EPP (Expert Patients Programme)
The Expert Patients Programme (EPP) is a free course for anyone living with one, or more, long-term health condition in Croydon. The six-week course is designed to boost your health and wellbeing, find solutions to common problems and help you feel more confident to manage your condition.
The Expert Patients Programme complements the care and support you already receive from healthcare professionals and will make you aware of other services and resources available in your area.
Weekly sessions cover a range of topics including:
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Managing symptoms
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Dealing with pain and tiredness
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Coping with feelings of depression and anxiety
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Healthy eating
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Exercise
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Managing stress
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Planning for the future
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Communicating with family, friends and health care
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Finding other health services in the community
About Us
Asian Resource Centre of Croydon was established in 1999 as a charitable organisation with a view of bringing together Asian Communities & Businesses.
Our mission is to support, develop and promote voluntary/community activity that enhances the quality of life in Croydon.
Our vision is of an inclusive vibrant and sustainable voluntary and community sector that enhances local quality of life.
Our key outcomes are:-
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More effective, responsive services for local people
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Empowered and active communities
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Increased social inclusion and community cohesion
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An increase in social capital
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Strengthening of civil society
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Increased health and wellbeing of Asian communities
Our Approach
ARCC believes in a holistic approach to delivering services and achieving impactful outcomes.
Our approach is three pronged:-
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Partnering with organisations to deliver an ABCD grass roots response that builds on community strengths and advances equalities for addressing needs and issues faced by marginalised communities.
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Enabling voluntary sector organisations to develop and grow, providing infrastructure support to VCS to deliver quality services.
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Gathering evidence of community conversations in relation to community issues, needs and gaps affecting Asian communities in particular.
ARCC Board of Directors/Staff
The Board of Directors provides Asian Resource Centre of Croydon with a breadth of experience and expertise. All Directors contribute their time to help set and oversee the strategic direction of the organisation. They work directly with Staff, review and comment on plans and performance, review any major issues bearing on the wellbeing of the organisation, and decide important new directions. It is the Directors responsibility to approve our Budget, Annual Report and Accounts.
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Jay Patel - (Chair)
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Ash Balakrishnan - (Vice Chair)
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Sahadat Hossain - (Secretary)
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Bhupinder Bhardwaj - (Treasurer)
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Dilshad Surelia - Director
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Rumel Jahur - Director
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Somasundaram Kanagasundaram - Director
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Dimple Siddhapura - Director
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Ima Miah (Chief Executive Officer)
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Mamun Khan (Programme Manager)
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Debahuti Chakraborty (Finance Manager)
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Nayim Chowdhury (IT & Project Coordinator)
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Lizzie Hewitt (EPP Project Coordinator)
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Beena Ali (Mental Health Project Coordinator & Community Facilitator)
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Nasreen Syeda (Community Facilitator)
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Natalie Appiah (Care Home Connector)
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Jaydee Alexander (Care Home Connector)
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Shipa Ali (Care Home Connector)
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Tom Grashion (Cancer Awareness Project Coordinator)
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Amjid Rahman (EDI Research / Community Facilitator & LTC Project Coordinator)
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Kay Kakad (Sessional Worker)
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Gifty Nmaju (EPP & DoSa Project Coordinator)
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Irene Kafeero (Small Grant Coordinator)