Health and Wellbeing Project

Further education arranged for seniors includes:
Health and Hygiene course
First Aid courses
Creative Writing courses

ACTIVITIES & EVENTS
Extend Exercise classes have been arranged for all sheltered schemes. A specific exercise programme aimed for the over 50s to improve flexibility and health.

HEALTH CLUBS (Summerhill House)
Some sheltered schemes have a health club that meets once a month and has various health and related speakers; these have included topics such as alternative therapies, social services, nutritionists and such like.

CREATIVE WRITING GROUP
A creative writing group is active and provides literature for in house magazines. They have also worked with local schools as assistants to young children in helping them read and write and discover their cultural and family history.

ART CLASSES (Stratford House)
The classes are taught by a Charter tenant.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT PROJECT
Healthy eating recipe book which senior tenants contributed to by sending in their favourite recipes.

WALKING YOUR WAY TO HEALTH
An initiative set up in partnership with Newport Local Health Board. A series of graded and assessed walks for older people in and around Newport throughout the year on a weekly basis to encourage fitness amongst older people.

COMMUNITY SENSORY GARDEN with NASH PILOT PROJECT
A garden built entirely by volunteers and with local donations from various businesses for senior tenants at Trinity Court. The garden has a theme to appeal to the senses - hearing, sight, taste, smell and emotive senses to encourage healthy eating, natural medicines and help alleviate depression and encourage wellbeing.

OTHER ACTIVITIES
Regular social evenings and outings

Silver Surfers
The Access IT project is aimed at giving our tenants the confidence and ability to use and access information and communication technologies to enhance the services and opportunities available to them. Four out of six sheltered housing schemes now have access to the internet via their own shared computer. All the schemes in Newport regularly take part in training sessions.

The Window
The Window is Charter Seniors' very own newsletter, written and produced by Charter senior tenants. Recently gaining a national communications award.

The Window's editorial team meet regularly to sift through contributions from fellow tenants to produce a quarterly mini magazine, packed with housekeeping and health tips, poetry, articles and diary dates.

To subscribe to this publication or to assist on the editorial team please click here

CHARTER SENIORS FORUM
A forum that consists of senior tenants who meet on a regular basis to discuss issues that affect and are of interest to older people.