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<![CDATA[welllondon]]> http://www.welllondon.org.uk Animalcarpet RSS Feed generator <![CDATA[Lewisham, Bellingham (Phase 2)]]> http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1466 http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1466 <![CDATA[Projects and Activities]]> http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1467 http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1467 <![CDATA[ Please contact Gary Buswell for more information about the activities taking place, and remember these activities are open to all residents of Bellingham! ]]> http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1468 http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1468 <![CDATA[Bellingham.jpg]]> http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1939 http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1939 <![CDATA[ Project Name and Details Where and When Who Can Come? Bellingham Golden Oldies TBC started in June for 10 sessions Intergenerational Art Project with Sedgehill School Christ Church Creative Reminiscence wellbeing workshops Mon 12-2pm, Christ Church, Bellingham Green All residents welcome Delicious most Nutritious Cooking For Life & Soul Christ Church, Bellingham Green starts in Sept 2014 All residents welcome Dumps Adventure Playground Intergenerational Gardening & food growing Dumps Adventure Playground, Oakview Rd Starts in July 2014 All residents welcome Bellingham Time Bank Craft Club (jewellery making & sewing) Thurs 11am-1pm for 10 sessions Christ Church, Bellingham Green All residents welcome Stories In The Street Bellingham Storytelling project Various venues TBC No sessions as such (visiting various events and collecting stories) African Family Project Aqua Aerobics (continued from year 1) St Dunstans College, Stanstead Rd Sundays 3-4pm families Bel Eve UK BEAM Girls Project (continued) Jul/Aug 2014 (Mon – Fri 10am-3pm) Bellingham Gateway Youth Centre, Brookhowse Rd Participants aged 10-14 Palmers Boxing Academy Fitness sessions for young people (continued) Palmers Boxing Academy, Bellingham Trading Estate 12 th May (Mon & Wed 3.30 – 5.30pm) Participants aged 12-18 Bellingham Beats dance Christchurch, Bellingham Green Weds 4.30 – 6.30pm Participants aged 5-13 Wuntanara Association African Drumming classes (continued) Elfrida School, Elfrida Crescent & Athelney School, (times TBC) Participants aged 5-11 ]]> http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1469 http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1469 <![CDATA[ Lewisham (Phase 1 - Completed) The following Well London activities took place in the South Bellingham target area. Themed Projects Be Creative, Be Well Sage Educational Trust: 'Making Learning Irresistible' storytelling project. Entelechy Arts Ltd: 'The Big Chair Dance'. Trinity Laban: Dance programme. Elevating Success: Jewellery making, fashion & design and drama workshops for Bellingham residents. Standnotamazed': Magic workshops with a performance at Bellingham Festival. Lewisham Youth Theatre: 'My Life' drama documentary created by Young people aged 11-13. GLYPT: 'If you're happy and you know it' storytelling, drama and music projects. Artefacts Edutainment': A one day celebration of healthy living using the arts. Richard Neville: 'Stories in the Street' storytelling and crafts workshops to produce a pack of postcards with local stories. It's about stories isn't it? About letting people know what you've done. That's the only way you can get people talking together. Project participant. Buywell Food co-op. Buywell retail project Eatwell Cook & Eat courses. Community Feasts were delivered in October 2008 and September 2010 DIY Happiness Eight DIY Happiness sessions. Dare to Dream ideas that were developed included: Flower arranging workshops Party for Bellingham Golden Oldies (BeGo) Trip to Leeds Castle Fitness dance sessions Relaxation and massage sessions This course has really helped me, I am a full time carer for family members. Before any stress takes hold I can now take myself off for a few minutes, deep breathing and can calm down and carry on. DIY Participant Mental Wellbeing impact assessment (MWIA) An MWIA took place on the establishment of a food co-op. Changing Minds Mental health awareness sessions took place on a variety of subjects including: Stressed out and fed up? Overcoming stigma. Increase your income for young people. Healthy Spaces School tree planting workshops Farmstead Rd Community Gardening Activate London Ballroom dancing sessions at the Bellingham Leisure centre Hula Hooping classes at the Bellingham Leisure centre Young people sessions in partnership with Sage Education Trust Street dance sessions at Gateway Youth centre Smoothie Bikes at numerous Bellingham Festival Football sessions run by Millwall Football club at numerous Bellingham Festivals. Football sessions - Mad about Football Karate sessions at Gateway Youth centre Heart of the Community Projects Training communities This project provided training for the following Well London groups: WLDT members Well London Activators MWIA facilitators Young Ambassador Training Communities also offered Personal support packages (PSPs). Examples of training people chose included the following: How to develop corporate support. Disease prevention. Positive wellbeing for young people. Cookery. I never realized how much fun I could have cooking and preparing food as I've never really taken cooking seriously before. I think I am learning a useful skill that will benefit me after the classes finish. Youth.com Football academy. Dance sessions. Related links Well London Delivery Team WellNet Active Living Map Participant Data Total participants; 501 393 people reported an increase in healthier eating. 365 people reported increased access to affordable healthy food. 367 people reported an increase in levels of physical activity. 419 people reported that they felt more or much more positive. I remember filling in a Well London questionnaire and was asked what I'd like to see in the local area. I replied that there should be more activities for parents and children to take part in together, so I was really pleased to see this cookery course on offer for me and my daughter. We have both really enjoyed it Participant Farmstead Rd Community Garden Three years ago, the patch of land surrounded by redbrick houses in a corner of Lewisham was an overgrown, flytipped eyesore. Today, thanks to work by Well London, environmental charity Groundwork and Phoenix Community Housing (PCH) - the landowner and local social landlord - it has been transformed. Much of Farmstead Road Community Garden is taken up by allotment-sized plots. Some are tended by local gardeners, others belong to the local primary schools. One end of the garden is peppered with saplings that will yield plums, apples and pears when mature, and a new disabled-access path runs almost the entire length of the space. "We started work in April 2009," says Giovanna Speciale, community and education projects officer for Groundwork, the delivery partner running Well London's Healthy Spaces project. "This was covered in brambles and Japanese knotweed clearing it was a big job." In September last year, the garden and its growers hosted a community feast. Around 80 people came along to eat food made from the garden's first crop of produce. It's mostly fallow at the moment, of course, but preparations are underway for planting. Local resident Betty Sawyer tends a plot along with her granddaughter Amy. "It's all coming along," says Ms Sawyer. "It’s nice to come down and meet people, too, and the kids have loads of fun here." It looks as though most of the heavy lifting has already been done, but as PCH's partnership co-ordinator Trevor Pybus explains, this garden will continue to soak up cash for another couple of years. "It will take around £15,000 a year for another two years to make it sustainable," he says. When the Well London funding comes to an end in March, the garden will be transferred into community ownership and the gardeners, with help from PCH, will be left to run things themselves. "There is lots to think about," says Mr Pybus, "But there is more than enough will here to keep this going." There is already talk among the gardeners about fundraising. ‘We’re looking for donations,’ someone calls out as the gate closes. The momentum is certainly in place here. "We're going to try our best," says Ann Marie Palmer, a passionate gardener who has been involved with Farmstead Road since the beginning. "The more plot-holders there are, the more the community will become involved. We've got six plots opening up - hopefully we can keep maintaining it." March 2011 ]]> http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1040 http://www.welllondon.org.uk/index.php?resourceid=1040