Young adults at a Stafford housing and support scheme are getting to grips with fitness, slurping smoothies and donning their trainers following the launch of an initiative to promote healthy living.
A Birmingham-based outreach service has helped to reduce the number of rough sleepers facing severely cold weather, after more than doubling its support provision by taking its street visits after hours.
Wildlife presenter and environmental campaigner, Professor David Bellamy OBE, joined Midland Heart in welcoming the housing association’s Birmingham-based customers to an event offering advice on everything from DIY, money management and healthy living.
Midland Heart Housing Association’s services contain “a mixture of strengths and weaknesses” according to a report released today by the independent Audit Commission.
Midland Heart has embraced the government’s concept of personalised budgets for people receiving care and support services, having spent the last two years trialling its approach to the scheme.
A supported housing scheme in Birmingham that caters for men who need support to live independently has ‘moved house’ to give its clients a fresh start for 2010.
A group of budding artists took to the streets of Stafford to celebrate their heritage whilst helping to rejuvenate a public walkway by creating a new mural near the town centre.
