This article shares news on what's been happening in our local community and upcoming projects/ events!
Thriving Streatham News!
Thriving Streatham are hosting our first Green Social Prescribing community health and wellbeing day on the 27th of July on Streatham Common South opposite the Rookery Cafe between 11-5 pm.
Streatham AT Medics PCN- Operose Health in Partnership with Streatham PCN is working collaboratively to ensure patients receive the best personalised care.
The local Social Prescribing team will be facilitating the fair which will have these services available:
FrogLife - Music therapy in the Rookery Gardens
Healthwatch Lambeth
King College Breast Screening team
Prostate Cancer UK
Visiting angels care
South London carers
PACP
St Margarets Church
Crosslight Advice
Citezens Advice Beuro
The Lambeth Wellbeing Bus
The aim is to connect patients and residents to services that can offer additional emotional and practical support.
Many patients and members of the community are experiencing lonliness, mental health, social isolation.
Recognizing this issue, we aim to empower the community by coming together and exploring how nature and green space can improve wellbeing.
Any queries email: Thrivingstreatham@gmail.com
Come along and join us!
News from Prostate UK!
I have attached our flier for the March for Men event in Battersea Park. Please circulate as widely as you can, we are aiming for as many people as possible to take part to raise awareness.
Our priority is Black men because Black men are a the highest risk of getting prostate cancer compared to other communities.
We have set up a discount code for anyone who wants to register for the event ‘MFMRESEARCH’ this code will get anyone who wants to take part in the actual event 50% off their reg fee.
If you wish to have a presence at the event and/or space in our event village, please let me know. You can also bring along information/materials to give out to raise awareness of your work. We’re still confirming event timings usually have all event staff and volunteers on site for 9:30am ready for the event village to open from 10am. The walk would then begin at 11am – we’re confirming these timings with our event delivery partner/Battersea Park.
Walk with us and thousands of others on Sunday 23 July in London’s Battersea Park.
Choose from a 2, 5 or 10km route and walk side-by-side for the men you love. One day, one moment, one community supporting men with prostate cancer.
Please contact me if you have any queries.
Paul Munim Health Inequalities Manager
Prostate Cancer UK Counting House 53 Tooley Street London SE1 2QN
020 3310 7083
Walk with us and thousands of others on Sunday 23 July in London’s Battersea Park. Choose from a 2, 5 or 10km route and walk side-by-side for the men you love. One day, one moment, one community supporting men with prostate cancer. Register now
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Update from South London Cares!
South London Cares is looking for more volunteers in Streatham for their Love Your Neighbour programme
South London Cares is a community organisation that works to bring together younger and older people across Lambeth and Southwark, to build connection and tackle isolation.
We’ve loved getting to know more older and younger neighbours through our Streatham community. For instance at the Thriving Streatham Autumn Advice Fair a couple of years back we met Sandra, whose late husband used to attend our activities. Since then we’ve matched Sandra with younger local Eleanor on our Love Your Neighbour Programme, and over the past year the pair have been ticking off Sandra’s bucket list of things she’s yet to do – from having a fancy coffee to going out for pizza!
“It's so nice seeing another form of life… It's quite nice mixing with a different age, it's quite important really.” – Sandra (80)
We’re on the lookout for more younger neighbours to volunteer on our Love Your Neighbour programme to build long-lasting, mutual friendships with older neighbours like Sandra. If you or anyone you know would be interested, get in touch. You can contact Programme Coordinator Lauren on lauren.barr@southlondoncares.org.uk or go directly to sign up here: https://southlondoncares.org.uk/get-involved.
Thriving Stockwell Events!
Fiveways PCN Event
Lambeth Together Pop Up Clinic!
As ever stay safe and stay connected!
Michaela
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