1 WELLBEING REGENERATION Making You Smile... Gill Webber MSc Executive Director

2 Why Wellbeing Regeneration? BIG Healthy Living Centre experience/networks/skills Need – Affordable ‘low level’ health interventions – Complementing existing services – Accessibility /local – Rural/social isolation – Community cohesion/ integration

What we do High quality, accessible, ‘low level’ interventions to prevent ill-health and promote self-care that are affordable and help integrate communities: Foot Care Blood Tests Complementary Therapies Lifestyle Improvement Support Activities – Crafts, Social, Exercise, Learning Information, Advice, Signposting Welfare Benefit Support Training, Research, Consultancy 3

Wellbeing Regeneration – what difference do we make? £1M+ in welfare benefits raised for carers, older and disabled people – provides improvements in health & wellbeing, freedom of choice, helps local economy Provided employment for 24 staff – Also 67 volunteering/work experience opportunities 6,200+ beneficiaries in this last year – 5,000+ regular service-users – 30 different community clinics … and growing – 12,000 projected service-users in this next financial year 4

A Case History... Peggy and John 5

What difference do we make? Provide ‘added value’ Work at the heart of communities so better understand their needs and wishes Access additional funding streams and resources More flexible and resourceful ways of working Prevent ill-health and address ‘low level’ health problems, saving the NHS considerable monies Joint-working - creates happier patients Manage quality services on a very tight budget Flexibility enables innovative thinking & proactivity Wide networks, experience and skills Common sense, simplistic and creative approaches 6

7 Contact Details ….. Gill Webber Wellbeing Regeneration Limited Unit 3, Llanelli Gate Business Park, Dafen, Llanelli, SA14 8LQ Tel: Website: Company Registration Number: