The Long House in Holsworthy celebrates 10th anniversary

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IT has been ten years since the Post attended the ribbon cutting of Holsworthy’s outreach centre The Long House – and since then the service has grown exponentially with thanks to the community’s support.

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00:00We're here at the Longhouse in Holsworthy where they're celebrating their 10th anniversary.

00:05Come inside as we have a look around, talk to the team and find out what's been going on in the last 10 years.

00:15I think the community should be really proud because whilst we do get some statutory NHS

00:20funding to provide our care, none of the care that comes out of Longhouse is statutory funded.

00:25It is all charitably funded, so in many ways this is not North Devil Hospice's Longhouse, it is the community's.

00:34I coordinate the complementary therapies, so here we offer a massage, reflexology,

00:41aromatherapy sessions to both patients and carers to help with symptoms, to help with that stress,

00:49the tension and just allow them some time to relax.

00:55I'm one of the counsellors here, so I speak with people here one to one.

00:59Sometimes we know that there's a need for a therapeutic group, might be a larger group of

01:05patients that we have who could really do with a group in which they can all speak together and

01:10support one another, but have a safe holding place where they can talk about their experiences

01:15and feelings and so on. Other times we run creative groups and sometimes it's simply a matter of people

01:23having a space where they can come together socially and talk with one another freely and easily in a

01:28place that's quite safe.

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