Dragon Cafe in the City – 19th April
Join Dragon Café In The City in-person and online on Wednesday 19th of April!
This week is packed full of free creative events at Shoe Lane Library, plus our usual online sessions if you can’t make it into the City!
Start the day with some self-massage with Sports massage therapist Leonie Lawson to ease tension, aches and strains away, then join artist Tracey Bush to use simple folding and cutting techniques to make a book from a single sheet of paper. Once your artistic juices are flowing, stay in Shoe Lane Library for our new self-led Paint and Relax session. Practice some Pilates with Giada from Balance Garden, then finish the evening with an online workshop with Helen Burridge to upcycle some fabrics!
Find all the information and register here.
City Nail Cutting Service
Information on the new free toenail cutting service for the elderly and disabled, provided by Hoxton Health, for City residents. Don’t forget to book your appointment on 020 7739 2533.
City and Hackney Recovery College – Spring Prospectus
Check out the latest course prospectus from the City and Hackney Recovery College here. There are some amazing courses for people with mental health difficulties, their families and their carers.
The City & Hackney Recovery College has been designed to develop courses to empower people to become experts in their own self-care and wellbeing.
All our courses are based on the ”five to thrive” and CHIME principles. We are open for all and anyone with a connection to City or Hackney. We are proud to support and work with those who have been diagnosed with severe mental illness. We do this by aiming to promote social inclusion and to break down the stigma and discrimination of mental illness. Sometimes people just need to be reminded that they are more than an illness and that’s what we aim to do.
City and Hackney Recovery College – Course for Carers
Healthwatch City of London Updates
Rachel from the Healthwatch City of London team is pleased to be joined by two new team members, Liese and Habiba, who will be helping her with community engagement and volunteer management.
Don’t forget to stay up-to-date with Healthwatch City of London’s news by checking out their monthly newsletter here. In the latest edition, you will find the details of the upcoming Coronation Tea Parties being held around the City at the start of May, and information on how to give your views on the latest Carers Strategy and Health and Wellbeing Strategy for the City of London.
Neaman Practice Weekend Hours
Shoreditch Park and City Primary Care Network is an NHS collaboration between 5 GP Practices – Shoreditch Park Surgery, De Beauvoir Surgery, The Hoxton Surgery, The Lawson Practice, and The Neaman Practice (City) During the week (Monday-Friday 6.30-8.00pm) you may be offered an appointment at another local GP practice within the Shoreditch Park & City Primary Care Network.
We work together in a number of ways to deliver services in your area. Through the week, you may be offered an appointment with a GP at one of our clinics in The Hoxton Surgery, De Beauvoir Surgery, The Lawson Practice, The Neaman Practice and Shoreditch Park Surgery. On a Saturday GP’s appointments are available between 9am & 5pm rotating each week at one of the above practices. To book one of these appointments, please contact your GP Surgery who will advise which Surgery to attend. All appointments are bookable 2-weeks in advance. Shoreditch Park & City Offer a wide range of clinics across our 5 practices, including Physician Associates, Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians, Dietitian, Nurse, Healthcare Assistant, and Phlebotomy clinics.
Our next Neaman practice Saturday is Saturday April 15th 2023 and Saturday 20th May 2023.
Digital City Friends
Our lovely Community Engagement Officer, Gow, has set up a new Digital Drop-in session for City residents in the Golden Lane Community Centre every Thursday from 4.00 – 5.30pm!
Taking Care of Yourself at Work
Dragon Cafe in the City
Click here to find the latest schedule for the Dragon Cafe, including painting, life drawing, pilates, and more!
The Green Doctor in the City
The Green Doctor service recently helped one City resident to save more than £750 a year with energy advice and their hands-on interventions. They were able to help with a Water Help Application, give advice on tariffs and were able to install LED bulbs and other energy saving devices.
The service is free to use, and if you live in the Square Mile, you can call them on 0300 365 3005 (free-of-charge). Others can refer residents using the referral form on the Green Doctor web page. Residents in Southwark and Lambeth are also able to use the Green Doctor and residents elsewhere can look at their local council website for offers where they live.
City Nail Cutting Services
Get in touch with us if you require a home visit for nail cutting (info@cityconnections.org.uk) – we can make a referral to the service for you. There is also now a twice monthly nail cutting clinic at the Neaman Practice for drop-ins.
This service is for residents of the City of London deemed as vulnerable. That is: over 75 or living alone and at risk of mobility issues or falls or has a learning disability or visually impaired or obese. High Risk diabetes is excluded.
Patients can be referred to the clinic at Neaman GP practice, or for a Home Visit
This service is free.
More info: 020 7739 2533 or reception@hoxtonhealth.org
Barbican Craft Drop-in Sessions
Wanting to try and learn a new craft this year? Barbican Library offers two welcoming groups to which everyone is welcome! Sewing Group meets every Wednesday from 1-2.30pm (see flyer below) and Knitting Group meets every Monday from 11am – 1pm.
