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Community Health Workers Project 

The Community Health Information Workers has been operating from 1986 and was started by community workers who seen the lack of quality health information available to people in local areas.

Aims & Objectives

  1. Improving Health, Well-being and Social Development

  2. Empowering Women in local communities

  3. Building local networks

  4. Building partnership

  5. Programme Implementation and Management

There are now five projects:

Each group meets fortnightly for two hours gathering information on topics and subjects they think are relevant for people within their areas. These could be, Alzheimer’s or Dementia, Funding for Local Groups, Fostering, 11 Plus Examination, Community Dietician, AIDS, Domestic Violence etc.

These projects are a great success and the scheme has been copied in East Belfast and £1,000,000 was received from NOF for 100 more C.H.I.W. for East Belfast.  They have also been duplicated in Derry, North Down and Carrickfergus.

 

CHIW Finally Day June 2010 learning visit to Broughshane 

The CHIW Volunteers elected to go on a learning visit to the village of Broughshane. The key aspect behind this was to see in practice the model of a Village that relies and is developed solely by local Volunteers.
   

On arrival at Houston’s Mill, the CHIW enjoyed a video played by Broughshane Community and District Association depicting the vast range of work undertaken by all sections and age groups in the village. In addition to winning numerous awards for floral displays, the village also won Ulster Calor Village of the Year because of it’s wide ranging innovations. The CHIWs were especially interested in the sustainable development work were by the old mill area was rebuilt and rented out to local healthcare departments providing income to sustain the development work.

 

They were also enthusiastic about seeing the local art work influenced by local children and young people and, most especially, the Village Waterfowl Pond. The latter is a more recent development hosting all seven species of Swan from around the world as well as various Geese and Ducks. This is a project unique in UK or indeed Europe and attracts over 400+ visitors a week. All this helps support local business and sustain village life.

 

 
   

The visit ended with a BBQ at Houston’s Mill with some memorable moments!! Many are now thinking of renting a holiday cottage in the village for a few days with family or friends.
   

 

 

 

 

   

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