311 Health & Wellbeing courses in Preston

This course aims to give the learner the knowledge and skills needed to help support an individual and their family with end of life care.

Our 6 hour Emergency First Aid at Work course gives the participant the knowledge, skills and confidence to deal with with first aid incidents in the work environment. Employers can book this course for their employees in the knowledge that they are fulfilling their duty to provide quality first aid training to their employees.

Health and safety course covering legislation for safety within care

This course will start by giving you an overview of some of the common types and causes of learning disabilities, characteristics and behaviours and how they affect people. We will consider which learning & behavioural strategies are appropriate and how using a person centred approach to care will get the best results and ensure that needs of the individual are effectively met. We also discuss overcoming the stigma attached to learning disabilities

Dysphagia is the medical term for swallowing difficulties this course aims to give the learner knowledge and skills regarding the causes, symptoms, stages, treatments and complications.

The aim of the course is to celebrate diversity, challenge biases, and ensure equal opportunities for all.

Please see below a link to the agenda for the Lancs CPAN site visit and lunch, taking place on the 11th September 2023 from 10.00am - 12.30pm. 📎 Lancs CPAN Site Visit Agenda 11.09.23.docx Diary invites will be issued as soon as we receive your completed registration.

The next Lancs CPAN Site Visit will be taking place on the 11th December 2023 from 10.00am – 12.30pm at County Hall, Preston. We will be joined in person at this event by Dr Sakthi Karunanithi of the Lancashire Public Health team who will be sharing with us an overview of the current Public Health challenges and the work being prioritised to bring partners together to develop local approaches. We are also able to share the work of Ben Fatimilehin, the NW Physical Activity Social Prescribing lead for Sport England, who will be able to share his research with social prescribers and also the work he is supporting around the work to “Pivot to Wellness” working with Local Authority Leisure providers. We hope to be able to add to this input with colleagues from TaAF. This event will comprise of a 2 hour meeting, followed by a 30 minute networking lunch. Diary invites will be issued as soon as we receive your completed registration.

The next Lancs CPAN Site Visit will take place at Active Cycles in Accrington Arndale Centre on Monday the 18th March, 10.00am – 12 noon. The visit will include an insight into the operations of the Active Cycles Programme and the potential to support further localised opportunities to get more people accessing affordable bikes. With more push on Active Travel and the benefits for the Environment too, we would really welcome discussions on how we can all do more as a sector.  Tea, Coffee and Cakes will be provided but to help us with sustainability, we would welcome people to bring their own mug or travel cup, thus cutting down on plastic/paper cup waste and promoting re use.  Diary invites will be issued as soon as we receive your completed registration.