Health Connections has taken over the Stay Connected project from the 2019 lockdown period, originally lead by We All Matter Eh? in association with a number of local charities, businesses and individual donors. The Stay Connected initiative offers older and [...]

What is it? An Island-wide project lead by our Shop Operations Manager, Kate, with a team of 50+ volunteers who have a range of sewing experience, making reusable, washable fabric masks to a simple pattern, which help protect against [...]

Since the last lockdown local charity Health Connections has been busy connecting people in the Bailiwick to local support that matters to them. Their online directory of support has now listed over 450 community organisations offering support and activities to [...]

The Health Connections team are seeking partners who share their values to work with them, support their work and help them raise vital funds to support their 'directory to doorstep' service. If anyone would like to know more about Health [...]

On June 1st Health Connections opened their 'Pre-Loved' shop on Smith St and a fantastic new community space called CONNECT, open to all town shoppers from 9am-5pm in the old Guernsey Press shop. Clothing and more PRELOVED is full of [...]

Volunteering made me who I am today. When I was a child growing up in Ireland, volunteering enabled me to get out into the world and find new experiences – experiences which continue to positively influence my life. As a [...]

As promised here are some of the wonderful, and incredibly varied, examples of journaling submitted to the Invisible Occupation project. We are so excited to share this small selection with you! It’s never too late to join in, download [...]

Health Connections is delighted to launch the Gift it Forward scheme, in partnership with IslandMums, IslandMums Together and HomeStart, designed to enable islanders living in lockdown have access to essential clothing, shoes and uniform for children up to age 16.   [...]

Welcome to Health Connections recently launched community project: The Invisible Occupation….Our Islands’ Lockdown Journal. Here you can download the Press Release and the How to Get Started documents that will give you everything you need to know about how [...]

At Health Connections, like all of our partners we are stepping up to support the community. This is our current plan of action: We have relaunched the ‘Meet Your Neighbour’ initiative, leaflets suitably adapted in partnership with Post Office. [...]

We are delighted to welcome Kate Bridges as our new shop manager Kate returned to Guernsey 15 years ago and has worked as a curtain maker, helping local families decorate their homes, whilst bringing up her family. She is [...]

The Health Connections team would like to wish all their directory partners, sponsors, volunteers and everyone in the Bailiwick Community a very Happy Christmas! Thank you for helping us to connect people to support

Job Description Social Prescribing Link Worker Type 1 year contract. subject to review. Contracted Hours 20 hours per week, may include some evening and weekend work Responsible to: [...]

Health Connections celebrated their 1st anniversary recently at Les Cotils with guest Speaker Dr Roger Allsopp. His talk “The positives of an Ageing Demographic- from Retirement to renaissment” was exceptionally well received by a large and diverse audience, which included [...]

Every organisation should have their fun side and for the Health Connections team, it is their charity shop on the Bridge. Thanks to the Co-ops generosity, it has been redecorated bright orange and it stands out! Inside, there is a [...]

Our “Directory to Doorstep” model enables you to connect to support that matters to you and to support Social Prescribing on island. We have just attended the International Social Prescribing Network Conference in London - it was inspirational! We are [...]