We are very pleased to announce that Green Candle has been awarded £10,000 by Tower Hamlets NHS Clinical Commissioning Group to run an exciting project – Older Men Moving!
Older Men Moving:
A new health and fitness project, supported by Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group
Oxford House’s resident dance company – Green Candle Dance Company – has been awarded an Innovation Bursary by the Tower Hamlets Clinical Commissioning Group to launch a new project aimed at Tower Hamlets’ older men: ‘Older Men Moving’ will, from January 2013, offer weekly dance and exercise sessions to three different men’s groups in the borough. These sessions will continue for a year and participants’ health and well-being will be measured at regular intervals, to see what effect movement sessions have on men’s fitness and well-being. So far, two of the three groups have been identified – the Horwood Estate Men’s Group, meeting in the Bangla School in Pott Street (above) and the Sundial Men’s Group, meeting at the Sundial Centre in Shipton Street. One more group will be selected.
Clinical commissioning groups are groups of GPs, normally responsible for a local authority area, that will, from April 2013, be responsible for designing and commissioning local health services In England.
Green Candle Dance Company works for and with children, young people and older adults and believes that everyone has the right to dance.
Contact: Fergus Early OBE, Artistic Director
Tel. 020 7739 7722