Well-being Support Groups
LOUGHBOROUGH, SILEBY & SHEPSHED WELL-BEING GROUPS – April Dates
Our Well-being Support Groups are held monthly for carers, former carers, and anyone with a disability, living alone or having a concern for their well-being. Costs are £1 per session towards room hire/refreshments. The groups are friendly, welcoming and informal.
Wednesday 4th April – 2.30 – 4.30 pm at JSH – Support for Carers Leicestershire – Carers Support Grant applications
Thursday 5th April, 1.30 - 3.30pm - Loughborough Group at John Storer House - Speakers from Caremark Charnwood. Come and along to hear about their services and give your views
Tuesday 17th April, 2 - 4pm - Shepshed Group at the Charnwood Road Community Centre - Speaker from Support for Carers Leicestershire
Thursday 26th April, 12.30 - 2.30pm at the Soar Bridge Inn, Barrow On Soar - Speaker from Support for Carers Leicestershire
Please come along or contact Joanne Clarke tel: 01509 631782 for more information.
Voluntary Action Charnwood’s Well-being Service runs 3 Well-being Support Groups which meet monthly in Charnwood. Anyone with a concern for their personal well-being is welcome to attend, for example carers and former carers, people with disabilities and people living alone.
The groups are informal and friendly and enjoy a range of speakers on a variety of health, information and rights, personal safety and other more light-hearted topics of interest. There are occasional trips, a Christmas Lunch and most importantly, plenty of time to talk and share experiences.
Meeting times and dates are as follows with each member attending makes a £1 donation towards room hire and refreshments:
Loughborough Group – meets on the 1st Thursday of each month from 1.30pm – 3.30pm at John Storer House.
Shepshed Group – meets on the 3rd Thursday of each month from 2pm – 4pm at the Charnwood Road Community Centre.
Sileby and District Group – meets on the last Thursday of each month from 12.30pm at the Soar Bridge Inn, Barrow On Soar. The group have lunch first.
Future events for February and March include;
Shepshed - Tuesday 21st February 2 - 4pm, Talk about Gas Safety from IGEM
Sileby - Thursday 23rd February 12.30 - 2.30pm, Talk by Colin Edis from Ryder Cheshire Volunteers
Loughborough - Thursday 1st March 1.30 - 3.30pm Flower Arranging demonstration by Pat Billings
Shepshed - Tuesday 20th March 2 - 4pm TBC
Sileby - Thursday 29th March 10.30am - 3pm Trip to Ulverscroft Manor.
For further information or if you’d like to attend any of the groups, please contact Joanne Clarke tel: 01509 631782 or e-mail joanne.clarke@voluntaryactioncharnwood.org.uk
