Get active and age well
Sometimes we need a bit of
encouragement. Sometimes we need friends there to help us along.
Sometimes our 'get up and go' has already 'got up and gone'!
There's a new project that has just
started within the South Central areas of Edinburgh that may just help
you find that 'get up and go'.
The Ageing Well South Central Project is
working towards improving and maintaining the health of those aged 50+
living within the South Central area of Edinburgh. The project aims to
do this through recruiting Senior Health Mentors on a voluntary basis.
These volunteers will act as a positive role model providing
information, support and encouragement to their peers in order to
achieve a more active lifestyle.
GOOD FUN
The Senior Health Mentors will undertake
training that is provided by the ActivAge Unit of Age Concern England
and will gain a certificate verified by Age Concern England to
demonstrate their ability to promote the benefits of an active lifestyle
to their peers. Midlothian Senior Health Mentor, Dorothy McKeane,
explains, 'The training is good fun. It brings people together of
different ages and different ways of looking at things Ð they bring
their own life experiences to it.'
Once the training is completed, the
Senior Health Mentors can dedicate as much time as they wish to the
project depending upon their other commitments.
CONFIDENCE
The Ageing Well South Central project
will provide volunteers with the opportunity to increase their knowledge
surrounding activity and the local community. The project will also
increase volunteers' confidence through communicating with peers on a
one-to-one or group basis. By being part of the group Senior Health
Mentors will work as a team and will be provided with the opportunity to
meet new people and experience new things.
If you would like to find out more about
the Ageing Well South Central project, or would like to receive a free
Information & Recruitment Pack, please contact Anita McCallum
(Project Coordinator) on: 0131 652 2178.
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