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Connecting Communities now on Twitter @C2_Exeter

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An alternative vision of integrated dementia care

Here's Sale's vision of integrated dementia care:Our vision is ambitious: we’d like to create a virtual day centre in our town, built out of our assets and founded on relationships and community values. De-professionalised, personal and caring.Published by the NHS Alliancehttp://www.nhsalliance.org/an-alternative-vision-of-integrated-dementia-care/See More

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Taking control

In my last blog, I talked about an early life blighted by chronic asthma and my eventual victory over self by taking control and concentrating on what I could do, rather than what I couldn’t.This week, I turn not to individuals and self-management of illness, but the wider issue of communities feeling in control and how this…See More

May 13

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Sale Square Mile - becoming a dementia friendly town!

Sale Living Magazine articleI am so excited about a recent article on Sale Living Magazine focusing on our work in Sale. We are planning to help my home town of Sale become a dementia friendly town - happy to link to others working on this!We decided to ask residents, 3rd sector, local businesses and partner…See More

Apr 29

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"Read @HeatherHenry4 latest blog - Using our strengths: The new health promotion. Don't let #LTCs get you down bit.ly/11RnqqO"

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ABCD Community Building what would / does it look like?

ABCD Community Building is becoming a phenomenon for change. Share what you're learning.See More

Apr 26

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Fling open your doors - an asset based approach to practice management

Written for Practice Management Magazine Fling Open Your Doors offers practice managers some practical advice on how to connect to their communities, find and work in partnership with their hidden assets!See More

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Fling open your doors - an asset based approach to practice management

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Fling open your doors - an asset based approach to practice management

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"C2 North Solihull - a real example of assets connecting http://ning.it/WkO5v8"

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"Please check out the new website, FB & twitter account for the resident led partnership Foleshill Moving Forward: http://ning.it/PX5cTh"

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"CALLplus, the Manchester cancer charity for which I am trustee has just won a Big Society Award from the PM PROUD See http://ning.it/QrPavv"

Oct 17, 2012

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Connecting Communities now on Twitter @C2_Exeter

Hello allJust to let you know that Connecting Communities - An award-winning asset based community development approach, founded by Hazel Stuteley OBE, is now on Twitter.Our handle is @C2_Exeter and we do hope that you will drop by and share news and discuss all things ABCD with us.Hazel is not yet on Twitter but she tells me that if we get to 500 followers she will join!It's another way to connect and share ABCD across Europe and also point people to this website too.If you are not on Twitter…See More

Aug 10, 2012

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"Hi Heather Thanks for joining the West Mids group. I need to post some updates, there's so much going on and not enough time to celebrate across all these great networks. Thanks for sharing your photos, a great way to get a flavour of…"

Jul 13, 2012

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Connecting Communities residential training programme 10-13th Sept at Exeter University Campus

September 10, 2012 at 12pm to September 13, 2012 at 12:30pm

Due to popular demand we are repeating this programme, designed to equip learners with practical evidence based skills in ABCD.Royal Society of Public Health accredited.See More

Jul 12, 2012

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Heather Henry joined Lorna Prescott's group

West Midlands asset based health practioners

Open to all, but a place for sharing practice and making connections in the West Midlands in particular. Building on face-to-face activity through Learning for Public Health West Midlands http://www.wmpho.org.uk/lfph/See More

Jul 11, 2012

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Organisation, if applicable.: Brightness Management

Where are you based?: Manchester

What brings you to ABCD Europe?: The future is asset based community development. I'm freelance and I am trained to use the Connecting Communities/HELP ABCD approach, developed by Hazel Stuteley et al at Peninsula Medical School, Exeter University. Currently I am working in Foleshill Coventry, 14 yr life expectancy gap!

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An alternative vision of integrated dementia care

Here's Sale's vision of integrated dementia care:

Our vision is ambitious: we’d like to create a virtual day centre in our town, built out of our assets and founded on relationships and community values. De-professionalised, personal and caring.

Published by the NHS Alliance…

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Posted on May 29, 2013 at 20:17

Taking control

In my last blog, I talked about an early life blighted by chronic asthma and my eventual victory over self by taking control and concentrating on what I could do, rather than what I couldn’t.

This week, I turn not to individuals and self-management of illness, but the wider issue of communities feeling…

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Posted on May 13, 2013 at 21:12

Sale Square Mile - becoming a dementia friendly town!

Sale Living Magazine article

I am so excited about a recent article on Sale Living Magazine focusing on our work in Sale. We are planning to help my home town of Sale become a dementia friendly town - happy to link to others working on this!

We decided to ask residents, 3rd…

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Fling open your doors - an asset based approach to practice management

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At 18:26 on July 13, 2012, Lorna Prescott said…: Hi Heather

Thanks for joining the West Mids group. I need to post some updates, there's so much going on and not enough time to celebrate across all these great networks. Thanks for sharing your photos, a great way to get a flavour of what's going on in Coventry :)

At 22:54 on July 10, 2012, David Aynsley said…: Hi Heather, It's a small world! I'm retiring from teh police soon and working as teh Cornwall Community Timebank co-ordinator. Happy days! Dave Aynsley