Partnerships for Wellbeing

11/03/2026

Partnerships for Wellbeing’s Health Walks Team are delighted to be supporting Scottish Drugs Forum to set up a peer led walk in Inverness. Starting Thursday 26th March at cafe 1668 at 12.45pm the walk welcomes people with experience of substance use. The walk will be along the river to Bellfield Park and then back to the cafe for the chance to buy a drink and have a chat. The walk is free to attend and you can just turn up, or feel free to contact health walk manager Jayne Preece : jayne@p4w.org.uk or phone/message: 07824689235

10/03/2026

The 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 visited the brand new Inverness Caledonian Thistle Community Development community hub building, opposite the IRA on Culduthel Road.

As we’re interested in all things walking we were particularly keen to hear about 𝐖𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐛𝐚𝐥𝐥 ⚽️

If you’re over 55 and want to relive your glory days on the pitch, then this could be for you!

Weekly sessions on Thursdays at 12noon for an hour followed by tea and biscuits.

ICT have a huge community engagement program for all ages from primary school age all the way through to 70 and 80 yrs.

We look forward to working with them during the Festival of Walking & Wheeling 1st-7th June

03/03/2026

One of our lovely volunteers, David, is taking part in the Etape Loch Ness on the 26th April to raise funds for Adopt A Child charity.
If you would like to sponsor David on this challenge, please click on the Just Giving link attached.
The Community Transport team would like to wish David all the very best!

Help David Babb raise money to support Adopt-A-Child

02/03/2026

In our latest edition of 'PFW Journeys' video stories, our volunteer driver John Furze describes how a chance comment by one regular client sparked a nostalgic visit to Inverness Castle. 98 year old Beatrice Ingram was born there on a snowy December in 1927. When castle bosses got to hear about that, they invited Beatrice and her granddaughter Leeanne to see how it had been transformed by the multi-million pound refurbishment. But, as driver John revealed, she'd already had an unofficial sneaky peek.

27/02/2026

Cafe 1668 welcomed us in to use their space to host a Walk Leader Training course earlier this week. This was for the Scottish Drugs Forum (Inverness) We've been hoping to work with this organisation for a while so between our Health Walks Manager Jayne and SDF's Development Officer Brendan we made it happen!!

We had a lovely, enthusiastic group who had lots of insight and understanding of the benefits of walking and getting outside in fresh air.

We always include a walk as part of our Walk Leader Training. Even when walking from the city centre we were able to find a calm and peaceful spot in Bellfield Park to stop and just listen and look at nature around us.

Congratulations 🥳 to our new Walk Leaders, we'll be supporting them to get their own Health Walk up and running over the next while. ❤️

Thank you Cafe1668 for the delicious soup and sandwiches too 😋

26/02/2026

Last week we ran a Walk Leader Training course for some UHI Students. Students from 'Step into Care' and also from HNC Fitness, Health and Exercise joined us to learn about Health Walks, their many benefits and how to set one up and lead it.

After some classroom discussion we got outside and walked from the UHI campus. Congratulations 🥳 to our newly qualified Walk Leaders.

We're very happy to work with UHI and we have a regular Health Walk on Thursdays which meets at the UHI cafe before departing at 12pm for a walk around the campus, This walk is accessible to all and has additional Walk Leaders to support anyone who needs some extra help.

If you'd like to become a Volunteer Walk Leader or to join one of our Health Walks then please contact
Health Walks Manager Jayne@p4w.org.uk

25/02/2026

An exciting morning for our Community Transport team as we took one of our regular clients back to the place where she was born - Inverness Castle no less. 98 year old Beatrice Ingram and her granddaughter Leanne got the VIP treatment and were greeted by Highland councillor Ian Brown and the Chief Executive of High Life Highland Steve Walsh. Beatrice recalled how her father was housed at the castle back in 1927 when he was a senior police officer. She shared childhood memories of riding her tricycle along its dark and cold corridors.

PFW was on hand to make a short videocast about her visit which we'll post soon.

24/02/2026

Listen out for our Community Transport and Health Walks managers on Highland Hospital Radio this week. Fiona and Jayne were interviewed by Terry Henderson for his his 'Be My Guest' show - and they spoke about the various services offered by PFW and the opportunities to volunteer with us.

Your first chance to catch the show is on Thursday at 6pm. It will be repeated on Saturday at 6pm and again on Tuesday at 10am. You can listen via the station's website, app or on smart speaker. Just say 'play Highland Hospital Radio'

https://hhr.scot/

23/02/2026

PFW’s Health Walk in Tain has become very popular.

To keep everyone safe, and ensure we have enough volunteers we are opening a waiting list. If you are interested in the joining the walk please use the following link to register your interest.

https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CHy2JpwLe/

10/02/2026

Thanks to everyone who took part in our Christmas jumper week and our Lucky Dip. We raised £170 for Alzheimer Scotland and today PFW's Linda was able to hand over the cheque to our former colleague Nicola. (fondly remembered as original co-host of our Ways to Wellbeing podcasts).

09/02/2026

Our PFW minibuses swept over the Kessock Bridge this morning as our Friendship Club members headed for Rosemarkie on their latest outing. Our Admin Officer Hayley provided a splendid spread of tea and cakes, with additional home baking supplied by some of the club members.

03/02/2026

The PFW Friendship Club got a real treat at this week's gathering - the first meeting for 2026. Staff at the Lochardil Hotel served their soup and sandwiches in the stunning Tapestry Room. The table candelabra added that extra touch of luxury. Echoes of Liberace!