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WACA are holding a Special Educational Needs (SEN) Event at the Rendezvous Hotel on Tuesday 4th February. 
 
The WACA Children's Social Prescribing Team, 'GR8 Minds' will be there, alongside other local voluntary and community organisations that help support parents and carers of young people with special educational needs. 
 
The event will give an opportunity for families and carers to meet with specialists who will be on hand to offer practical advice on accessing additional support and promoting the well-being of children and young people with SEN. 
 
The event will also provide a valuable platform for community organisations to come together, share insights and foster collaboration. 
 
The event is free to attend and Parents and Carers can drop in anytime between 10-3pm. 
 
You do not need to be registered to a WACA GP practice to attend. 
 
The organisations attending cover a wide area including , Settle, Ilkley , Keighley and Skipton. 

 

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The Keighley Association for Women and Children’s Centre (KAWACC) has led on a new project to train community champions to raise awareness of cancer and to support local people to attend their routine cancer screening.
 
 
 
The project been supported by partner organisations within the Bradford District and Craven Health and Care Partnership, including WACA, with funding from CORE20PLUS5.
 
Sharon Cope, the Cancer Community Champion for WACA has been out in the community speaking with people to raise awareness of screening programmes, and how to spot early warning signs of cancer. 
 
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In our first Women's Health Talk of 2025, Monica Simmons, a strength and conditioning coach, presented a talk on the benefits of strength training for Women:

WACA and AWC Modaility Partnership spent a day at local engineering business Byworth Boilers doing Workplace NHS Health Checks where employers were able to have their BMI measured, have their blood pressure taken and have their blood sugars and cholesterol taken. 

"A big thank you to this amazing team of volunteers from AWC Modality Partnership and the Wharfedale, Airedale & Craven Alliance who spent the day doing health checks for all our team yesterday.

Everyone leads such busy lives these days with work, families and other commitments that looking after our health often gets neglected. By running these workshops in businesses during work time, employees aren't trying to fit in check ups around their already busy schedules, putting their health first.
 
Health checks like these can help spot early signs of diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, and other potentially serious illnesses. Spotting these things early makes them more treatable and is better for you and the NHS. Win win.
 
We hope to see more businesses in the local area hosting similar days for their team!"
 
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The NHS has trained local people in Keighley to talk to their friends, family and neighbours about cancer signs, symptoms, and screening – ultimately saving lives.

Sharon Cope, the WACA Cancer Champion is working with communities to raise awareness of screening programmes, and how to spot early warning signs of cancer. 

Read more about the programme https://bdcpartnership.co.uk/local-people-in-keighley-trained-to-talk-about-cancer/

  1. Men's Health Event including PSA Screening at Keighley Golf Club
  2. Men's Health Event at the Sangat Centre
  3. Pre-diabetes Health Talk for Ling House Medical Centre Patients
  4. Workplace Health Check Programme

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