Story: Serish Bibi
In June this year the Pakistan Advice & Community Association successfully launched the Page Hall Community Wellness Project, a programme of exciting events and activities designed to improve the health and wellbeing of local residents.
The aim of the project is to increase overall awareness of local health issues and to provide fun and informative workshops supporting people to lead healthier and more fulfilling lives. This is an on-going project and we are adding new programmes to it in 2011.
Some of the programmes include:
MESP (Muslim Elders Support Group):
MESP is a culturally appropriate support service for older people of Pakistani, Yemeni and Somali origin and provides a holistic service of advocacy, education, and health and social activities to promote preventative care and independent living.
Chair Aerobics/Lunch club:
Weekly chair aerobics and provision of a healthy lunch, with separate class times for men and women.
Gardening and Food growing:
In the new year PACA will be converting part of the community centre’s rear space into a food growing area, an excellent opportunity for keen gardeners to grow healthy produce to be used to support our lunch clubs and cooking classes, and also a great keep-fit experience..
Healthy cooking classes:
A series of workshops that will teach healthy cooking methods with an Asian theme, advice about nutrition, and how to eat healthily.
Emotional wellbeing service:
Addressing the needs of local Pakistani women and supporting them to manage emotional problems.
Eating disorders:
Beginning in January and partnering with SYEDA a series of workshops designed to improve understanding of eating disorders for young women.
For more details please contact: Serish Bibi, Health Project Worker Tel: 0114 2619130 serish@pacasheffield.com