Events

NHS Employers are hosting this workshop for patients and patient representatives, to help review existing chaplaincy guidelines in healthcare and create new ways to build and improve upon practices. 

Background

The NHS Chaplaincy guidelines published in 2015 provided a comprehensive description of good practice in chaplaincy care for the NHS in England.

The document responded to changes in the NHS, society and the widening understanding of spiritual, religious and pastoral care.

Over the last three months NHS Employers has engaged with chaplains, NHS Managers, equality leads to review the existing guidelines and this has provided a wealth of feedback that will help shape the proposed revised guidelines in 2019. Read more.

This workshop has been organised in response to the need to engage specifically with patients and patient representative groups and provide them with an opportunity to comment on the guidelines.

Why attend?

• Help review the existing guidelines and suggest new ways forward
• Understand and address how organisation have integrated growing equality consideration within healthcare chaplaincy
• Share and learn about best practice in the field of Healthcare Chaplaincy
• Be part of an engaging and inspiring event with lots of opportunities to make useful connections.

If you are a faith leader or health professional in Southwark or have an interest in developing a healthier faith community Southwark, we would love to hear from you at the event.

Healthwatch Southwark are hosting Faith and Health Summit 2019 alonside Southwark Council, Community Southwark, which will explore the good practice and impact of the Faith and Health Challenge Events in Southwark's faith community over the past few months.

Last year, five faith groups were supported to trial projects with their congregations and local community to support positive health and wellbeing. This event will provide attendees the opportunity to ask the groups key questions about how the project has affected the health of both the faith leaders and the faith group.

During the event, we'll be discussing:

• The relevance of faith in Southwark;
• The Impact of the Faith and HealthChallenge Events to the faith and local community; and
• funding opportunities for further work.

An evening meal and refreshments will be provided at the event.

- Special Guests and Presenters will be announced shortly -

The Learning to Care project at Bell House has been set up to help educate people on how to care for and support their elderly family, friends and neighbours through a series of talks and short films.

Are you:

• Involved in caring for an elderly family member?
• Wanting to know more about how to support an elderly person in your life to stay in their own home and maintain their independence for as long as possible?
• An older member of the community wanting advice on how to continue to live independently in a safe manner?
• Eager to learn more about the symptoms of dementia and services available to offer support?

Bell House invite you to their workshop focusing on dementia.

On the day:

There will opportunities for panel and audience discussion. You will also leave with a handout signposting useful national and local resources for dementia.

You will hear from hear from Alexa Longman, Dementia Clinical Nurse Specialist for South London and Maudsley NHS and Tracey Wells, Services Manager for the Alzheimers' Society

Further details are to be confirmed soon.

Important information

The event will include Doors open at 9.15am for a light breakfast with talks starting at 10am.

Speakers will finish at 1pm.

Read more and register here. 

Christophers Hospice in Sydenham are offering free to unpaid ex-carers and experienced carers who would like to become coaches for carers of people with progressive illnesses for one hour a week.

This 3 day training is being offered as part of a project called Coach4Care, which aims to help current carers sustain and grow their love, energy and wellbeing whilst caring for a loved one.

Take the opportunity to develop your skills and be recognised for the valuable contribution you make.

This training is delivered by animas, and should arm you with a set of powerful tools to help others on your own journeys. Check out the tools here

More information:

Read more about Coach4Care here.

If you have any further queries, please email: A.Warhurst@stchristophers.org.uk