Spotlight on: Selsey Care Shop

Report - 1 January 2019

Healthwatch West Sussex has had the opportunity to see how the Selsey Care Shop and its supporting groups provide a fantastic example of a community sharing local resources, volunteers and expertise to support its residents.

Selsey, is a quiet seaside town that is almost an island, surrounded as it is on three sides by the sea, with Broad Rife the local stream cutting across the remaining side.

The Selsey Care Shop provides a ‘one stop shop’ for residents and visitors, offering
information on local clubs and voluntary groups; activities to combat loneliness; the
promotion of a dementia-friendly community and support services to family and friend
carers.

Healthwatch West Sussex asked the Care Shop to help us ensure local Selsey community voices are heard by the providers of Health and Social Care services serving West Sussex. Using some simple questions, Selsey Care Shop collected the views and experiences of 52 people in relation to the NHS, health and social care.

If you are setting up or would like to share news of a similar project
we would be interested to hear from you. Please contact Cheryl Berry,
Partnership Co-ordinator

 cheryl.berry@healthwatchwestsussex.co.uk

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