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Royal Hallamshire impresses MP Meg
MP Meg Munn meets Royal Hallamshire Hospital volunteers Margaret Murdoch and Norma Precious SHEFFIELD
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hen Sheffield Heeley MP Meg Munn saw a recent copy of action, she was so impressed by the fantastic work we do that she got in touch and arranged a visit to the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. Volunteers and staff at the Royal Hallamshire café showed Meg around and told her about the work that
WRVS does in the Sheffield We are also making good area, and about our plans for progress towards an onward the future. service at the Hallamshire. “Meg said she would Future plans be happy to be part of Currently we have retail and any backbench debate around Resilience and Recovery older people’s care services,” operations in Sheffield, but says Service Delivery Manager we are in discussions about Paul Taylor. “She is a passionate a potential Good Neighbours advocate for preventative service in South Sheffield. services.”
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he Royal Hallamshire Hospital WRVS shop is one of just five pilot venues trialling a new computer system that helps people get the information they need. Called StartHere, the bright orange kiosk is a basic computer with a touch screen that contains details of all health, social care and welfare provisions in Yorkshire. “It’s been designed to help people who are digitally excluded, either because they don’t have access to the internet, or simply don’t know how to use it,” says the StartHere Community Partnerships Manager Jane Gammage.
Alzheimers training for volunteers To help raise awareness about dementia, the symptoms and how to deal with them, we have been busy delivering training to volunteers based on modules set out by the Alzheimers Society. If your local service manager hasn’t yet contacted you, get in touch with them and check when the sessions are next taking place near you.
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