anne Mooney with her daughter Ruby at the
ma associated with
AWP and SUNS stand at the Swindon Mela
using mental health
services. designed to help establish views
Trust officers and supporters and comments. This will take place
have attended a number of events every two hours and people can
like the Mela and Gay Pride festivals drop in if they are unable to stay
during the summer to publicise for the whole event.
foundation status and will also be at Anne Mooney, founder of Service
the Youth Festival in Town Gardens User Network (Swindon), said she
on 12 September. wants to see the AWP as a founda-
On Tuesday 22 September the tion trust. “With foundation status
trust is holding an open day with users can influence and direct how
information stalls and the chance the trust develops. We can become
to meet staff and users at Great governors and be involved in the
Western Hospital’s Victoria Centre appointment of the chief executive
between 10am and 5pm and the directors; it‘s about people
A consultation event takes place with mental health issues getting
on Tuesday 20 October, 1pm to the services they need.“
8pm, at Gorse Hill Community More information, including an
Centre, with a brief presentation on on-line membership application
the benefits of becoming a founda- form, can be found at: www.awp.
tion trust, followed by exercises nhs.uk

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