Features
REACH is National Volunteer Organisation working for
Black & Minority Ethnic (BME) Community
REACH Mission and Vision
REACH Mission REACH Community Health Project is an innovative national voluntary organisation whose aim is to improve the health of Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities living in Scotland. The project is also committed to facilitate change within mainstream health services to better address the health needs of this particular community. To achieve these aims REACH has developed a triangulated forumla in the form of a Service Unit, Policy and Research Unit and a Cultural Diversity Training Health Unit.
Our vision is a multi-cultural society in which all people have equal access to appropriate health services and our mission is to empower BME communities by ensuring that their health needs are fully met.
REACH Community Health Project have three key objectives as working principles which, helps us to implement our policies thereby achieving our aims. The objectives are as follows:
- To provide a range of good quality, culturally-sensitive preventative health services
- To influence mainstream policy and undertake innovative research so as to identify and remove barriers to health for BME communities
- To provide cultural diversity training for mainstream, voluntary and private sector organisations working wtih BME communities.
REACH’s TRIANGULATED FORMULA
REACH’s Triangulated Formula of Community Health and Development (2006)
| Current Services |
Current Researches |
| Smoking Cessation Clinic (free) |
Asylum Seekers and Refugee Research
Funded by Glasgow Centre for Population Health |
| Elderly Men's Fitness Class (free) |
BME Men's Health Research
Funded by Big Lottery Fund |
| Physiotherapy Clinic for Men (free) |
Refugee Health Needs Assessment
Funded by Home Office |
Services dedicated to Black and Minority Ethnic Men
Free Advice and Treatment
Multi-lingual staff for your convenience
- Medicines Information Clinic
- Holistic Health and Fitness Programme
- Smoking Cessation Clinic
- Healthy Joints and Mobility (Physiotherapy) Clinic
- Well Man Clinic (General screening clinic)
- REACH Recovery Clinic (Drug/Substance Misuse Clinic)
- Research Study on Asthma Treatment in BME Community (including men)
- Gym & Fitness Classes
- Massage for BME men
Time Table of REACH Gym for BME Men
| S.No. |
Days |
Time |
| 1 |
Monday |
3pm - 5pm |
| 2 |
Tuesday |
5pm - 8pm |
| 3 |
Wednesday |
2pm - 5pm |
| 4 |
Thursday |
2pm - 5pm |
| 5 |
Friday |
10am - 1pm |
Free massage will be given to members*
For further information: call Monday to Friday 10am to 5pm on 0141 585 8022/91
Venue: Network House, 311 Calder Street, Govanhill, Glasgow
*once on monthly basis on prior appointment provided by the REACH's Gym staff.
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