Brunswick Gets Physical
This exciting project, funded by Sport England, aims to encourage more people to take part in physical activities by pairing them with a volunteer ‘buddy’. Joan Collins has just been appointed as Volunteer Coordinator for the project. She will be joining the team in August and will be looking for people who want to take part and for volunteers shortly.
For more details contact Reception on 01926 422123
The Money Programme
We will initially be running four workshops:-
Making your money go further – An introduction to the Money Programme and ideas to help you save money.
Counting every penny – Household budgeting.
AccountAbility 1 – An introduction to banking including opening an account with a bank, building society or Post Office.
AccountAbility 2 – More information about banking including options for saving and borrowing.
The first workshop, ‘Making your money go further’, will be held at the Centre on Wednesday, 14th October and the second, ‘Counting every penny’ on Wednesday, 21st October. Both workshops will begin at 10.00 am.
Please contact Reception if you would like to attend. Dates of further workshops will be confirmed in due course..
Bounce Back
Bounce Back is a small, friendly group of local women who have all had breast cancer and have come together to share experiences, support each other and even have a laugh! Bounce Back meets on the first Wednesday of every month from 7.00 pm. The next meeting will be held at Brunswick Healthy Living Centre on Wednesday 7th October. For more details about the group, phone either Jan 01926 770628 or Kath 01926 492544 or email: bounce.back2008@yahoo.co.uk
SPAN - Sustainable Partnerships Action Network
SPAN is a partnership of community based organisations in Warwick District, looking to enhance and develop a range of collaborative projects and services.Who are the Partners?
The current members are:
Action 21
Bath Place Community Venture
Brunswick Healthy Living Centre
The Gap
Mid-Warwickshire Mind
SYDNI Centre
Supported on governance, capacity building and links with local infrastructure by:
Warwick District Community Partnership Team
Warwickshire CAVA
Bassac
In the future, SPAN will seek to identify common areas of interest amongst partners, and engage with local partners to develop these further. This will ensure the membership will be fluid and changing.
The development of the SPAN group was a direct response to a group of Warwick District organisations identifying a need for partnership working. Following a number of successful bids the group decided to form a partnership and build on their successes. The opportunities are to:
Maximise resources
Reduce duplication of services
Improve effectiveness of organisations
Support sustainability
SPAN’s achievements?
Secured funding to employ two workers
Building of a strong and robust partnership
Sharing of good practice and resources
Identifying common areas of interest e.g in local food projects, volunteer development, health promotion and homelessness prevention with young people and sustainable energy projects
Developed governance for collaborative working