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Social Prescribing Day
/in Frontpage, News /by wlcvsdebSkelmersdale Art Network ‘Sanctuary’ celebration
/in Frontpage, News /by wlcvsdebWe’re recruiting!
/in Frontpage, News /by wlcvsdebThanks, Derar!
/in News /by wlcvsdebDerar, pictured left, with some members of the ESOL group
Our ESOL support worker, Derar Mohammed, is leaving CVS to take up a new post at the Ecumenical Centre, after co-ordinating the ESOL project for the last four years.
The English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) project, supported by CVS, came to a close this month after providing nineteen asylum seekers and refugees in West Lancashire with the chance to learn English in a supportive environment.
The course grew out of the work CVS undertook with the original cohort of refugee families – who were placed in Skelmersdale four years ago under a Home Office resettlement programme.
Our support worker Derar Mohammed is a member of one of these families, and has worked tirelessly to help the students remain in the course – often supporting them with difficulties in their own lives which may have deflected them from continuing. He has gone above and beyond the call of duty on numerous occasions to make sure that participants are supported.
Alongside his support worker role, Derar has also undertaken a Masters degree at the University of Central Lancashire and, after 2 years of part-study, has gained a Distinction in his MA in Interpreting and Translation which he is now putting to good use in his work at the Ecumenical Centre.
Our congratulations go to Derar on this tremendous achievement, and our thanks for all his hard work over the years.
It has been a pleasure a privilege to work with you, Derar, and we wish you all the very best in your future life and work here!
Community Champions grants
/in Frontpage, News /by wlcvsdebShaping Care Together – Have your say
/in Frontpage, News /by wlcvsdebWest Lancs CCG needs your views to help inform Shaping Care Together, a new engagement programme run by NHS leaders in Southport, Formby, and West Lancashire, which looks at new ways of working and delivering health and care services in the local area.
Shaping Care Together builds on the national NHS Long Term Plan and wants to help patients get the right care in the right place, at the right time.
Find out more about the programme by visiting www.yoursayshapingcaretogether.co.uk, where the significant challenges facing us in the future are outlined.
The webpage also has a link to the survey, which gives you the opportunity to tell them your thoughts. They would particularly like to hear your thinking on what they could do to improve the care provided to patients in the following key areas:
Alternatively, you can also get in touch via email, shaping.caretogether@nhs.net.
New – Community Champions
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