News and Events 2024

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David Volrath is the new chairman of the club.

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Group Meetings are as follows:

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​Wednesday 10th April -

 Wednesday 12th June, changed from the 26th 

Wednesday 9th October (AGM),

Wednesday 11th December (Christmas)

Details of guest speakers shown further down in the appropriate month..

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January:

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17th - Newsletter

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 Happy New Year to all our members. 

 

This week we had our first H&H Committee meeting for 2024 and wanted to pass on a few items to you.  Firstly, welcome to Jo Hartland to the Committee.  Jo volunteers with the Rehab team at the Alexandra Hospital and works hard to encourage new members to H&H.  The current Committee members are: David Volrath, Chairman; Martin Stansbie, Treasurer; Anne Brooks, Secretary and Committee Members June Spillane, David Munro, Peggy Blunn and Jo Hartland.

 

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The venue for the Group Meetings will be St John’s Church Hall, Greenlands Avenue, Redditch

B98 7PZ.  We are in the process of finalising speakers for the April and June meetings.

 

Emergency Contact Details

Over the next few weeks, we will be asking members if they are happy to let H&H retain emergency contact details.  This came about following a discussion about what would happen if someone had an accident, or were taken ill, and would we know who to contact.

 

This is purely voluntary and we will use the same process we did for the GDPR forms in that you will receive an envelope with a form for you, and your emergency contact, to complete.  Seal the envelope and hand it back in to class.

 

Your information (name, address, phone etc.) are not stored on a computer and only accessible to the Committee member that need to access this information.  It will be the same with the emergency contact details.

 

Medication

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Each exercise class always has a defibrillator and a first aid kit. The only other items we carry are generic glucose tablets (available to buy as a non-prescription item).  If you need any other medication such as a GTN spray, please ensure you bring your own to class. 

 

H&H Clothing

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We have a number of very nice t/shirts, polo shirts and sweatshirts all with the H&H logo on them.  Over the coming weeks we will be bringing these to the classes should you have any Christmas money you would like to spend.

 

British Heart Foundation News

February is ‘Heart Month’ for BHF and they are having a big push for fund raising.  If you wish to take part, go on to the BHF web site for activities you can get involved in.

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Exercise class start dates

Greenlands/St Johns - Wednesday 3rd 

Bromsgrove - Friday 5th 

Oakenshaw - Friday 5th 

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February:

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March:

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April:

10th - Group meeting. 

A quick update on Group Meeting.  44 people attended, 32 of whom are active members and 12 guests.

 Dr Brian Olwell, gave a presentation on the types of images which can be of the heart and an explanation which type is used for what condition.

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We apologise for the technology hold up at the start of the evening.  The learning we are taking from that is to ask presenters for their presentation in advance so we can load it onto the H&H laptop (which works with our projector), or that they bring it on a USB stick.  The up-side of the delay was that we had plenty of time to chat and eat cake!

 

A huge thank you to Anne Plews and Chris Whittaker for making the tea and coffee.  It's not easy in a new venue when you don't know how everything works and they did a fantastic job of keeping us refreshed whilst we waited to get started.

 

Our next Group Meeting is Wednesday 12th June, 7.30pm, at Greenlands.  Jane McBryde  is coming to talk to us about medication.

 

We look forward to seeing you there.

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May:

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June:

12th - Group meeting.  Jane McBryde  is coming to talk to us about medication..

July:

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August:

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September:

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October:

10th - Group meeting. (AGM)

November:

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December:

13th - Group meeting. (Christmas, mince pies and wine)

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