Ventnor’ s next Our Place session takes place at St. Catherine’s Church on Thursday 25th January from 10.30 am to 1.30 pm, which will be joined by the Health Roadshow.
These community sessions enable residents to meet representatives from a range of local and Island-wide agencies to access advice, support or just for a chat over a cuppa or a meal.
Organisations attending regularly each month have included Citizens Advice, Wight Sense, Ventnor Community Shed, Ventnor Community Foodbank, People Matter, Ventnor’s Police Community Support Officer, Smoke Stop, Baby Box Isle of Wight, Veteran’s Outreach, Barnardo’s, IoW Prostate Cancer Support Group and Living-well Early Help.
This month we are pleased to welcome Community Action’s Health Roadshow. A chance to meet peer support groups and other organisations who may be able to offer help and advice – including Break Out Youth, Breatheasy, Diabetes IW, Applegate Cancer Support, IW MS Society, Menopause IW and Sjogrens Syndrome Support Group. There will also be representatives from the IW NHS Trust to talk about the new Patient Diagnostic Centre at St Mary’s and other NHS projects.
A group of volunteers prepare the hot lunch provided at the event and every Thursday at this venue as part of Ventnor’s Warm Space initiative. The hot meal is served from 12.00 noon.
Thanks to St. Catherine’s Church for their support and our fabulous team of volunteers.
Mayor of Ventnor Steve Cooper said – ‘We are very pleased to host this event in Ventnor. It is fabulous to have such a wealth of experience and knowledge available in one location for our residents to access. Thanks to Community Action for bringing the Health Roadshow to Ventnor. Please come along on the 25th of January and see the range of support and advice that is available.’
For more information, please contact Tony McCarthy at Ventnor Town Council
tony@ventnortowncouncil.org.uk
