MEET THE WELDERLIES
Who are the welderlies? What do they do? Simply put, they are you! If you care about your health in older age then you fit our criteria. Find out more belowWho are the Welderlies
The first funded Wellbeing You fun health event was the Health and Wellbeing Day event held at Bridge Place Community funded by Healthwatch South West Partnership Grassroots Grant.
It was a partnership that brought five organisations together to offer a health MOT to residents at the Bridge Place sheltered accommodation. Partners included Healthwatch Croydon, Croydon Council, Age UK Croydon, Croydon University Hospital Respiratory Unit and of course Wellbeing You.
The highlights were talks by members of the Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group and South West London NHS who had table discussions with residents. They talked about latest developments in health and care for older people; what the NHS could do to help the elderly take more responsibility for their health and wellbeing; learned more about what other organisations working in health.
I took the expression ‘well elders’ home with me. decided to make it funkier and transform it to ‘Welderlies’ as title for future fun health activities and our brand name was born. So in terms of ‘who’ the ‘Welderlies’ are our volunteers, the over 65s, their families and carers who attend our events.
Our Values
OUR MISSION
We want to empower all older people to take control over their own health, improve their lifestyles and have fun
OUR VISION
We can do this with the help of our GP Partnership Toolkit, a handy pocket size reference for when you need to visit your GP
