#WHISCumbria17 ‘The second Carlisle summit was inspirational’
If I was to sum up WHISCumbria17 in one word it would have to be HONEST. Over the two days we heard from a group of inspiring individuals. They came to Cumbria to share their experience.
They all brought passion to the stage, and as Anthony Stagg outlined, we all need the 3 Ds – Decision, Desire and Determination – and that’s what everyone had in abundance. #togetherweinspire
DAY 1
The opening of the event was warm and we have to thank Cllr Ian Stewart from Cumbria County Council for setting the tone. It was a passionate address that hit all the right notes about us as a community collaborating and working together.
Dr Amir Hannan re-inforced this by outlining the need for us as a community to support our health services, by bringing communities together to share their collective knowledge and openly sharing that knowledge so we all benefit.
Jane Douthwaite started the day and gave her experience of making change within the NHS and how she strives to make a difference. Colin Dolan gave an account of his battle with alcohol and drugs and how football changed his life and the lives of so many others in our communities.
Dr Austin Warters gave an overview of the digital transformation Ireland is currently going through and it was a great insight into what we’re about to encounter from a digital perspective in healthcare. Richard Corbridge and his team must be commended in their dynamic approach to collaboration and embracing new ways of workings such as social media use etc.
Helen Teasdale gave us a short snippet of a child’s experience of Music Makers and there’s no doubt that music as an early years experience can help support inclusion/diversity and aid our children’s development in a positive manner.
Just before lunch we heard about Military Carers from Paul Watson and even had me surfing to demonstrate the emotional anxiety children face when one of their parents is deployed in the military.
“What a morning” was a comment made to me over a cup of coffee and I agreed. Over lunch we got to see some of the innovation that we have developed from WHISCumbria16 – our ID-SOS (EHR) has been launched along with the Universal Ferral remover.
These are local innovative idea we’ve collaborated on to support our health and social care services which in turn stimulates vibrant communities.
After the break we started with laughter yoga by Keith Adams and it was exactly what we needed after lunch to get the muscles going around the stomach. Keith gave us a demonstration in laughter yoga while also outlining the health benefits to be had from laughing out loud! (LOL).
Helen Render then spoke about Tic Toc and their mission to save lives by installing defibrillators in Carlisle, Cumbria and beyond. Tic Toc, a charity that is run by volunteers, last year installed 12 defibs in one day and this year plans to break that record.
Dr Ishy Bruce took to the stage and explained to us how we can deal with anxiety and the importance of managing it in our busy lives. We then heard from the inspirational John Joyce about his mission to support carers through #CookerySoS. John gave us background about his wife who has MS and how he works tirelessly to help others eat fresh food.
Mark Williams was next and he gave us an emotional account of how post natal depression can effect men following child birth. Mark spoke about how his wife suffered from mental health problems and the subsequent effect it had on his life and his families. He now works to support other men and families around the world and to break the stigma attached to mental health.
We rounded off the day with author Anthony Stagg outlining the 3 Ds – Decision, Desire and Determination. He’s interviewed and spoken to hundreds of people up and down the country and across the world who are impacting change and the common ground he’s found is the 3 Ds.
When you have passionate people and they make that decision to do whatever they are going to do, and they have the desire and the determination, he outlined how they make it happen. It’s about how passionate people operate and achieve the near on impossible through adversity.
It was the perfect way to end day one at Harraby and each and every speaker gave and honest account of their experience in life and all must be commended for their dedication to helping others.
We had our networking evening at the Old Fire Station and it coincided with a raffle to raise funds for cancer as my daughter Mia is currently going through chemotherapy treatment. I have to thank each and everyone in Carlisle and Cumbria for all the support we’ve received. We had over 80 local businesses donate to the raffle.
A massive thank you goes to Helen Render, Ian Jackson and the Tic Toc team who are part of our family now and always will be.
If that wasn’t enough for day one, we had Andy Fearon speak about his amazing community project “Give A Day” – an inspiring way for us to give away a day to the city of Carlisle. Andy outlined how people had given their time and effort to support the city.
Andy passed the mic over to artist/author and adventurer Derek Eland and he gave us an account of his experience on Mount Everest and the stories he recorded while there. It was a fascinating insight into life on Everest.
We closed day one with music from Hardwicke Circus, a Carlisle band managed by music legend Dave Robinson.
Day one was inspirational and the everything about it was exactly what WHIS is about – #togetherweinspire
Day Two report follows soon…
CUMBRIA TODAY WAS OFFICIAL MEDIA PARTNER OF THE WORLD HEALTH INNOVATION SUMMIT
CUMBRIA: MARCH 2-3 2017, CARLISLE #WHIS
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