Health and Wellbeing

Community Wardens

Meeting the needs of vulnerable groups in the 21st century

The Health and Wellbeing initiative within Goodwin Development Trust has been specifically developed to address the new challenges we now face collectively as a society:

• The impact of lifestyles on our individual health, the decisions we should make and the support required to effect sustainable change in the medium and long term future.
• Supporting people to live independently for longer and where possible in their own homes by providing preventative and supportive early intervention programmes that often delay the need for intensive care or residential care.
• Providing information and advocacy to pregnant women to enable them to have positive birthing experiences

These three areas of delivery allow our input as an organization to spread across the entire age range of the population (and indeed extends into pre-natal with services provided by the Children's Centres www.octagonnursery.goodwintrust.org/  and the Goodwin Doula Service www.goodwindoulas.org  whilst our knowledge and experience of the communities we assist ensures social inclusion is at the centre of all the services we provide. In addition, considerable attention is also given to the effects of a significant increase in an ageing population and the pressures which this can put on traditional support providers.

Since our formation in 1994 we have been at the forefront in pioneering new methods of delivering improvement to the life quality of those we assist (both locally and at a national level) in partnership with the widest possible variety of bodies who share similar aims and objectives. As we continue into the 21st century we remain committed to maintaining this approach by listening to those who seek to engage with us remaining innovative and flexible and then shaping our resource as required whereby meaningful outcomes can be achieved.

For those who are in declining health due to age related or other long-term medical condition yet not currently in need of hospital/specialist residential care, Goodwin offers a range of services in partnership with other bodies which can significantly assist in the delay of hospital admission of the individual or by maintaining their general quality of life – see our projects page for more details.

Our projects page lists just some of the activities which the Goodwin Development Trust undertakes in delivering services for improving Health and Wellbeing. This list is however by no means exhaustive. As the organisation continues to grow and further gaps in service delivery are identified, new initiatives will be developed as a matter of course. We would welcome the opportunity to discuss how Goodwin and it's frontline approach to service delivery can be of assistance to you  ‘on the ground’ and ‘where it counts’.

Enquiries

The Health & Wellbeing lead is Anna Heddle, who is based at The Hooper Building in Hull City Centre.

If you have any queries about services that we provide or have views on what services we should be developing please contact us we would be happy to talk to you.

If you have any questions about Goodwin's Health, Social Care and Wellbeing Services telephone 01482 587550 or email aheddle@goodwin-centre.org