Health
Sign up for the NHS Volunteer Army
Hither Green and Lee: Nationally the NHS is recruiting 250k volunteers to: deliver medicines from pharmacies.take patients homeregular phone calls to ppl isolating at home. Read about the Volunteer Army here: https://t.co/kHHWdftImC Sign up here – https://t.co/Cfy8NXWcr8 Let’s rally as a community. Make us all proud.
First Aid Workshop – Tuesday 5 May (FREE)
NOW BOOKING FOR: Date: Tuesday 5th May Time: 12.30pm (Duration 2 hours)Location: St Swithun’s Hall, St Swithun’s Road, SE136RW[Babies/ small children are welcome. We’ll set up a small area in a corner. ] CLICK TO BOOK A PLACE The British Red Cross has offered us 15 FREE places on a hands on an emergency First …
Staying safe from Coronavirus and health events in Lewisham
Please find below information on coronavirus and upcoming health events in Lewisham. Important information on coronavirus How to protect yourself Everyone is being reminded to follow Public Health England advice to: Always carry tissues with you and use them to catch your cough or sneeze. Then bin the tissue, and wash your hands, or …
The Lewisham Well-being Map
The Lewisham Well-being Map- launched last week. It is available here: www.LewishamWellbeingMap.co.ukThe map shows hundreds of places in the borough good for people’s health and wellbeing, with easy-to-access info (useful for ‘Social Prescribing’). Map organiser: Tim Bradley lewishamwellbeingmap@gmail.comphone: 0744 362 6954). You might want to use the map to find great places nearby for those …
Stay Warm! Free energy advice service.
South East London Community Energy are an award-winning, SE London-based community group, committed to supporting people cannot afford to adequately heat their homes. Their team can provide FREE, IMPARTIAL support to Lewisham residents on a low income to make their homes more energy efficient, get grants and discounts and explain how they could pay less for …
Join the Lewisham & Greenwich Patient Group
Join our patient user group QEH Deadline for applications: 31 January 2020 About the Patient User Group (PUG) The PUG is a volunteer group whose role is to act as a ‘critical friend’ to Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. We are completely independent and represent the voice of the patient. Working in small teams, …
Lewisham Community Wellbeing Service
Sydenham Garden group activities – 28A Wynell Rd, Forest Hill, SE23 2LW Garden session (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday 10am-12:30pm or 1:30pm-4pm) Garden is a social and therapeutic horticultural project. based in our restored Victorian Garden and Nature reserve. Sessions run weekly for two and a half hours and take part in groups of eight to twelve …
Ella Roberta Inquest – Legal Fees Appeal
In HG and Lee, we are encircled by busy roads which regularly exceed agreed air pollution limits. Lewisham has some of the highest levels of chronic asthma and respiratory disease, not just in the capital, but *in the country.*You will have heard about local girl Ella who passed away from asthma, age 9. Ella lived …
The Kissi Debrah family Legal fight- An Update.
The Attorney General has granted the request of a Hither Green Family to have the inquest into the death of 9 -year-old Ella Kissi-Debrah re-opened. Over 175,000 people signed the family’s change.org petition requesting that new scientific evidence be considered a direct cause of Ella’s death. The evidence regarded the alarming levels of air pollution on Brownhill …
Celebrate Sugar Smart Lewisham
In October 2016, Lewisham became the first borough in London to become Sugar Smart. Sugar Smart Lewisham is a joint campaign with the Jamie Oliver Food Foundation and the food charity Sustain, to tackle the issue of excess sugar consumption. Sugar Smart Lewisham works with local businesses, schools, children’s centres, hospitals and other organisations to promote …