The HLC is committed to tackling health and wellbeing inequalities in the local community and Buckinghamshire area. We run different projects, which allow us to listen to the local people and wider community and put in place different projects to help answer their needs.
This group, in partnership with the National Lottery, provides a safe social space for women from minority groups to meet on a regular basis. We provide signposting to other services and organisations, guest speakers, a variety of arts and crafts and physical and mental wellbeing sessions.
The group runs across Aylesbury, High Wycombe and Chesham and is a regular weekly session.
The Winter Hardship Fund is a discretionary fund distributed to families in need throughout Aylesbury, Chesham and High Wycombe. We are able to offer £50 vouchers to families in need to pay towards Gas and electric payments or supporting parents to purchase children’s school uniforms, shoes or winter coats. The fund is available to apply until Monday 28th March. * Eligibility criteria applies.
The Clare Foundation Winter Helping Hands Hardship Fund 2022 will be a discretionary fund distributed in partnership with the HLC to families in need throughout Aylesbury, Chesham and High Wycombe. We will offer vouchers to families in need to pay towards gas and electric payments or supporting parents to purchase children’s school uniforms, shoes or winter coats, fuel from petrol stations or children’s basic needs ( ie nappies and basic child care items on a specific need basis). Referrals from families may be eligible for more than one voucher particularly for more than one child.
Those families who are in receipt of the following are eligible to apply
Working in partnership with Adult Learning these workshops will start in July 2022 at 1pm – 3pm for 5 weeks.
Following on from the planting and growing in the Community Garden we will host a series of healthy eating and nutritional workshops to be held in the Walton Court Community Centre.
2 Courses to be offered of 6 weeks per course which will be facilitated by Aylesbury Adult Learning. Each session will be for a min of 8 participants lasting 2 hrs.
Course 1 : July- August 2022
Course 2 : September – October 2022
Sessions will cover the following –
Throughout the course we will focus on the following –
Healthy Living and Healthy Eating
A three-phase project promoting Healthy Living and Healthy Eating covering the following areas:
Summer Launch Event | Planting and growing | Healthy eating workshop
The Garden Project is delivered in partnership with Aylesbury Garden Town and runs every Monday 1pm – 3pm and is free to join.
Project summary:
The community garden encourages individuals to come together offering the opportunity to form new friendships and social groups and to improve physical and mental wellbeing. We provide a programme of activities to promote the “grow your vegetables and learn to cook with them” project. This promotes the core values of the Healthy Living Centre and combines our working partnership with Aylesbury Garden Town to promote and support healthy living. We already have a project in place with Aylesbury Garden Town to create a Community Garden in Walton Court.
FREE one-to-one guidance and support
Building Futures works with adults and young people across Buckinghamshire to provide FREE one-to-one guidance and support to help you choose the right path to training, work experience or a job that works for you. We can also help with other life-skills and health and wellbeing solutions that will ensure you take control of your life and move forward in a positive way. If you live in Buckinghamshire, are aged 16+ and not currently working you could be eligible for our Building Futures programme.
To take part in the programme, you will need to fulfil the following criteria*:
The HLC will be supporting 5 Cancer campaigns each month and offering blood pressure and Heart rate monitoring checks. These campaigns are delivered by our Cancer awareness champion. She is on hand to give out literature, advice and guidance. The following cancers are coming up.
This programme provides a series of 5 specific health awareness campaigns based at the HLC, one per month commencing in August 2021 through to 15th July 2022. These will focus on a one week promotion held in the HLC Café area for local residents and visitors to the HLC. Our aim is to increase cancer awareness, provide supporting information of NHS literature and onward signposting to relevant NHS groups or local GP ( using NHS prepared social media content).
Available for Hire
The HLC are pleased to announce the opening of a purpose-built state of the art Sensory room, available for hire to families and local Occupational therapists, providing a multi-sensory safe space and learning environment for local parents, schools and SEN support services.
Health and Wellbeing Courses
We have courses that are specifically designed for the BAME community to encourage and empower as well as build confidence and to help learn key English skills.
We run 6 Public Health national campaigns annually to raise awareness of key Health issues and deliver a large range of Health Improvement, informational and exciting projects.
Employability Project
Skill Up Bucks is an exciting new employability project designed to help individuals aged 17+ find work experience opportunities across Buckinghamshire.
Participants are given the opportunity to liaise with professionals from a wide range of organisations to learn more about local careers and the skills required for them as well as making a wide range of connections, gain useful work experience, and more!
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