Boaters can apply for Pewsey Cost of Living Fund vouchers if they are in need of emergency food or have other urgent needs. If you know anyone who is in need please pass this message on to them.
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Boaters can apply for Pewsey Cost of Living Fund vouchers
Monday, May 27th, 2024Health and Wellbeing events for boaters on nb Litania
Wednesday, November 1st, 2023Julian House Travelling Communities Support Service will be visiting Bradford Lock on 7th November 2023 and Caen Hill Marina on 14th November 2023 with nb Litania at 11am to 4.30pm. They will be providing Covid 19 and Flu vaccinations to boaters who are in the eligible groups: age 65 and over and other people who are eligible due to specific health conditions etc. There will also be support and information on welfare; other health matters, and free Boat Fire Safety packs and first aid kits.
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Public Health Wiltshire Boaters’ Survey – respond by 27th October
Tuesday, October 17th, 2023Public Health Wiltshire is running a boaters’ survey to find out about the health and other needs of liveaboard boaters who live or travel in Wiltshire. The purpose of the survey is to determine what boaters’needs are and how they can be met. The more boaters who complete the survey, the more evidence there is for extending or setting up services such as Julian House Travelling Communities Support into Wiltshire and the K&A canal.
You can complete the survey online here
https://surveys.wiltshire.gov.uk/s/boaters
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Healthwatch advice sessions to help boaters get access to healthcare
Wednesday, July 19th, 2023Healthwatch Wiltshire is to run two advice sessions to help boaters get access to the healthcare they need. These will be on Friday 21st July 12pm to 4pm at the Canal Tavern, Bradford on Avon (below lock 14), and Saturday 29th July 12pm to 4pm at the Barge Inn, Honey Street. Come along if you need any advice registering yourself or your child with a GP, getting hospital treatment, and other issues.
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BaNES Council funding for boaters’ fuel costs if you cruise all or partly in the council area
Wednesday, April 5th, 2023Litania warm space this winter, first Thursday of the month
Tuesday, January 10th, 2023Once again, nb Litania will be out on the water between Bath and Bradford on Avon with the Julian House Travelling Communities Support Service. The Boaters’ Cafe Club on Litania will provide a warm space on the first Thursday of every month, with free hot soup, tea and coffee and support from Julian House and Canal Ministries. Their next outing will be on 9th February. They may also provide this at other times.
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Include off-grid households in Government £400 Energy Bills Support Scheme!
Monday, June 20th, 2022FFT need volunteers to mystery shop GP surgeries
Tuesday, December 14th, 2021Friends, Families and Travellers (FFT) need volunteers to help with a mass mystery shop of GP surgeries in England. In recent years, FFT has exposed that GP surgeries routinely broke NHS guidelines by refusing to register a nomadic, Romany or Traveller patient, both before and during the Covid-19 pandemic.
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If you’re over 70 and have not been invited for a Covid-19 jab, contact NHS now!
Tuesday, February 23rd, 2021By mid-February 2021 the Government aimed to have all over-70s and people classed as clinically extremely vulnerable given their first of two vaccinations against Covid-19, but told people they should wait to be invited for their appointment. Now, the NHS wants anyone over 70 or clinically extremely vulnerable who has not had their first jab to contact them to get vaccinated.
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