Lesbian, bisexual, trans and queer (LBTQ) women's Health Champion Programme
The Health Champion Programme supports and empowers LBTQ identified women to improve their health and wellbeing.
Health Champions will support clients to:
- identify areas of their own health that could be improve
- address heterosexism and/or homophobia/transphobia in health care settings
- to motivate women to undertake lifestyle changes to improve health and wellbeing
- to signpost women to appropriate services and programmes
PACE Health Champions will:
- maintain client records
- establish a services directory and resources for the LGBT health and wellbeing
- develop health champion resource kits
Volunteer Health Champion Training
- Induction to PACE and LGBT Health Thurs 22 July 2010
- Understanding Health Improvement Award Two Certificate, RSPH Sat 24 and Sun 25 July 2010
- PACE Advocacy Training TBA
- Monthly LGBT health and wellbeing professional development forums
Click here to find out more about the Understanding Health Level 2 Certificate.
Volunteering Criteria
- identify as a lesbian, bisexual, trans or queer woman
- previous experience or interest in working with the LGBT community
- understand the importance of confidentiality in charity organisations
- some knowledge of health promotion
- previous experience in conducting client consultations
- commit to 6 hours per fortnight for a minimum of 6 months
For more information on the project click here
To get involved send your CV to Hilary Knack, Women’s Health Promotion Coordinator by 12 July 2010 by email: hilary.knack@pacehealth.org.uk
Prescription for change
This project aims to address the findings from the Stonewall report Prescription For Change 2008. The report collates over 6000 survey responses from lesbian or bisexual women in the UK. Key findings focus upon the rates of smoking, sexual health, cancer screening, mental health, domestic violence, general fitness and discrimination in healthcare. It is the largest study of its kind to be conducted in the UK to date.
This project has been funded by Opportunities for Volunteers, National Health Service UK until 2011.
