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Activity Report 20151st April 2014 – 31st March 2015

By Natalie Shaw, Project Co-ordinator

With input from Lucy Melleney, Manager and contributions from:

Eram Kaid, Claire Birkinshaw, Shahed Salim, Jo-Anne Van Levesley, Pam Walton, Yvonne Witter, Saada Osman, Waqas Hameed, Noreen Akhtar

Darnall Well Being OverviewThroughout the year Darnall Well Being ran a total 25 different, regular health activities (20 in Darnall and 5 in Tinsley) which included:

Mon and Wed Health Walk monthly Further Afield Walk Tai Chi Men’s Mon and Wed Gym Men’s 5-a-side Football Darnall and Tinsley Social Prescribing Enquiry Desk Two Women’s Group Sessions Darnall & Tinsley Women’s Walk Outreach Play Tinsley Ladies Aerobics Craft Club Cycling (in partnership with Pedal Ready) Darnall and Tinsley Conversation Clubs Tinsley Over 60’s Transport Subud Aerobics Monthly Diabetes Support Group Monthly EU Drop In Senior Citizens Afternoon Session Men’s Healthier Lunch Club Traditional Somali Dance

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Activity Delivery Overview (inc. all activities above):

695 activity sessions took place,67 Social Prescribing Clinics

9,014 points of contact813 new beneficiaries

From what we were able to record, 326 individuals made face-to-face, telephone or email enquires, of which 300 were signposted to other activities or services.

In addition to the above, our Health Trainers (Generic) had 835 points of contact with clients and the Enhancing Primary and Community Care (EPCC) Health Trainers had 199 points of contact. The Generic programme had 146 new and actively engaged clients through the programme and EPCC an additional 44 new and actively engaged clients. That is a total of 186 beneficiaries and 1,034 points of contact!

Activities Snapshot Tinsley Women Only Walk November 2014 by Development Worker Yvonne. We had a very inspiring, healthy walk and talk today in Tinsley! At the end of the 3 miles route Saada and I looked at each other and said, “I could go to sleep now!It was so uplifting to hear some of the ladies talking about their health conditions and how they are managing, making changes and learning about what to do from Health Trainers and the tremendous support from family members.

One of the ladies is Eram’s client; she spoke about the benefit of exercise and healthy eating.

Another lady who used to attend the activities and stopped for a while talked about 6 different health conditions and all the treatment and support from her husband who is also diabetic.

It is good to hear these stories and the difference it makes to the individuals life. I am delighted that our small contribution in supporting these ladies is worthwhile and they appreciate the time we spend with them to listen, share and learn in improving health, mind and body.

Snapshot Football Session March 2015Harvey is nine years old and has been attending the Football session on a Thursday evening 5:30-7pm at the Lucozade Powerleague since January 2014. He attends the session along with his Dad; Harvey is one of the youngest attendees of the session.His Dad explains below the difference he has seen in Harvey since attending; “Since Harvey has been playing football his confidence in himself has grown. Over this past year he has gone from being one of the quietest in school to one of the loudest and has now got a wide circle of friends. This session has really brought him on in terms of skills and confidence by playing with a mix group of older children and men. In the past year he has gone from playing for a low level league team to Sheffield United Junior Blades to Sheffield United Academy.The Sports worker at Darnall Well Being, Shyde is helping us to look into further development opportunities for Harvey such as coaching training

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Worker Perspective: Shide – Health & Sports Development Worker I am currently involved with a number of activities which enables me to see first hand the benefits of our sessions. People from a wide range of backgrounds and ages attend these sessions. I often see the direct impact on the lives of these people.

Health walks cater for the older community in general, many whom are isolated and live alone. Apart from the obvious health benefits for a brisk walk, there are also other benefits such as the social aspect which helps people get out of the house once a week to meet other like minded people. A walk away from the City, out in a park or in the woods can help reduce stress, and helps people feel happier.

Our Men’s Gym sessions are more suitable for the older gentlemen, most of the users are diabetic. The session helps control their condition, we also have discussions around healthy eating which helps make them informed choices about their dietary requirements.

Thursday night Football is a well mixed and diverse session. Our youngest user is 8 years old and our oldest user is 73 years old! We also have a good mixture of people from approximately 6/7 different backgrounds all whom enjoy a variety of warm up exercises & games followed by a competitive game of football. Rarely will such a diverse group of people ranging from children to old age pensioners and multiple backgrounds participate in an activity all at the same time.

Men’s Healthier Lunch Club is a weekly lunch-club where we promote healthy eating and cooking. Each week we discuss various aspects of healthy eating ranging from portion size, advice around diets of certain conditions, etc this is followed by a 10/15 minute warm up exercise and stretches followed by a healthy lunch. Waqas who does the cooking will go through the menu and show those that are interested what ingredients are used and how the meals are prepared and cooked.

Social prescribing is a weekly session based here at Clover group. People are usually referred via their GP or self referrals, I then book an appointment and see clients, depending on their needs (which is usually based around Health and Physical activity)  I will then try and find them local cost affective activities to promote their health and well being. I can also refer clients to a wide range of other outside agencies and organisations.

Cycling – Learn to RideWorker Perspective: Pam Walton from Pedal ReadyCycle training at Darnall, High Hazels Park began in March/April 2014. We had an average 5 women per session (sometimes 9 or 10) and some progressed onto riding on local roads.

Women attend from a variety of backgrounds be that they are older, from migrant families, have weight or health problems, mental health issues or don't speak English. Many have never cycled before and initially trainees learn to balance their bikes and practising with their brakes.

Many are inspired to learn because they have taught their children and now want to join them or their partners in longer rides. The trainees regularly describe how the course helps with depression, eating issues and feelings of isolation.

On April 27th 2015 the BBC Radio Four Woman’s Hour programme visited the cycling session at High Hazels and interviewed some of the participants and observed the session. This was then broadcast on Friday 1st May as part of a programme all of which came from Sheffield. This programme can still be

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listened to at 25 minutes into the programme and it lasts 6 minutes at http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05s3nmr

Community EngagementAs well as our activities and services, we also deliver or engage in a wide variety of other community engagement activity including

events, talks, workshops, consultations and health initiatives. Through this additional outreach from what we were able to capture we have reached a further 1,314 points of contact over the year.

Our staff and volunteers have also undertaken 24 different training opportunities for example Chronic Pain, Supervision Skills, Cancer awareness, Eat and Heat, Motivational Interviewing and Smoke Free Homes, to name a few.

Tinsley Family Fun Activity Days 2014 Tinsley Green ParkTwo days of fun and activity were organised for Tinsley Activity users and their children/family and friendsThe event was held at Tinsley Green Park and other children joined in when they saw us in the park.•A total of 21 Adults and 40 children attended over the two sessions in August

We had competitions for the following activities;•Skipping, Egg and Spoon race and 100 metre dash•Football – how many goals can you score? •Boules game, mini golf and Ramadan Quiz

Light refreshment of water and melon were provided. During the first session, children all receive a small treat for taking part. Prizes were awarded to all the children who came first in all the activities during the second sessions (for e.g. skipping rope, character pencil set, water bubble set)

The children expressed that they enjoyed the 2 days event and would like to have more activities in the park during holidays. Adults were very supportive and they took part activities. Families were from South Asian background, but some Slovak/Roma children came to ask about the session at the end.Overall it was very well attended and it was good to see the adults in competition with the children.

The Health Trainer Service Looking back over last year and what we could gather from DCRS (HT monitoring system) We had 146 new and actively engaged clients through the programme 83 of which in Darnall and 63 in Tinsley and 108 of those were referrals from a GP or Nurse. Of these clients 77% were from a BME background. Issues supported included:

Diabetes or pain management, diet, emotional wellbeing, exercise and local issues.Of the 458 goals set amongst the clients, 353 were achieved or part achieved by the end of the year. Of the goals set amongst clients there was a 29.3% increase in mental well being. Alcohol consumption in clients went down by 92.31%. For those clients who wanted to eat healthier, fruit and vegetable consumption went up amongst clients For those who had a goal to increase exercise, moderate exercise increased by 143.45% and vigorous exercise increased by 570.83%. by 80% and a reduction in fried foods by 55%. There was also a 59% reduction in smoking consumption amongst clients.

Worker Perspective – Health Trainer - Eram

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My journey with DWB started since 2012, my life has been changed, just when I realized I can change my life, no one can do it for me and by extracting lessons from my experiences is essential for my personal growth.I started as a health champion on April2012 that because I love to help people .After specializing as a health champion and developing my skills through training opportunities I have had .It helped me understanding the community needs as well as develop my knowledge and self confident, I began to achieve my goals which in turn shifted in my personality and management .

I dream to be positive and have an effective role in helping the community when I got a job as a stop smoking worker (maternity cover) on January 2013 for nearly a year. I really enjoyed having a positive effect on client’s lives and helping them stop smoking which increases the years of living from 3 to 10years as well as decreases the chance of disease.

I become Health Trainer on February 2014 I had another opportunity to help my community by raising awareness and empowering clients to making changes in their lifestyle.

My biggest strength is being able to build a positive relationship based on trust with the community.

Darnall Well Being Client Case Study: Health Trainer (Yvonne) Client: WM, aged 68 (African Female).Overview: Mrs M was referred by Practice Nurse at Highgate surgery in December 2014

Nature of health need: Type 2 Diabetes (improving diabetic control) and High blood pressure Increase social contact and Increase physical activity

Agreed Personal Health Plan (PHP): Complete 7 days food diary Attend DWB Monday group walk and weekly Learn to ride sessions in High Hazel park Attend Diabetes Patient Engagement event – 24th February at Hilton hotel Attend Sheffield Diabetes UK monthly meeting and DWB monthly Diabetes Peer Support Group Attend social trips – DWB Further afield walk and Darnall TARA days out

Patient perspective:I was referred by Mary and I did not know what to expect. I am very glad that I decided to attend the appointments because it has made a difference to my life.I feel happy, makes me very busy now. I am not at home looking at the TV. It’s a good opportunity to get out and do activities to manage my health and well being and make friendsI can’t believe I live in Darnall and was not aware of such a lovely park in the area. I love it, lovely place to walkI have made some changes to my diet with Yvonne’s advice and now have a better understanding of portion sizes and carbohydrate to manage my diabetes. I did not eat crisp for 1 whole month which I believe helped with my blood pressure. I am eating more fruit and vegetablesI am very, very happy to know about Darnall Well Being My life is so much different now, something to look forward to every weekI am so glad that I met Yvonne, she always tells me what’s happening and she encourages me to get my husband out as well. He also has diabetes. With Yvonne’s support he attended the Diabetes Patient engagement event and the DWB monthly diabetes group.

Mrs M attended all her appointments and during her review and sign off session in March her wellbeing improved significantly:

Self Efficacy increase from 75% to 87% General health 50% to 60%,

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Well Being – 50% to 88% Mental well being – from 71% to 85% Moderate exercise sessions per week increased form 5 to 12

Enhancing Primary and Community CareEnhanced Primary and Community Care (EPCC) is a trail-blazing pilot in Sheffield that brings together statutory and third sector providers with a shared vision; to co-produce an integrated model of health and wellbeing that connects with patients in a meaningful and holistic way.

The project’s key partners (Local Authority, Primary Care and the Voluntary Sector) combine resources and expertise in order to provide a service wrapped around patient needs. To address health inequalities, we take an asset-based approach to building individual and community resilience, health literacy and active participation.

We adopt a risk stratification model that takes a preventative and proactive approach to identify those most at risk of A&E attendance and unscheduled hospital admission. Combined with local insight and patient-centred care planning, people are supported to manage their own health and wellbeing by plugging primary care directly in to local community health interventions;

1to1 Health Trainer support (chronic conditions, diet, physical activity & mental health) Social Prescribing (signposting and connecting with local activity and services) Peer support (1to1 and group activity) and Volunteering opportunities

We had 44 new and actively engaged clients through the EPCC programme of which 22 in Darnall, 12 in Tinsley and 10 in Jordanthorpe.

Worker Perspective – EPCC: YvonneSome of the family members who are full time carers to EPCC clients benefitted from generic Health Trainer. I had 4 clients who I worked with to support them to make changes to health and well being and to access Time for Me Grant form Sheffield Carers centre For example, a client son wanted some time away from caring to increase physical activity by attending gym sessions. He also access the Time for Me grant and used his grant for a laptop so he could communicate with family members in Pakistan

Health Trainer perspective – NoreenHaving volunteered as a Health Champion with DWB since 2009, it has inspired me to work closely with the BME community and look at any inequalities in health; such as diabetes or mental health. I am fortunate to speak a community language and helps me support clients with their health needs. I have been a Health Trainer since 2014 and have undertaken over the years various training e.g. cancer awareness, diabetes and general health promotion, which has built up my confidence. I work with a diverse range of clients and the health centre in an ideal platform to engage with the community.

Volunteers Worker Perspective: Claire – Volunteer Development Worker I started working for Darnall Wellbeing in 2008 as a Community Smoking Cessation Worker, helping people to give up smoking. This included supporting people to manage their stress levels in constructive ways, and to avoid gaining weight. It was really rewarding to support Darnall and Tinsley people to give up cigarettes and tobacco. Clients found they felt much healthier, had more money to spend on other things and felt less stressed overall. I also helped raise awareness about the dangers of passive smoking.

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After maternity leave for my second daughter in 2014 I became Volunteer Coordinator for Darnall Wellbeing. We host different kinds of volunteers, Health Champions, Pregnancy and Early Years Champions and Practice Champions. I help recruit, train and supervise the volunteers. Part of my role is to make sure the volunteers have a rewarding, enjoyable experience. The volunteers help with all sorts of activities and projects, from health walks to health promotion and social prescribing. A more recent development is the role of ‘Helping Hands’ volunteers to support people who would like to attend a healthy activity by meeting them and going with them until they feel confident to go on their own. My work as a Volunteer Coordinator is very interesting. It has been really good getting to know local people and helping them develop their skills.

Practice ChampionsPractice Champions are volunteers from a GP practice who give up their time to help improve health of their fellow patients.  The model is that the Champions themselves help shape the services they provide both according to their interest and also utilising their knowledge of the needs of their community of patients.  They are supported to do this by the host organisation, Darnall Wellbeing and the Practice. 

Delivery:45 new volunteers recruited and attended a 2 day bespoke training. They have supported activities such as walks, chairobics and Enquiry Desk. Supported delivery of information on health topics such as Choose Well, Cancer Awareness, Diabetes and Diabetes & Ramadan. Various events have been supported by volunteers such as Darnall Primary Care Centre Open Day, Family Picnic and International Women’s Day.

Practice Champion Case Study Practice Champion Perspective;“DWB has helped me to come out of dark place I was in after losing my husband which was the biggest shock of my life, the support and activities of DWB helped me to think positively about myself and my community and give something back to community as a volunteer while enjoying my new role as Practice Champion and the new friendships. Practice champion volunteering and DWB activities have actually filled in the gaps and I have now a busy week to look forward to in which I attend the walk, craft group and enquiry desk. I am now going out more, socialising more; I am more active and feel better in myself. It gives me a reason to get out of bed and mingling with people of other ethnic groups is a new and positive experience.

The major difference in my view was the activities and services offered at this surgery by DWB, my previous surgery had nothing like this to offer thus I have never been motivated to do any thing like this. The Health Trainer was friendly and supportive and encouraged me to try the activities and than I chose what I want to go ahead with, the friendliness of staff and the participants of the groups really made me welcome and I decided to come back and carry on enjoying. The groups and activities of DWB are now an essential part of my week and I have made some friends as well. It is like “someone to speak to with confidence about myself and any issues bothering me to get impartial advice with out fear of family connection or knowing”.I feel good, positive, energetic, useful, empowered and resourceful as a Practice Champion.I don’t usually feel good about myself but Practice Champion work gives me a sense of achievement every week. It is like another string to my bow.I feel lot happier since I started as a Practice Champion and I look forward to go on a Friday to run the enquiry desk, it is a blanket under which I can hide my stress and problems for few hours and help others while enjoying myself. I have different topics to talk about, learn, listen and enjoy as a Practice Champion. New friends are a bonus while being a Practice Champion”.

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Core Health Champion ContractDelivery: 6 new volunteers recruited, achieving 282 hours of volunteer time, supporting at least 689 beneficiaries.

MH – Core Health Champion Case StudySeptember 2014. Milan is Roma Slovak and a patient of the local GP practice where DWB are based. He first started seeing a Health Trainer at DWB in October 2013 and one area he talked about with the Health Trainer is becoming a volunteer.

In anticipation of a renewal of contract for Health Champions, Milan started to get involved with activities in February and signed up as a volunteer. He wanted to volunteer because he wanted to help his community, support people to manage their own health conditions and support community cohesion and integration – he felt that he now knows the different things he can do to stay healthy and wanted to share this with others, particularly around managing long term conditions.

DWB in February started a four week course of Happy and Healthy sessions particularly targeting the Roma Slovak community in Darnall. Milan promoted the sessions at his childrens’ schools as well as attending the sessions along with his wife, brother and sister. During the sessions he offered an insight and his opinion on how to work with his own community particularly around engagement and also health issues. Issues that came up were around advice, lack of information and language levels, understanding about what services were available and how to access them and managing common childhood illness and general family sickness.

Two key ideas were formed from the sessions: establishing a Welcome to Darnall drop in and also running a conversation club, which a few weeks later we were able to start.

Milan manages long term health conditions which include chronic pain, depression, stress and anxiety – being part of the conversation club helped motivate himself to get out of the house, improve his own limited English: it provide a welcome distraction from his chronic pain. Quite often the workers noticed he arrived in considerable pain but by the end of the session, the strain in his face had gone and he was sitting more comfortably.

Overall Milan volunteered for a total of 4 months (Feb – May) achieving a minimum of 22 hours and talked to 192 new participants. Capturing his full hours has proved difficult due to his limited English (particularly written), ongoing poor health and also returning to Slovakia.

Added value: His younger brother Roman became a Practice Champion and has now secured sessional work as a Roma Community Ambassador, working on a community cohesion project called One Darnall.

Pregnancy & Early Years ChampionsLast year we recruited three Pregnancy and Early Years Volunteers who completed a mandatory 6 week bespoke course and completed 273 hours of volunteer time.

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Once completing the course they went on to engage with two Health Visitor drop in clinics one at Darnall Children’s Centre and the other here at Darnall Primary Care; here they spoke to at least 466 people around:

weaning, breastfeeding, physical activity and stop smoking support to give a few examples.

Choose Well Courses Report. In March in partnership with Shipshape a two day training course around Choose Well and Managing Common Childhood Conditions were delivered. In total 12 beneficiaries attended the course. Ethnicities of participants were 3 Pakistani, 1 Hungarian, 3 Arabic, 2 Asian Bengali, 2 Slovak Roma and 1 Somali. Of the 12 beneficiaries, 8 ages were captured and they ranged from 22 – 40 years. Of the 12 beneficiaries, 2 males and 10 females attended.

The participants between them had a total of 28 children. Two participants had 5 children, three participants had 4 children and six participants had one child.

1. Managing Common Childhood Conditions delivered on Friday 20th March – supported by Health Visitor

Attended by 12 participants – 3 were volunteers supporting for language interpretation.2. Basic First Aid delivered on Friday 27th March. Attended by 9 participants – 2 were volunteers supporting for language interpretation.

Comments made by people who attended the course in March 2015 (captured on the 24th of April):• “I found this course interesting and useful for me and my children, I know for fever to use cold water to help cool and using paracetamol at home, no need to go to GP. A couple of days ago my boy was injured by hot tea and I put his arm in cold water.”• “I enjoyed the course it was very useful for me, I had a pregnant friend who had pain in her teeth and wasn’t sure where she could get help at the weekend. From the course I used the 111 number which I didn’t know before, was very helpful. “ • My Baby wasn’t well so gave him calpol and waited for two days, before attending the course I would have gone to doctors.”

One DarnallDWB hosted key elements of the Police Crime Commissioners Fund 2014-15. (PCCF). The focus was to work in both Darnall and Tinsley. The latter having a longer and more in-depth history of members settling into the community (approx. 9 years). The PCCF was targeted at specific areas to start to try to engage communities together and build on cohesion and addressing the ‘reported’ and ‘perceived’ tensions and myths associated with the cultures of the three different sections of people in the community. (Gypsy, Roma and Slovakian). Written by Jo Anne Van Levesley.

Last year a number of events, initiatives and activities took place:Lantern Parade...Mikulas Christmas Event (reaching nearly 200 people!)...a Monthly ‘Welcome to Darnall’ Drop In...Roma Ambassadors Project...EU Reference Group....Summer Play Scheme, a Senior Citizens Monthly Session.

Snapshot from Senior Citizens Social Afternoon developed by Jean PickeringRose said “we enjoyed ourselves and I got up to have a dance because my friend Maureen did – I hadn’t danced for years! We used to go out every couple of weeks in town when we were younger and Ken used to get up and sing with his friend so Ken enjoyed the music. It brought people together.

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Some people I knew and some pensioners I didn’t know. What was good about it was that it just gets you out of the house and it brought people together. People were mixing and taking to other people.”

Snapshot: Summer Play Scheme Over the six weeks we achieved a total of 1,578 points of contact across a total of 40 sessions, which gives an average of 40 children per session. 11 play workers supported the scheme in total, with 2 – 4 volunteers also taking part.

Snapshot: we reached over 200 individual children, of which at least 10% were from a Slovak Roma background. We had a range of age ranges and both girls and boys engaging, with the majority of children aged 8 – 11 years from a variety of different ethnicities including Somali, Pakistani, White British, Bengali and Yemeni.

Feedback from children“I liked the parachute games, colouring, playdough and rounders :o)” – Mahama, aged 6yrs.“I played football, cricket and rounders and enjoyed being out of the house.” – McCauley, aged 8yrs.“...I’ve met new friends and learnt new things. It was fun – I love One Darnall”. – Kazim, agred 10yrs.“I think it’s good because I can play football – it makes it easy to make friends”. – Munashe, 10yrs.“I have learnt more about football, cricket and rounders too!” – Areeb, aged 9yrs.“I really enjoyed the play scheme because the staff made it really fun. The staff were really kind and I enjoyed rounders because that’s my favourite.” – Zeshaan, aged 12yrs. “I enjoyed the football best, also the cricket. It is a very good play scheme.” – Declan, aged 13yrs

Communities of InterestLast year Darnall Well Being had funding to work with specific areas of the community, Muslim Elders and Slovak Roma. From this funding a number of things were developed; Healthier Men’s Lunch, Khat Awareness talk, Cancer and Diabetes Event, Oral Health Promotion and Somali Dance.

Activity Snapshot: Men’s Lunch Club. Session One:Food of the Day: Grilled Chicken with Saffron Rice, salad and Raita.Talk of the Day: Diabetes and its effects on everyday life. The conversation will focus on •What is Diabetes, Types of Diabetes, as well as What types of food are good if you have Diabetes.Session One Outcome:The session was well attended with a mix of different ethnicities; the participants arrived on time and were given a brief about the purpose of the session and the food which was cooked. They were encouraged to have a discussion about the taste, quantity and atmosphere of the club.10 Participants turned up to the first session with an age range of 41 – 73 years old. The men were from an Asian, English, Pakistani and Bengali back ground. Out of the 10 participants, 3 participants have diabetes and a further 3 have diabetes and another health condition such as asthma. Two participants also have COPD.

Worker Perspective - Waqas

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Men’s Healthy Lunch Club was the second new challenge for me last year it was an idea at first but became a reality when it got a go ahead from Lucy. The start of the lunch club was a very exciting moment for me and every one at DWB, all the team at DWB supported the launch of lunch club in their own capacity. Lunch club is now up and running over three months and the response and number of attendees are very good.

Activity Snapshot: Somali Dance written by SaadaOriginally, we started a Somali dance session to help Somali young girls learn more about their culture and also to give the Somali women the chance to do more exercise, lose weight and help with joint pain. The dance is very energetic with jumping, hopping and skipping movements. So, it has a positive impact on the women’s health.

A lot of the Somali women who use this activity have diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and blood pressure etc. and they don’t go out of the house very often. But now, after we started the Somali dance they come out and have conversation with each other and they take stress out and they really enjoy it. There is a social benefit.

I spoke to one or two ladies and I asked how they feel about Somali dance and how it helps their health. They said they really enjoyed it and want to continue because they lost some weight, their joint pain reduced and one of them said even her blood sugar level is down because I am sweating a lot when I am doing this exercise. The night they did the exercise, they slept well as they were in less pain – before their muscles felt tighter.

They also said it is helped mentally and socially because they come out of the house and meet new people and have conversation with them. They said it is also supporting their finances because it is low cost (only £1 adult, 50p child) and local.

I asked similar questions with the young girls and what they got from the session. They said “we really enjoy it and we learn a lot of different Somali dance routines and songs, which we have never had the opportunity before….we have more confidence now and we can dance at Somali wedding parts or any event about culture or health. One young girl was dancing at a wedding in Germany and all of the 250+ guests were amazed – the elderly people couldn’t believe this young girl who had grown up in Europe had been able to learn the dances!

The session is accessible to young as well as older ladies, including one retired White British lady who is now one of the top four in the class!! She will be helping with a demonstration at Darnall Well Being’s AGM this month.

Next steps – I will be encouraging some of the ladies to attend the Conversation Club that takes place in the same building – Darnall Primary Care Centre – and also visiting families in their homes to encourage more participants. Thank you.

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