Active Devon will be hosting a conference and networking event with keynote speakers, such as Sport England CEO Tim Hollingsworth on Monday 25th of November. This unique conference and networking event will explore the future of physical activity within health and wellbeing, the power of place-based approaches to transform communities, [...]
NHS England and NHS Improvement are currently looking to gain the opinions and experiences of patients, potential patients, parents, carers and advocates of patients who use special care dental services in the South West. The aim of the survey will help shape these services in future and to make sure [...]
Healthwatch have launched a survey around the NHS 10 Year Long Term Plan and are consulting the public around their wishes for services in the future. There are two surveys – one gathering general views, the second gathering feedback around the following conditions – Cancer, Heart & Lung Disease, Mental [...]
As many of you know, the focus of Thrive Plymouth year four was on the five ways to wellbeing, CLANG. Connecting, Learning, Being Active, Noticing and Giving. Thrive would now like to collect all the amazing work carried out during Thrive Plymouth Year Four and put into an end of [...]
We have recently received information from PHE about a particular online game which appears to have played a role in a recent suicide of a young person (in a different region). As I am sure you will be aware, guidance around communications is to avoid anything which might draw attention [...]
This meeting was aimed at looking at the “C – Connect” in the CLANG plan and the main part of the meeting was given over to the members who were there splitting into organisations who deliver services and those who (or whose clients) receive services. Quick gambol through the delivery [...]
Livewell Southwest today announced the appointment of a new Chief Executive to succeed Professor Steve Waite on his retirement in February 2018. Livewell Southwest Chairman, Duncan Currall, said: "Following an extensive and intensive recruitment and selection process that has involved colleagues from within Livewell Southwest and from partner organisations, I [...]
The Livewell Arts Festival is due to launch next week at the Roland Levinskey Building in Plymouth University's main campus. The month-long festival will host a range of events and activities from Yoga, Craft Sessions, Memory Cafe dropin sessions, Timebanking etc... For a comprehensive list of events please download the [...]
Our friends at Active Devon have drawn our attention to a new programme for schools that Public Health England (PHE) have launched which will introduce new coping strategies to help children deal with modern life, with the aim of improving their resilience and mental wellbeing. PHE are delivering these strategies [...]
Thrive Plymouth's year 4 topic will be on Mental Wellbeing. We heard over arching details of the programme from Sarah Bird and Dan Preece at the last network meeting, followed by a workshop and now we are looking at how the network can help. Thrive have now been in touch [...]