Join us at the Bexhill Primary Care Network’s Health & Wellness Event and learn about the local community support teams and services available to you in and around Bexhill.
What to Expect:
- Meet Your Local Primary Care Network Team
- Family Support for new parents, babies, and young people.
- Mental Health & Wellbeing Support
- Physio & Podiatry Advice
- Social Prescribing
- Cancer Awareness with education on screening and early detection
Free Goody Bags – available for the first 150 visitors!
Whether you’re looking to access services, learn more about your health, or simply connect with your local community, this event is for you.
Sponsored by Hastings Direct
List of exhibitors
Basic Life Support
Meet our PCN Team and learn how to perform BLS.
Blood Pressure Team
Available to take your blood pressure
Hydration Team
Offering advice on the importance of staying hydrated
Pharmacy Team
Available to talk and give advice about the Pharmacy First service.
Physiotherapist Team / Podiatry Team
Available with advice and support.
1066 Pink Ladies
We are a breast cancer support group who offer support to anyone who has received a breast cancer diagnosis, wherever they are in their cancer journey.
20/20 Health
We are an exercise referral scheme based in Bexhill & Hastings. We are accredited to the NHS to received exercise referrals from medical professionals.
A Touch of Gentleness
Offering a beautiful soothing therapeutic hand massage and a gentle listening ear.
AAA Screening Programme
Abdominal aortic aneurysm screening awareness for men aged 65 and over.
Bexhill Caring Community
We offer a multitude of services for the elderly, housebound and lonely of all ages.
Bexhill Diabetes Support Group
Providing knowledge as well as good ideas to help members manage their condition better.
Bexhill Men’s Shed
A space where people of all ages can come together for friendship, learning and laughter. Repurposing and making items for ourselves to use, keep or sell.
Care for the Carers
Information, advice, signposting, wellbeing support and activities for unpaid carers living in East Sussex.
Citizens Advice Bureau
Providing free information including warm home check, debt advice, benefit checks and general advice to help with people’s needs.
Demelza Hospice Care for Children
Providing care and support for children with life limiting and life-threatening conditions and their families.
DISC Dementia Support
Supporting unpaid carers of those living with dementia, from pre-diagnosis to post-bereavement.
East Sussex Early Days CIC
Offering parents free Lactation Consultant (IBCLC) visits at home to provide skilled early feeding support.
East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust – Community Frailty Service
Offering verbal information and advice to those who have a degree of frailty and require further support or signposting to other services.
East Sussex Healthcare Trust – Virtual Wards / UCR
Advising how best the virtual wards/UCR can support people to remain at home.
East Sussex Hearing
Providing support, training, assistive equipment and advice to people who suffer any form of hearing loss.
East Sussex Learning Disability and Autism Liaison and Health Facilitation Team
Support to access mainstream health and care services for those requiring additional support and for those caring for a person with a learning disability and/or autism.
FSN Charity
Children and young people’s mental health and bereavement support.
Gaby Hardwicke Solicitors
Promotion of the importance of granting and registering Lasting Power of Attorney for both property & financial affairs, health & welfare.
Glow Baby Sensory Play
Fully immersive sensory experience specifically for the early years (05). Soft play, role play, arts and crafts, sensory stimulation.
Holding Space
Parent peer support to families whose children are struggling with their emotional and/or mental health.
Home Instead
Providing care to clients in their own home so they can continue to live independently.
Homecall
Home visiting service to help people who are blind or visually impaired remain independent in their own home and relief from social isolation.
MacMillan Cancer Support
Providing information and support to people living with and affected by cancer. Here to listen and signpost to local support services.
Mountain Healthcare Sexual Assault Referral Centre
Free advice and services to victims of sexual assault and rape.
NHS Health in Mind
Awareness of NHS talking therapies service/mental health support and what is on offer to people over 18 in the area.
One You East Sussex
Information on the free healthy lifestyle services available including smoking cessation, health coaching, adult weight management and NHS health checks.
Parkinson’s UK
Providing information about the disease and all of the 40 symptoms, signposting to the help and support available including local groups/exercise classes etc.
Prostate Cancer Support Organisation
Offering advice and support to any man who needs help at diagnosis or through the path of treatment.
Radfield Homecare
Domiciliary care provider specialising in the care of older people in their own homes.
Sara Lee Trust
Charity that delivers counselling, group activities and complementary therapies to the people of Bexhill and Rother living with a life changing cancer diagnosis.
Sussex Recovery College
Offering free adult education courses that focus on mental health and recovery, open to people living with mental health issues and their supporters.
TCV – East Sussex Health Walks (The Conservation Volunteers)
Programme of free weekly, hour long health walks across the county.
The League of Friends of the Bexhill Hospital
Offering details of the League membership and details of the way in which the League provide equipment to benefit the people of Bexhill with their healthcare.
The Pelham / Running Space
Offering support and access to a range of activities and support services.
Warming up the Homeless
Charity supporting homeless people on the south east coast, providing daily outreach support, food banks and welfare advocacy.
Wave Community Bank
A non-profit credit union supporting financial wellbeing within the community. Offering ethical, affordable loans and flexible savings accounts to people.
WOLO Foundation
Supporting families in Sussex affected by cancer.
YouNique Wellbeing Studios
Helping you improve and maximise your Health & Wellbeing.
- By Rail
Direct trains go from London Victoria, Brighton and Ashford to Bexhill.
There are also trains from London Charing Cross, changing at St. Leonards Warrior Square and from London Bridge or Charing Cross going to Battle. Battle is only a short taxi journey away (15 mins approx).
Visit www.nationalrail.co.uk for up-to-date train travel information. - Taxis
Town Taxis: 01424 211 511
Parkhurst Taxis: 01424 733 456 - By Car
If driving from the London area:
Take the M25, then A21 to Hastings. Turn off at John‘s Cross and follow the signs to Bexhill.
OR
Take the A22 to Eastbourne, go across the Bishop roundabout to the A271 and follow the signs to Bexhill and the seafront. The De La Warr Pavilion is on the Marina.
From the Brighton area:
Follow the A27 out of Brighton until you arrive in Bexhill On Sea. - Parking
Please be aware the Rother District car park outside the De La Warr Pavilion operates paid parking until 10pm. After this time parking is free.
Within the limits of this Grade One listed building, the De La Warr Pavilion strives to be fully accessible with a range of facilities to support your visit.
If you have specific access needs for a daytime visit or for a bookable event, please email customerservice@dlwp.com or call 01424 229111
Current facilities are:
- Assistance Dogs are permitted into the building (not in the carpeted area of the Café Bar)
- Ramped access at the front of the building
- A low counter at the Box Office and Information Desk
- Disabled toilets on two floors
- A lift to all floors
- Accessible galleries on both floors
- An accessible Café
- Spaces for wheelchairs in the auditorium for seated events – please note that currently our balcony seating is not accessible for wheelchairs/walkers.
- Ramped access in the auditorium for events during the day
- Ramped access into the Studio
- Two travel wheelchairs are available for use at the De La Warr Pavilion. To reserve, please call our box office and information desk on (01424) 229111 or ask a member of staff on arrival. The chairs are provided on a first come, first served basis and are intended for use inside the Pavilion. Please contact us for more information.
Facilities for blind or visually-impaired
- Large print season brochures
Facilities for the hard-of-hearing
- An T-Switch induction loop in some areas of the auditorium (please indicate when booking as this facility is not available on the balcony)
- British Sign Language interpretation tours of the building and exhibitions are available on request.