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Lunchtime Meeting - 12.45pm - Speaker Daphne Simmons

Mon, Oct 5th 2015 at 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm

Peter's speaker today will be Daphne Simmons the Wise & Well Team Manager from Shropshire Rural Community Council

Today's speaker Daphne Simmons
Today's speaker Daphne Simmons

The Wise & Well Team organise information events in towns and large villages across Shropshire so that people can access quality advice in their local community.

Shropshire Rural Community Council works in partnership with other services and voluntary organisations to provide information about a broad range of relevant topics.

The Wise & Well team hold several events each year and try to cover all areas of the county every 3 or 4 years.  Events are held in community halls with easy access to encourage anyone to attend.   The content of each information event varies but the format is a series of short talks from experts followed by the opportunity to ask questions.  The event may be held in one morning or a series of weekly sessions. 

The most popular information events are Senior Safety Days and Diabetes Awareness Days, which have been provided regularly over the last 10 years. They have also offered one-off events covering Living with Arthritis, Stroke and Safe use of Social Media for people with learning difficulties.

The speaker today was Daphne Simmons representing the Shropshire Wise and Well team.
 
From the start, Daphne delivered her talk with an enthusiastic approach to her subject that was well appreciated by the whole audience.  She began her presentation by explaining the background regarding the setting up of this group by the Shropshire Local Authority and how the Team acquired its rather unusual name.  This later drew a comment from the floor that the name had been interpreted as the Team gathering its information in order to enlighten the not so wise and not so well members of the community.
 
Daphne continued by explaining how the Team operated and their procedures in dealing with those suffering from various deceases.  Diabetes had been found to be one of the most prevalent and the physical exercise and interest of the game Boccia appeared to play an important role in the rehabilitation of those recovering from a variety of health problems. 
 
A comment was made regarding some similarity with the primary aim of Rotarians seeking to help those less fortunate than themselves though this had to be considered alongside the fact that Rotarians themselves can and do have their own personal experience of medical problems, sometimes including serious health issues  - this thought ensured that everyone could relate to what Daphne had to say.
 
It was generally agreed that we all learned something from the presentation and Daphne had provided  a better understanding of the work done by the Wise and Well team.

Bill Shaw



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