P&C Health & Wellbeing

The Portobello & Craigmillar Health and Well being sub group is chaired by Dr Carl Bickler and is represented on the Neighbourhood Partnership by David White.

Read the report to the Neighbourhood Partnership of 29 May 2013 here

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 25 June 2013 at 10.30 am, venue to be confirmed.

Future dates for meetings have been suggested as

  • Tuesday 3 September 2013            10.30 am       

  • Tuesday 12 November 2013            10.30 am

 Please contact John Palmer 537 9335 for further details.

Read the March Health Information Bulletin here.  And some events and funding opportunities here.

Learn more about Positive Realities, Life coaching for young carers, here.

The Thistle Foundation provides two walk programmes designed to help people with long term health conditions start walking and progress onto longer walks - find out more here . It also offers Lifestyle Management Courses, and Lifestyle Management for war veterans too.

Ecas has a grants scheme for people with physical disabilities - find out more here