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Bournemouth & Poole PCT Have your say on local services on-line: Bournemouth & Poole PCT would like your views on what you feel are the most important issues to be tackled in improving the health of the different groups in the population. www.bournemouthandpoole-pct.nhs.uk/healthy_future/index.asp www.bbc.co.uk/health The BBC's health information section www.bbc.co.uk/health www.bournemouth.gov.uk/residents/supportingpeople www.bournemouth.gov.uk/residents/supportingpeople Supporting People is a government programme that aims to improve the type and quality of support services provided to vulnerable people. www.bournemouth.gov.uk/residents/supportingpeople Guardian Unlimited Access to the Guardian Newspaper, comprehensive Daily coverage of the Days news. www.guardian.co.uk/ www.rethink.org www.rethink.org Working together to help everyone affected by severe mental illness recover a better quality of life. www.rethink.org www.mind.org.uk www.mind.org.uk Mind is the leading mental health charity in England and Wales. We work to create a better life for everyone with experience of mental distress. www.mind.org.uk www.shift.org.uk www.shift.org.uk Shift is a five year initiative (2004-2009) in England to tackle stigma and discrimination surrounding mental health issues www.shift.org.uk www.scmh.org.uk www.scmh.org.uk Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health. We work to improve the quality of life for people with mental health problems by removing barriers and achieving change. www.scmh.org.uk Mental Health Foundation The Mental Health Foundation provides research, service development and campaigns to raise public awareness of mental health issues www.mhf.org.uk www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk Mental health information for friends, family and carers. www.mentalhealthcare.org.uk Dorset Mind Dorset Mind provides services to people in Bournemouth, Dorset & Poole with mental health problems and promotes better mental health. www.dorsetmind.org.uk Dorset Walks Dorset is famous for its picturesque coastline, why not try a walk along its Jurassic Coast? The county also has some notable archaeology, including the hill forts of Abbotsbury Castle, Badbury Rings, Maiden Castle and Hod Hill. Dorset has many 'Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty' and 'Sites of Special Scientific Interest' so don't neglect walking in its countryside, examples: Fontmell Down and Cerne Abbas. Most of the walks on walks4softies are in Dorset but there are also some walks in Hampshire and Wiltshire. www.walks4softies.co.uk cinema listings local and national To view local cinemas and listings click on the first letter of the town or city when you enter this site! A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T U W Y www.britinfo.net/cinema/index.htm www.kingsfund.org.uk www.kingsfund.org.uk The King's Fund is an independent charitable foundation working for better health. www.kingsfund.org.uk bbc resource on mental health Maintaining a balance One in four of us will have some sort of mental health problem in our life. This means there are millions of people in Britain who are either encountering problems themselves or know someone else who is experiencing them. www.bbc.co.uk/health/conditions/mental_health/index.shtml www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1184 www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1184 Bournemouth Weather www.bbc.co.uk/weather/5day.shtml?id=1184 Sane uk , The Helpline Mental Health Charity charitable helpline used by frontline health professionals and others. www.sane.org.uk/ or www.sane.org.uk/public_html/index.shtml Sane UK the Mental Health Helpline Charity Sane Uk offers frontline health professionals and others responding to the needs of anyone affected by any mental health problem, open every day of the year. For many thousands of callers, the service provided by SANEline - a combination of practical information, crisis care and emotional support - is not available from any other source. www.sane.org.uk/public_html/index.shtml www.socialinclusion.org.uk www.socialinclusion.org.uk The National Social Inclusion Programme www.socialinclusion.org.uk www.bic.co.uk www.bic.co.uk What's on at the Bournemouth International Centre www.bic.co.uk http://blackspotbournemouth.tripod.com/ blackspotbournemouth.tripod.com Blackspot Bournemouth - Ethical Shoes, based in Boscombe blackspotbournemouth.tripod.com/ BME Mental Health in Dorset & Somerset www.e-quality4mh-dorsetandsomerset.nhs.uk promotes mental health for Black & Minority Ethnic Communities in Dorset & Somerset. www.e-quality4mh-dorsetandsomerset.nhs.uk Daily Echo Online News and information from the local bournemouth Newspaper. www.thisisbournemouth.co.uk/ Recovery Dorset Recovery Dorset promotes recovery from mental health problems. www.recovery-dorset.org.uk/ www.boscombe.org.uk A guide to Boscombe www.boscombe.org.uk www.bournemouth.gov.uk/adultlearning Evening and daytime course information www.bournemouth.gov.uk/adultlearning www.idorset.co.uk The Dorset Search Engine www.idorset.co.uk www.ngs.org.uk The national gardens scheme - find out which gardens are open www.ngs.org.uk www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_times/s58/Bournemouth_ABC/ What's on at Bournemouth ABC Cinema www.odeon.co.uk/fanatic/film_times/s58/Bournemouth_ABC/ www.bournemouthmentalhealthforum.blogspot.com The Bournemouth Mental Health Forum blog www.bournemouthmentalhealthforum.blogspot.com www.makingspace.co.uk A site with some useful mental health resources. www.makingspace.co.uk Bournemouth International Centre The Bournemouth International Centre (BIC) is one of the most prestigious venues for conferences, exhibitions, entertainment and events. Owned and managed by Bournemouth Borough Council, the BIC operates alongside its sister venue, The Pavilion Theatre and Ballroom to provide the event organiser and leisure visitor with some of the best facilities on England's sunny south coast. www.bic.co.uk/ www.gettingabout.info Accessible Transport Information for BOURNEMOUTH, POOLE and the Surrounding Area www.gettingabout.info www.springbourneandboscombe.org.uk/ The Neighbourhood Management team for Springbourne and Boscombe www.springbourneandboscombe.org.uk/ Recycle Ink Cartridges - including Epson! cartridges4charity.co.uk collect ink cartridges for recycling. Epson themselves have a facility for recycling as much as possible of their old cartridges - it's just not publicised! It is now! cartridges4charity.co.uk/epsons.htm