Warm in West Berkshire
BY BUZZ
A programme providing advice to the community on keeping warm, launched last Friday at Shaw House, Newbury.
The launch recieved support from more than 50 health and home care professionals from across the district. The event provided them with the tools to help guide their patients on how to keep warm and stay healthy this winter.
The programme includes a range of activities such as providing general information for everyone through leaflets and their website www.warminwestberkshire.org.uk. There is also additional individual support available for vulnerable people through the partners in the project.
The event was organised by CCB (Community Council for Berkshire), with speakers from partners in the programme, including Jeremy Speed from Berkshire West NHS Trust who explained the importance of a warm home in winter, Jayne Mills from West Berkshire Council who explained the Council’s approach to offering specialised energy efficiency advice to vulnerable people in the district and Garry Poulson, who talked about the drive to recruit 4×4 ICED drivers (In Case of Emergency Drivers) to collect emergency provisions and prescriptions for people during an extreme weather event.
Practitioners were provided with leaflets and information to hand out and use during home visits, tips on energy efficiency, and signposting professionals to other areas of support they can call on to meet their clients’ needs.
The programme runs between January and March and is funded by the Department of Health.
