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Report from Chris Shaw CEO AiW Health. Walking, running, water polo and future plans. And tales of Hadrians Wall!
Report from Chris Shaw CEO AiW Health. Walking, running, water polo and future plans. And tales of Hadrians Wall! Just a quick note... -
Advocacy in Wirral Health. Offering a wide range of support services in mental health for Wirral since 1992.
Advocacy in Wirral Health. AiW Health was set up in July 1992 by a small group of service users who had identified... -
Changes in Disability Living Allowance. Here are the facts and check how it may affect you. Let Esther McVey know how you feel!
Changes in Disability Living Allowance Quick Guide: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/pip-quick-guide.pdf Online checking here: How is it different to DLA? https://www.gov.uk/pip-checker PS You do not need to fil in... -
Worried about money? Free Benefits Guide from Rethink.
Your Free Benefits Guide Benefits rules are confusing at the best of times. But this month, we have been deluged with... -
Birkenhead Park Spring Events and Weekly Activities . Something for everyone!
Birkenhead Park Spring Events. Something for everyone! Gallery exhibitions: 2nd to 6th April Autism Awareness Week Arts and crafts by Wirral Autistic Society. 10th to 19th April Michele Dalton: Wish you were... -
Why not join a walking group on the Wirral?
Why not do something different and join a walking group? Why should I bother, you may say? Well, walking is... -
Latest APEx newsletter. Lots of great activities. All welcome!
APEx Newsletter Thursday *The Brambles (every Thursday @ 13:00) Location may vary (Call/email to confirm) Our Brambles community-gardening continues this Thursday @ 13:00 (please... -
Wirral Foodbank. Are you struggling to feed yourself and family? You can be referred for 3 days worth of emergency food. Or get involved and volunteer!
Wirral Foodbank Check out the website for all the information including a list of distribution centres and collection points if you... -
St James Centre and NBDT. ‘Improving quality of life and opportunities for all living in North Birkenhead and Bidston’.
North Birkenhead Development Trust and the St James Centre North Birkenhead Development Trust was established in 2004 to improve the quality of... -
APEx weekly update. Lots to fun ways to better health and wellbeing. All welcome!
Monday G.I.T.E. (Gentle Introduction to Exercise) Programme (every Monday @ 14:00) Top Floor, Rooms 3 & 4, St. Cath’s Hospital Our GITE sessions... -
Get your Wirral Passport and save money on council leisure and cultural facilities!
About the Passport Scheme: A Wirral Passport entitles residents and non-residents to a range of discounts on sport and leisure activities... -
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust’s NEW Advance Statement. “What I would like to happen if I become unwell.” Start your own today!
Cheshire and Wirral Partnership Trust’s NEW Advance Statement. “If at any time I experience a mental health crisis, I would like the following statement to guide... -
FREE activities with The Community Programme for Wirral.
The Community Programme Information on FREE local healthy activities and courses What is The Community Programme? The Community Programme is a range of... -
The Freecycle Network for Wirral. Being Green is Fun! Getting what you need for free is even better!
Ive joined the Freecycle Network Wirral Group and have found it to be really good for sourcing articles I need... -
What’s On at St James Centre, Laird St, Birkenhead. Loads of New Great Free Activities!
There’s always a warm welcome at St James Centre! Lots of free activities and lovely cheap cafe. Get on down and make... -
“Woodside Wellbeing and Recovery Campus”. Message from Chris Shaw CEO Advocacy in Wirral.
The “Woodside Wellbeing and Recovery Campus” is developing apace. Our Advocates and Admin are so very busy supporting vulnerable Wirral Folk... -
The Hardest Hit 2012 Week of Action – ‘The Tipping Point’ report and campaign from National MIND for all those affected by government cuts. Email your MP today!
From my work with Mind over the last couple of years, I know that the impact of cuts and changes... -
Report from Chris Shaw – Bird-ringing Guided Tour. Sunday 21st October 2012
Hilbre Island 21st October– Bird-ringing Guided Tour. Report from Chris Shaw CEO Advocacy 17 fine folk. some fine and fabulous weather to... -
Very important information about ESA and Work Capability Assessments! Please read if you are in care of a psychiatrist or CPN.
Very important information about ESA and Work Capability Assessments! At the moment there is a lot of confusion around ESA and Work... -
Power to the people! One man’s poignant letter to David Cameron about the privatisation and devastation of the welfare state.
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Atos Scandal: Benefits Bosses Admit Over Half Of People Ruled Fit To Work Ended Up Destitute .
Atos Scandal: Benefits Bosses Admit Over Half Of People Ruled Fit To Work Ended Up Destitute Article From The Daily Record By John... -
Advocacy in Wirral presents their newest issue of ‘Mental Health Matters’ – their online newsletter.
Message from Advocacy in Wirral Here is the the August / September issue of Mental Health Matters, the newsletter of Advocacy... -
BBC Panorama, Disabled or Faking it? Shocking exposé of ESA assessments.
BBC Panorama, Disabled or Faking it? Professor Malcolm Harrington Disabled film-maker Kate Ansell directed tonight’s Panorama about Employment Support Allowance and the... -
Benefit cheats ‘colour attitudes to disabled people’. BBC report
Benefit cheats ‘colour attitudes to disabled people’ All disabled benefit claimants are to be reassessed for their capability for work Many disabled... -
An 11 mile Lancastrian Smile – (Written as an active Member of APEx!). Report from Chris Shaw CEO AiW on walks, trundles, swims and thoughts on current mental health system and Wirral’s progressive future.
An 11 mile Lancastrian Smile (Written as an active Member of APEx!). Runs, Trundles and Walks with Historical Theme – Ely and... -
Food Myths. Some of the hype we are being fed about foods!
The biggest food myths in Britain What are the biggest food myths you shouldn’t believe? It seems every day a new miracle... -
Cup-cake tastic! Building Bridges wins tender for cafe at the new St Caths in Tranmere.
Building Bridges (Advocacy in Wirral’s Social Enterprise) Wins tender for cafe service to new St Caths Hospital in Tranmere. The cafe will be... -
Benefit cuts are fuelling abuse of disabled people, say charities. Guardian
Benefit cuts are fuelling abuse of disabled people, say charities Rising public resentment blamed on government focus on alleged ‘scrounger’ fraud and inflammatory... -
Cheap and healthy food to warm the cockles in this cold weather!
Food to warm the cockles in this cold weather! It’s freezing cold outside at the minute, with no sign of spring... -
Worried about your finances or benefits? Don’t forget Advocacy in Wirral are there to help and support you!
What is Advocacy ? People experiencing mental ill-health are entitled to be in control of their own lives, but factors such... -
Food and Mood. Great advice and tips from the Mental Health Foundation.
Food and Mood. Great advice and tips from the Mental Health Foundation. Most people are aware that a healthy diet is important... -
Concerns Expressed Over Benefit Assessment Company
As most people know, the government has plans to phase out incapacity benefit and replace it with employment and support... -
Protests highlight severity of benefit cuts for disabled people: Hardest Hit marches all over UK. Guardian.
Protests highlight severity of benefit cuts for disabled people Hardest Hit marches have taken place across the UK in response to... -
How Mind’s spoof paper aims to set the record straight on benefit fraud. A spoof paper is doing the rounds at the party conferences, produced to highlight the often unfair portrayal of welfare claimants. Guardian.
How Mind’s spoof paper aims to set the record straight on benefit fraud A spoof paper is doing the rounds at... -
The Daily Hate strikes again! With emotive headlines like this does anyone stand a fair chance? “The shirking classes: Just 1 in 14 incapacity claimants is unfit to work”
Once again the Daily Mail is waging a war on those in society who are sick and disabled or simply... -
Love food Hate Waste – campaign to make us all think about the way we use food
The Love Food Hate Waste organisation campaigns to end the prolific waste of food, which we can all be guilty of. ...
