New Island in Cornwall
New ‘Island’ in Cornwall A new integrated health and wellbeing facility, in West Cornwall, celebrated its grand opening on Friday 25 October 2024. Part of Humphry Davy School in Penzance, the new Centre was officially opened by Barbara Vann – Chair of Duchy Health Charity, and Helen Glover MBE – Double Olympic Gold Medallist and former […]
Eden Conference 2021
The twice postponed conference, due to Covid-19, on challenges around the introduction of Social Prescribing in Cornwall and now, the new Integrated Care System(ICS), became the focus of GP’s, Health Managers and representatives from the Voluntary Sector on Friday 1 October at the Eden Project. Here we cover the main speaker’s talks and questions put […]
Progressing our postponed conference: Latest News
Progressing our postponed conference: Latest News Thank you to the following for helping us with research for our webinars: Contributors: Dr Stewart Smith, GP, St Austell PracticeDr Michael Dixon, National Clinical Lead for Social Prescribing, GP, Chairman of the College of MedicineProfessor Catherine Leyshon, Associate Professor of Human Biology, University of ExeterLuke Bennett, Partner at PKF Francis Clark, specialist […]
Webinar 2 Finding Normal – Key-note Speakers’ talks in full
Webinar – Finding Normal – Key-note Speakers’ talks in full Webinar 2 held on 21 May 2021 Finding Normal – Food for thought and some great contributions to help us all develop the themes and discussions for our major event on 1 October 2021 at the Eden Project. Learn about issues around Social Prescribing, post-Covid, […]
Webinar 2: Finding Normal and the Premier of our specially commissioned film ‘Changing the script’
‘This is the forecast for the 1.5 hours on 21 May 2021. The intense FUR-LOW, known as Covid-19 from China that has been battering the UK for the past year is to give way slowly to a weak NEW-NORMAL HIGH approaching us from the coast of KERNOW, thanks to the winds of INTELLIGENCE which will […]
BBC Spotlight appearance hits the spot
BBC SPOTLIGHT APPEARANCE HITS THE ‘SPOT’. Our Trustee, Carol O’Brien, put out an appeal for Cornwall’s charities, suffering because of Covid -19, to approach us for support to help them through the present crisis. Within 2 days our Grants Committee had 18 requests and committed over £55k. To adhere to our criteria for provide funding […]
Latest news on the Conference entitled Social Prescribing: Profit for Patients & Practices
LATEST NEWS ON THE CONFERENCE ENTITLED SOCIAL PRESCRIBING: PROFIT FOR PATIENTS & PRACTICES CONFERENCE CANCELLATION: PROFIT FOR PATIENTS AND PRACTICES 27 MARCH 2020 All signed-up delegates will receive an email in the next few days to say that a pack will be sent to them to enable everyone to read the papers from our Speakers, […]
How we struck gold! World premier: ‘Changing the Script’
HOW WE STRUCK GOLD! WORLD PREMIER: ‘CHANGING THE SCRIPT’ A preview of our film commissioned to highlight Cornwall’s new Social Prescribing initiative was shown to the ‘actors’ and post production teams across county at the Plaza Truro on 1 February 2020. Doctors, paients and Surgery team members saw themselves for the first time ‘up big’ […]
SOCIAL PRESCRIBING: PROFIT FOR PATIENTS & PRACTICES CONFERENCE
SOCIAL PRESCRIBING: PROFIT FOR PATIENTS & PRACTICES CONFERENCE DUCHY HEALTH CHARITY ARE DELIGHTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT THE POSTPONED CONFERENCE SOCIAL PRESCRIBING: PROFIT FOR PATIENTS AND PRACTICES will now take place on Friday 27 March 2020 at the Eden Project’s conference centre An enhanced format, supported and endorsed by NHS England, will highlight the launch of the film Changing the […]
By Royal Invitation
BY ROYAL INVITATION Seven trustees were invited to the Prince of Wales’s 70th Birthday Patronage Celebration in the gardens of Buckingham Palace on Tuesday 22 May 2018. We joined military organisations and over 420 Charities for a joyous day, one of London’s warmest this year to recognise, amongst others, our own patron’s interest in the work […]