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Page 50 • The HERALD • 24th October 2024 v KEEP ACTIVE, KEEP HEALTHY v The Waterside Physiotherapy & Osteopathy Clinic www.thewatersideclinic.co.uk Jon Eyres and Associates • NECK AND BACK PAIN • PREGNANCY RELATED PAIN • ACUPUNCTURE • ARTHRITIC PAIN • ALL SPORTS INJURIES • SHOULDER/ARM PAIN Treatment by Chartered Physiotherapists and Registered Osteopaths Registered with all major health insurers and HCPC Tel: 023 8020 7764 First Floor, South Street Centre, Hythe, Southampton SO45 6EB Professional, safe ear wax removal service delivered in the comfort of your own home. We use microsuction, water irrigation and manual ear wax removal to suit the different needs of our clients. To book your appointment please call Gosia on 07591 036071 or email: info@watersideearcare.com Kit Davison FHP MCFHP MAFHP Qualified Foot Health Practitioner • Corns, Calluses, ingrown toenails, • Athlete’s Foot and thickened toenails. • Toenail and fingernail cutting. Flexible appointments and home visits available. 07752 674591 kdavison@kdfootcare.co.uk http://kdfootcare.co.uk Health, Beauty & Wellbeing Mental Health Crisis Centre in Eastleigh Celebrates 1 Year of Vital Support, Assisting More Than 400 Individuals in Need Solent Mind’s South West Hampshire Safe Haven has recently celebrated its 1-year anniversary, having helped 443 people in crisis since it opened in July 2023. e Eastleigh service provides informal, nonjudgmental, out-of-hours mental health support for individuals who are seeking immediate help during a di cult time. e centre’s quali ed team is made up of people who have lived experience of their own mental health challenges and are on hand to provide in-the-moment peer-to-peer support to those in selfdiagnosed mental health crisis. e Safe Haven is situated on Leigh Road and is open every day from 5pm-11pm, 365 days a year. Anyone over 18 can drop in, and the team can also be contacted by telephone, or online via a video link accessed by a QR code. e service’s many ‘guests’ leave extremely positive feedback, saying things like ‘it’s helped me get back in control of my life’, ‘it’s helped me get things off my chest,’ and ‘it really saved my life’. And, with the Safe Haven team having experienced their own mental health issues in the past, people have said that ‘it’s good to talk to someone who understands,’ and ‘someone that just gets it’. mental health, are here to listen and offer support. We can also help with signposting to other services locally or nationwide. This could be for immediate or urgent care, primary or secondary care, or even linking in with services you are already in contact with. To see the project evolve over this last year and to know that we’ve helped nearly 450 people is incredible. This is just the tip of the iceberg, however. There are so many more people in our community that have our support, and by ensuring people in the region know that we are here, we hope to double, treble, or even quadruple that figure in the future!” Poor mental health has become an increasingly acute issue, exacerbated by levels of deprivation, and lack of funding and capacity, with long waiting times among local health services. Solent Mind is Hampshire’s largest mental health charity, which is making sure that anyone with a mental health problem in our community has somewhere to turn to for advice and support. e South West Hampshire Safe Haven is open to those over the age of 18 who live in South West Hampshire. Drop-ins are welcome or people in need of support can contact the team on 0344 264 5310 or via the video link. For more information, visit: www. solentmind.org.uk/support-for-you/our-services/ south-west-hampshire-safe-haven/ The Safe Haven team have been providing crisis support for more than a year Sarah Byrne, Service Manager at Safe Haven, said: “The project was set up for those people experiencing a self-diagnosed mental health crisis, so they do not have to go to A&E, phone 999 or 111. This is a free service, and our team, with their own lived experience of Waterside Health Walks Everyone is very welcome to go along and join in any of their free walks: Thursday 31st October, 3pm, Dennywood for a 2.0 mile walk; Monday 4th November, 10am, Black eld QE2 rec for a 2.0 mile walk and Thursday 14th November, 2pm, Blackwell Common for a 2.1 mile walk. Please contact Mike Roberts on 023 8084 7461 or 07811 361319 for more information about the Waterside Health Walks group. WIDOWED FRIENDSHIP CLUB From the Widowed Friendship Club A er losing our spouses and partners we all need help to ease the isolation and loneliness of our situation. Our Widowed Friendship Club is a local self-help group; we exist to o er each other companionship and friendly support, following bereavement. At our gatherings, we chat and organise outings such as day trips, social events, lunches and picnics. We also have non-strenuous activities and quizzes. A er the brief, but casual meeting for event planning, we play table games for fun or simply sit and chat! ere is no pressure to participate in anything, but you are invited to join into any group activities, make suggestions and perhaps organise an event of your own liking. Our friendly group meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 2pm, in Hythe & Dibden Parish Hall. Our next meeting date is 12th November. Why not go along and meet us, over a cup of tea or co ee? You are assured of a warm welcome. For more information, please email: kiritadalja@ yahoo.co.uk The Kettle is Always On Testwood Baptist Church’s monthly Bereavement Café is held in the lounge at M Johnson Family Funeral Directors, 26-28 Commercial Road, Totton. e Café is run on a ‘drop-in’ basis between 1pm and 2.30pm on the second Monday of each month and is not designed to be a counselling session. Visitors to the Café will receive a warm welcome and a supportive environment for re ection and conversation; a place to nd mutual support and encouragement. e kettle is always on with tea, co ee and a variety of cakes (including a glutenfree option) served by a friendly team of volunteers. The next Café session will be on Monday 11th November. For more information, please contact the Church on: 023 8086 0320 or visit: www. testwoodbaptist.org

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