Creative Support are a high-quality provider of person-centered support services, for adults with a range of needs including, mental health, learning disabilities and dementia.   Creative Support will be celebrating 25 years of success and Older Persons’ Month on Saturday 26th September from 1pm – 4pm at The Royal British Legion Club in Kingswinford. There will be loads going on, including live music from Aquarius, arts and crafts activities delivered by volunteers from The Challenge, and more! Tickets are only £2 and include a buffet lunch! (Drinks can be purchased from the bar)   If you would like to have a stall, or for more information and to book your ticket, contact Aiesha on 07580 969 368 or email...

This guidance, produced by the LGA in collaboration with the community interest company ‘Innovaions in Dementia’, outlines the importance of councils in supporting people with dementia by creating local dementia friendly communities and demonstrates how councils are making this happen through numerous case study examples. See the full report here- Dementia friendly communities...

This report, published in conjunction with the Royal Society of Public Health, examines the wider public health workforce. It identifies the size and scope of this workforce, provides examples of its work and considers possible professional development needs for strengthening this important service. It has found that at least 15 million people contribute to the public health agenda in England- ranging from fire personnel and police, to opticians and housing officers. See more details here. See the full report here- Understanding the wider public health...

Celebrate 25 years of Creative Support and Older Person’s Month at a Tea Dance on Saturday 26th September between 1pm-4pm. See the poster for more details- Tea...

With only 40,000 people estimated to be part of the core public health workforce, and in light of the crisis in lifestyle and health issues, this report calls for anyone who has ‘the opportunity or ability to positively impact health and wellbeing through their work’ to joing the wider public health workforce. It identifies a number of services, such as the fire service, hairdressing and the postal service which has the capacity to support public health work. See the full report here- Rethinking the public health workforce See the link for more details-...