Who to contact in our West Midlands regional team
Our West Midlands regional team
provides a range of support and information services for people
with Parkinson's, health and social care professionals, carers, and
individuals or groups who may want to volunteer or support our
work.
Our West Midlands team provides a range of services for people affected by Parkinson's, professionals and anyone who wants to support us.
We'd love to hear from you.
A description of these services is provided below to help you
find the best person to help with your enquiry.
Information and support
Our information and support workers
(ISWs) provide one-to-one information and support to people with
Parkinson's, their families and carers. This may include benefits
advice, emotional support and links to local and other
services.
If you have any questions about information and support workers
in your area, please contact:
Our information and support manager is responsible for the
provision of information and support to people with Parkinson's,
their families and those involved in providing care locally. She
manages our information and support workers, builds and develops
networks with other organisations that can help and organises
information events across the region.
Branch and volunteer support
We have around 30 local groups in the West Midlands,
providing a local network of support for people affected by
Parkinson's. Groups meet regularly and hold regular events
including social activities, fundraising events, exercise classes
and more. Our branch and volunteer support officer can put you in
touch with groups in your area.
View a list of local groups in the West Midlands, with links to
meeting times and locations
Our branch and volunteer support officers provides support to
local groups, and can help set up new groups and build links with
other groups and national office. They also look after local
group volunteers.
Training for health and social care professionals
Our education and training officer delivers courses for health and social care
professionals who work with people with Parkinson's in the West
Midlands. To find out more, contact:
Fundraising
Our regional fundraiser offers advice and support to anyone in
the West Midlands interested in raising money for us. She
works with local groups, members, local companies, trusts and
individual supporters to help them with their fundraising
activities. To find out more, contact:
Working to
improve local services
We are working to encourage real changes and improvements
in how the NHS and social care services work with people living
with Parkinson's.
Our regional influence and service development officer work with
local health and social care organisations to help them build
services that better meet the needs of people with Parkinson's. To
find out more, contact:
Regional Manager
Our regional manager oversees the activities of the regional
team, volunteers, local groups and manages the development
of our services and support across the West Midlands region.
To find out more, contact:
About
Parkinson's in the West Midlands
Within the West Midlands region there are:
- Approximately 10,700 people with Parkinson's, which is 1 in 500
of the population
- Over 2,700 Parkinson's UK members
- Around 30
local groups managed by volunteers
- Over 20 specialist Parkinson's
nurses
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