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The best way to enjoy the sun safely and protect your skin
from sunburn is to use a combination of shade, clothing and
sunscreen. Use a sunscreen with at least factor 15 and a
high star rating. Use it generously and reapply regularly.
www.sunsmart.org.uk
Welcome to the June - July edition of
The Calderdale Voice magazine. This
Summer, the Healthwatch Calderdale
team will be attending a number of
local events to chat with residents
about their Health & Social Care
experiences. Have a look on page 3 for
more information about where you can
find our stall to have a chat with a
member of the team!
With an English Summer, there is always
the hope that we will get some lovely
sunshine and on page 16 we have some
sun safety tips for you to avoid any
sunburnt noses if we do!
Thanks,
Emma Worsley, The Calderdale Voice Editor
Sunlight acts on the skin to
produce vitamin D, which is essential for good health, in particular to maintain
healthy bones.
Healthwatch Calderdale is a membership
organisation. We make sure that all our
members are kept up to date with
everything related to Health and Social
Care at both a local and national level.
Becoming a member is free of charge and
is open to anyone who lives in Calderdale
and/or receives substantial health and
social care services from any provider
within Calderdale. It is also open to
voluntary and community groups who
supports users of health and social care
services.
To become a member, please email
Healthwatch Calderdale will be out and
about this Summer gathering local people’s
feedback about Health & Social Care services
in the area.
Our stall will be at:
Neighbour’s Day
People’s Park, Halifax - 15.6.14
Party in the Park
Shroggs Park, Lee Mount - 21.6.14
Brighouse Charity Gala
Wellholme Park - 28.6.14
Mytholmroyd Gala
Burnley Road - 5.7.14
Shelf Gala
Shelf Hall Park - 5.7.14
Challengers Fun Day
Natty Lane, Illingworth - 23.8.14
Your body produces a substance called melanin as a natural defence against
sunburn in reaction to ultraviolet light in sunlight.
The Healthwatch Calderdale website offers a number of different services:
Send us your feedback using the ‘Talk to Us’ page
Sign up to be a member of Healthwatch Calderdale
Find out about our volunteering opportunities
Search for local Health & Social Care services
Keep up to date with news from Healthwatch
Find out where your nearest Healthwatch drop in session is
Watch videos from Healthwatch England
See our Healthwatch Calderdale Twitter feed
Read the Healthwatch Calderdale Pledge
Find out about Healthwatch Calderdale local meetings
www.healthwatchcalderdale.co.uk
Twitter @hwcalderdale
Facebook Healthwatch Calderdale
Sunlight contains three types of ultraviolet
rays: UVA, UVB, and UVC
The Alzheimer's Society run a number of
local dementia cafes in Calderdale. The
Daffodil cafe is a friendly, informal
settings for people with dementia, their
families and carers to meet and socialise.
The cafe is held on the first and third
Wednesday of each month, 2pm to 4pm at
the Maurice Jagger Centre, Halifax.
The Alzheimer's Society also run the
Cornerstone cafe at the Civic Hall in
Brighouse and the Happy cafe at Hebden
Bridge Town Hall.
To find out more about The Alzheimer's
Society please ring 01422 352789 or visit
www.alzheimers.org.uk
The Maze Project works with adults at risk
of social exclusion where domestic violence
is a key feature of the relationship.
The Maze Project supports people to make
positive change. It works with women who
are affected by Domestic Violence, their
partners and their children, who are not
accessing services that could make a
difference to their lives.
The service has a male worker so that the
service can work with couples who are
choosing to remain together; the male
worker works with the male partner
alongside a female colleague working with
the female partner.
For more information please call 01422
386 506 or email
High Five is a community group based in
Pellon, Halifax. They have been going for
three years and run a programme of fun
and healthy activities throughout the
week.
All are welcome to come and join in.
You’ll make new friends, try new things,
get fitter and most importantly of all,
have fun!
Activities include Gentle Exercise
Classes, Tai Chi, Indoor Kurling and
many more!
To find out more, please visit the web-
site
www.pellonhighfive.wordpress.com
Rainbows international offers a structured
programme to support children between the
ages of 4 - 11 who have experienced loss.
The children talk through their thoughts and
feelings in small groups with others who are
experiencing similar situations(bereavement,
separation, divorce or any other painful loss
in their family).
Rainbows helps by providing a safe setting
with adult facilitators, journals, story books,
games and activities to help lead children
gently through the grieving process.
Group sessions are on Tuesdays or Thursday
3.15 - 4.30pm in term time at Noah’s Ark
Centre, Ovenden. Every programme runs for
12 sessions ending with a final "Celebrate Me"
Day. Each small group has at least two adult
facilitators who are CRB checked.
To find out more about the Rainbows
Programme, please contact on 01422 300457
Living Well is for women from Calderdale
and all surrounding areas with, or who
have had cancer. If you want to bring a
close friend, partner or carer with you
then they too will be able to take part in
activities and talk with others in a similar
situation.
Living Well offers you the opportunity to
take time out, come and talk to others,
find useful information and approaches to
help you in your recovery.
The group, which meets on the last
Saturday in the month at Todmorden
Methodist Church, is an opportunity to
learn new skills and approaches to aid
your long term recovery; eg. visualization,
meditation, and Tai Chi.
For more information, please visit
www.livingwell-cancer-support.org.uk
Verd De Gris is a not-for-profit creative arts
company based in Hebden Bridge, West
Yorkshire. Over 15 years, they have
developed a range of culturally-sensitive
creative work with older people through:
inter-generational projects; health and
well-being work; as well as bringing
different communities together through
cross-cultural projects.
Current live participatory projects include
‘Joy in the Moment!’ a creative project for
people with dementia, and ‘Dance4Fun’ a
dance and movement project for people
affected by Parkinson’s Disease.
As well as getting people to express
themselves and immerse themselves in the
joy of the activity, their aim is to get people
to connect: connecting with a poem or a
song, but also connecting with each other,
sharing feelings, stories or memories.
For more information, please call
07598387772 or email
Project Colt is a charity based in Elland
that offers help for a range of addictions
including, alcohol, drug, Gambling even
Co-Dependency. Their aim is to provide
support for individuals to live healthy
addiction free lifestyles. They also work
with the Probation Service to supervise
Community Service placements; helping
to rehabilitate offenders.
Training, Therapeutic Intervention and
Work Experience is provided for those in
various stages of their recovery
programme.
For more information please call 01422
377176 or visit
www.projectcolt.org.uk
Turning Point has been established for over
ten years and they provide counselling to
anyone in need of help. Located in
Brighouse, Turning point do not receive any
funding and rely on donations so although
they do not charge for the service, they ask
the client to make a donation of what they
can afford each week. They put their
donation in a brown envelope which is posted
into the donation box each time they come
for a counselling session.
Turning Point have four trainee counsellors
and five qualified experienced counsellors
working voluntary for the organisation. They
can provide counselling during the day or
some evenings, and Saturday mornings,
depending on availability of rooms and also
allocation of counsellors.
For more information about Turning Point
please call 07718 218 700 or visit
www.turningpoint-brighouse.org.uk
Choice is a Supported Volunteering Project
which aims to help people who would like to
volunteer but may need extra support to do
so. Anyone with additional support needs
who feels unable to volunteer independently
can use the service.
Choice is currently recruiting new mentors.
Mentors support and befriend people and
will receive full training, ongoing support
and supervision.
They need mentors who are patient, flexible
and caring. Mentors do different tasks like:
* fill in application forms
* accompany volunteers to interviews
* organise travel arrangements
* regular volunteering placement
It is a chance to share your skills, help
someone build their confidence, and have
fun. Mentors need to complete a four day
training course.
For more information, please call 01422
438727 or email
“I can’t switch off and get to sleep”
“I’m so unhappy”
There are times when everyone can feel
like this. Generally, these feelings pass
quickly but sometimes it gets harder and
harder to cope. In fact, one in every four
people feels this way.
Improving Access to Psychological
Therapies or IAPT gives you quick and easy
access to support like Stress control
courses, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
(CBT), Counselling etc.
To contact IAPT in Calderdale, call
01422 222888
Cervical Screening Awareness Week is a
UK-wide initiative led by Jo's
Cervical Cancer Trust. The week (8th -
14th June) aims to highlight the
importance of cervical screening and how
attending a screening invitation can help
to prevent cervical cancer.
In the UK, 22% of women still do not
attend their cervical screening, so raising
public awareness of cervical cancer
prevention is a priority. Public knowledge
and understanding of issues such as
cervical screening, the causes of cervical
abnormalities and cervical cancer and
treatment is generally low.
To find out more, please visit the website
www.jostrust.org.uk
Child Safety Week (23 - 29 June 2014) is an
annual campaign by the Child Accident
Prevention Trust to raise awareness of the
risks of child accidents and how they can be
prevented.
This year, Child Safety Week will be focusing
on the accidents that are more likely to
happen during the morning rush by
introducing the mischievous villain, Morning
Mayhem. The campaign will also be bringing
back the Safety Heroes of Child Safety Week
2013 to show how the simple actions that
parents and families take every day keep
children safe.
Big or small, there are lots of things you can
do to take part in Child Safety Week and
help us reduce the number of children and
young people killed, disabled or seriously
injured in preventable accidents.
For more information about Child Safety
Week, please visit the website
www.childsafetyweek.org.uk
The countdown to Rheumatoid Arthritis
Awareness Week 2014 has begun. This is
the second awareness week campaign run
by the National Rheumatoid Arthritis
Society (NRAS) and they want to change
the public perception of this condition.
The week will take place from 16th-22nd
June 2014 and this year’s theme is
focusing on the ‘Invisible Disease’.
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic,
progressive and disabling auto-immune
disease, affecting 580,000 people in
England.
To find out more, please visit the NRAS
website
www.nras.org.uk
Wallace & Gromit’s Children’s Charity is a
national charity, which raises funds to
improve the quality of life for children in
hospitals and hospices throughout the UK.
On Friday 27th June, Wallace & Gromit are
urging the nation to join in with the
celebrations and take part in the Football
World Cup themed Wrong Trousers Day.
Everyone can join in and wear their
weirdest, wackiest party trousers and
donate just £1 for the right to look wrong!
You choose what to wear, your football kit,
sports shorts, tutu, hot pants, and chef’s
trousers. It’s fun, simple and a great way of
raising funds for those who are really in
need.
Wallace & Gromit’s Wrong Trousers Day
raises funds for 92 children’s hospitals and
hospices throughout the UK. Funds raised
support projects and causes in local
communities such as: art, music, play and
sensory therapy; family services; state of
the art equipment and child friendly
environments.
To find out more, please visit the website
www.wallaceandgromitfoundation.org
Waterproof sunscreens lose some of their
effectiveness after 40 minutes in the water. All sunscreens should be reapplied every
two hours.
Whilst many of us like to enjoy the sun and hot weather, we should make sure we
do it safely and remember certain groups of people are more vulnerable than
others to the effects of heat or ultraviolet radiation. Extreme heat can force the
body into overdrive as it tries to stay cool through perspiration and evaporation.
Cancer Research UK have come up with three top tips to help people enjoy the
sun safely:
1. Spend time in the shade if your shadow is shorter than you.
If your shadow is shorter than you are, then the sun is strong. During the UK
summer, the sun is at its strongest between 11am and 3pm
2. Wear a hat, t-shirt and sunglasses when the sun's strong.
Wide brimmed hats or foreign legion style caps are best. A wide-brimmed hat,
long-sleeved top or maxi dress will not only help protect your skin but are also
the height of summer style!
3. Cancer Research UK recommends you use at least factor 15 sunscreen with
a high star rating.
Sunscreen rubs off easily if you sweat, swim or change clothes. So whether you're
in the UK or abroad, when the sun is strong remember to apply generously and
reapply regularly
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