Health Awareness Day at the Swaminarayan Mandir in Neasden
Shira Goodall, Jan Knight and Mark Brown in front of the beautiful temple at Neasden
Brent Mind was delighted to be invited to join a special Health Awareness Day at the breathtakingly beautiful BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir in Neasden, on Sunday 14 September 2008. As a part of its continuing community outreach initiatives, BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, UK (BAPS), hosted the event.
The Day was inaugurated by the Mayor of Brent, Councillor Ralph Fox, together with Mr Mark Easton, Chief Executive of Brent PCT, and Yogvivek Swami, Head Sadhu at the Mandir.
The aim of the event was to raise awareness in the local community of some of the mental and physical health conditions which represent major sources of illness and disability in the UK. Awareness, and early detection of many of these conditions, helps to prevent serious and often disabling consequences.
Experts from a variety of fields spoke and conducted seminars on numerous health issues and services. This included:
- Chronic kidney disease - by Dr David Daubbe (Professor of Nephrology at The Imperial College , University of London)
- Dementia - by Dr Natasha Brijlani (Consultant Psychiatrist at The Priory Hospital)
- Asthma and COPD - by Ms Vikki Knowless (Specialist Nurse) and Mrs Daksha Parmar (Asthma UK)
- Accessing NHS Services - Dr Sella Anant (Public Health Department at Brent PCT)
Additionally, a number of pharmacists, chiropodists and optometrists were on hand for consultation by attendees.
The event provided essential guidance and awareness on health issues that particularly affect British Asians. This was supported with a screening opportunity for cardiovascular risk factors, led by Dr Devaki Nair (Consultant Lipidologist) and his team at The Royal Free Hospital.
A number of charities set up stalls with useful information and advice available throughout the afternoon. The participating charities were:
- Brent Mind
- Asthma UK
- British Heart Foundation
- Diabetes UK
- Stroke Association
- Transplant UK
There was also Basic Life Support Training led by trainers from The British Heart Foundation.
The Day provided valuable information and guidance to over 200 people and raised their awareness to tackle these health conditions at an early stage.
For further information, please contact:
Yogesh Patel - 07836 592 131 | info@mandir.org
Goldman
Sachs Trips
30 May 2007, and we were delighted
to welcome 12 volunteers from the Community Teamworks
project at Goldman Sachs who facilitated a day trip
for 17 Brent Mind service users.
We all enjoyed
a fun and action packed day out to the Trocadero Centre
in Leicester Square where there was organised a bowling
competition by lunch and dodgem cars.
Our sincere
thanks go to the Goldman Sachs volunteers. A big thanks
to members of staff who helped out on the day and to
service users who arrived promptly and made the volunteers
feel so welcome.
Contact
Service Launched!
 Brent Mind Contact Service is an open access one stop shop for advice,information and support onanythingrelating to good mental health well being. The service was launched in March 2007.
You could be seeking help for yourself, information for a loved one or you may be a caring person who wants to know more about mental health matters. You may be a mental health professional accessing other services or someone working in a person centred environment with questions. All enquiries are welcome!
Contact the service by ringing 020 8451 3200 extension 221 for Shira and 223 for John. For information contact Nutan on extension 263 or send an email at info@brentmind.com
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