A series of seminars at the Wellbeing Hub Warminster will bring community voices and professional research together.
The first session takes place on Saturday 25th April from 12pm to 5.30pm, with events planned every two months.
The hub is a growing research centre built around four pillars: social and cultural inclusion, research and healthcare, research and development and ecotourism and international conservation. The seminars aim to spark discussion around these themes, combining professional insight with residents’ experiences.
“The whole point of these seminars and of the research centre is to bring community voices and professional researchers together,” said Dr Charity Chenga, who co-founded the hub alongside Lydia Moore.
“Community members are really busy doing a lot of things and also, they have an experience and understanding of things that researchers and professionals don’t have an understanding of. It’s lovely to bring everyone together to actually discuss some of these issues and have a place where people feel they can express these things so that they can filter from professionals into communities.
“The whole point of the seminars is to enable everybody to come together, connect, and discuss issues. It’s not only from a local perspective, but also from an international, global, perspective.
“It’s not going to be lectures; there will be a person presenting a topic and people will be able to participate in discussions.”
Each session will include global conservation and healthcare topics alongside local issues. The April seminar will explore the Jamaican experience of Hurricane Melissa, conservation with a 14-year-old Sustainable Warminster member, diabetes awareness with NHS professionals, and local rivers and sustainability with a Warminster town councillor.
Sessions are free, refreshments will be available and attendees can drop in at any time. Organisers say the seminars are not aimed at children.
For more information, contact info@thewellbeinghub.org.uk
