CHIC and Yours Tung Sing jointly organized a dementia awareness health day in Yang Sing Restaurant. The event started with a Tai Chi session, followed by the first speaker Rebecca Trower- Dementia Support Worker from Trafford. She gave an introduction to Dementia in English. She explained the symptoms, causes diagnosis, treatment and prevention of Dementia. Then Jane Rennie presented ‘Support for Carers of people living with Dementia’. She gave information on how to support carers with dementia including support groups and home visits. There was a Q & A session after the presentation. Shirley He interpreted in Cantonese for the two talks. In the afternoon, free health checks were provided. In total 49 people attended (39 (80%) females and 10 (20%) males). 30(61%) attendants came from Manchester areas and 19(39%) came from Greater Manchester areas.

The feedback from the community was very positive and reported that they had learnt much and enjoyed the event.

在2016年3月21日華人醫務中心同您的東昇房屋協會在羊城酒樓聯合舉辦‘退智症的認知日’。是日先由太極活動開始，接著第一位特拉福德-退智症支援人員-利碧嘉. 秋華講關於 ‘介紹退智症的認知’。然後來講員: 珍. 瑋利講關於‘給予退智症者的照料者的支持’。是日由林姑娘做當時翻譯。下午由您的東昇房屋協會政局免費做健康檢查給參與者。設有免費健康檢查給參與者。他們對今次的活動非常滿意

這次講座一共有49人參加；39 (80%) 位女仕10 (20%)位男仕。30位 (61%) 來自曼域區及19位 (39%)來自大曼域

Manchester Chinese Health Day

Promoting Diabetes Awareness on 15th September 2015

CHIC and Yours Tung Sing jointly organized the health day. The aim was to promote diabetes awareness among the Chinese population in Manchester. The day started off with chair based exercises. This was followed by the speeches of the chairman of CHIC Paul Yu who gave a warm welcome and Julie Pickford, the guest speaker from the Public Health of MCC. A series of health talks regarding various aspects of diabetes including ‘What is Diabetes’, ‘Diabetes complication’ ‘Diabetes and blood pressure’ and ‘Diabetes foot problems’ were presented in English by experienced health professionals from Diabetes UK(Stuart Vaughan) and Manchester Diabetes Centre (Nazia Masood). CHIC Nurse Operations Manager Shirley provided simultaneous interpretation for the audience. Free NHS health checks were offered by the health team of Public Health of MCC. The event was well supported by the Manchester City Council, Diabetes UK, Manchester Diabetes Centre and Fall Prevention Service, Yang Sing restaurant and a team of CHIC volunteers.

In total 60 people attended (43 (72%) females and 17 (28%) males). 33(55%) attendants came from Manchester areas, 22(37%) came from Greater Manchester areas and 5(8%) attendants did not provide their details.

In addition 20(44%) people accepted the NHS health checks,16(32%) people accepted the diabetes risk assessment and 16(32%)people had their height, weight and blood pressure taken. People have been identified to have elevated blood sugar, cholesterol and blood pressure were referred to see GP and appropriate healthy diet information was given.
The feedback from the community was very positive and reported that they had learnt much and enjoyed the event.

曼城健康日:推廣糖尿病的認知

2015年9月15日中心與‘您的東昇’房屋協會攜手合辦‘糖尿病認知健康日’。是日先由坐椅運動開始，接着由中心主席余光漢致歡迎辭, 隨後分別由英國糖尿病協會(斯圖亞特·沃恩) 及曼城糖尿病中心的醫務員詳細講解糖尿病的各方面問題包括了:甚麼是‘糖尿病’?‘糖尿病及併發症、‘糖尿病及血壓’及糖尿腳問題’,由林姑娘即時傳譯給聽眾。一共有60人參加,其中43 位(72%)女仕, 17(28%)位男仕。33位(55%)來自曼域區及22位(37%)來自大曼城各區域。有5位(8%)没有提供資料。一共收集了38份評估。有20人(44%)接受NHS 健康檢查,16人(32%)接受糖尿病風險評估及16人(32%)接受度高、磅体重及量血壓。參與者的評語話健康日很有幫助並增加了對糖病的認知。是日凡被發現有高血壓、高膽固醇及高血糖人仕都轉介見家庭醫生及被告知有關健康飲食的資料。

CHIC in cooperation with Chinese National Healthy Living Centre held a ‘Smoking and Dementia Awareness’ health day in Yang Sing Restaurant. The aim of the event was to raise awareness Smoking and Dementia awareness among the Chinese community in Manchester. The event started with a Tai Chi session followed by a health talk. Yan Hua Ou from CNHL spoke in Cantonese and explained in detail about causes, symptoms and management of dementia. She also explained the link between smoking and dementia and encouraged the audience to improve their lifestyle and diet to reduce the risk of dementia. Free health checks were offered to participants. Positive feedback was given and the participants were satisfied with the event.

2015年4月21日‘吸煙和退智症工作坊’，有49人參加。

中心與全國華人保健中心 (倫敦) 在大羊城樓合辦 ‘曼徹斯特華人吸煙和退智症’ 健康日。是日先從太極活動開始，接着全國華人保健中心-歐豔華用流利廣東話主講有關於退智症的原因、症狀及護理。她還解釋吸煙與退智症之間的關連，並鼓勵觀眾改善他們的生活方式和飲食習慣，以減少老退智症的風險。設有免費健康檢查給參與者。他們對今次的活動非常滿意。

The event was held in the Bank of East Asia (Manchester). The aim of the event was to raise hepatitis B awareness among the Chinese population in Manchester. The event started with a Tai Chi session, followed by the first speaker Dr. Alison Uriel from the Infectious Disease Department of North Manchester General Hospital gave a thorough explanation about the routes of HBV transmission and the important to get screened and vaccinated against HBV for people from the high risk group. Then Emily presented Hepatitis B-a silence killer. This was followed by Shirley He, the Nurse Operations Manager of CHIC, Shirley gave a presentation of the work of the Dragon Project which was carried out in 2012 in CHIC. 150 Chines people were tested for HBV and 9 were found HBsAg positive and they were all referred to hospital. Dr. Alison Uriel then talked about the treatment service and the care provided by the NHS. Lora Talbot who presented the work of the British Liver Trust to end the morning session. Free health checks were offered to participants. In total 46 people attended of whom 22 people participated in the Tai Chi, 17 people had health checks and. 1 was referred to see their GP. A Cantonese interpreter was used. The event was supported by BEA (Manchester), British Liver Trust, Little Yang Restaurant, KwokMan Restaurant and Tai Chi Master Li Ming and Gilead 2014年3

月31日曼城華人健康日: 提高對乙型肝炎的認識 是日在東亞銀行(曼城) 舉辦。由太極活動開始，接着第一位講員從北曼徹斯特綜合醫院的傳染科:艾莉森-如利奧醫生講及關於乙肝病毒傳播的途徑及強調高危群人口應接受篩檢和注射乙型肝炎疫苗。之後由林艾米莉分享乙型肝炎為之沉默殺手。林姑娘報導在2012年龍的計劃結果-有150人接受乙型肝炎的檢查, 其中9人被發現是乙型肝炎病毒者; 他們都被轉介見專科。接着艾莉森-如利奧醫生介紹NHS提供的治療服務和照顧。最后由羅娜-塔爾博特介紹英國肝臟信託的工作。下午有免費健康檢查給參與者。共46人出席 ;其中22人參加太極活動， 17人做健康檢查和一人被轉介見家庭醫 。這次活動有廣東話即時傳譯。並得到東亞銀行(曼城) ,小羊城餐廳,國民酒樓,太極宗師黎明及曼城英國肝臟信託鼎力支持。另外又得到傳媒的關注有無線電視衛星台從倫敦來採訪。

‘Cancer Awareness Health Day’. at Chinatown Manchester on 08-07-2012 83 attendees in total.

This event was jointly organized between Breast Cancer Care Manchester and CHIC. A wide variety of information leaflets regarding cancer were provided. Free health checks including blood pressure checks, height and weight measurement and one to one consultation were also provided. 83 passerbies involving teenagers, adults and elderlies took part in this event. The feedback from the community was very positive and encouraging.