Each year the ALLIANCE host the Self Management Awards, which celebrate examples of good practice and promote a range of innovative self management work that exists all over Scotland. The awards are an opportunity to highlight and recognise important and innovative self management activity across Scotland. A good opportunity to celebrate and reflect on one of last years winners: Moray’s Be Active Life Long (BALL) Group.
“Moray’s Be Active Life Long (BALL) Groups are winners of the 2019 Self Management Project of the Year award.
There are 20 active ageing groups in Moray, which are run by and for older people, with support from the Community Wellbeing Development Team (CWDT) for Health and Social Care Moray. The CWDT help over 800 people each week to stay active, manage their own physical and mental wellbeing and keeping connected to their community.
BALL Groups are unique to Moray and originated in 2005. They were created out of the need to improve mental and physical activity amongst those over 60 in order to keep them connected to their communities and to prevent, reduce or significantly delay the need for formal care services. In turn this supports their self management journey. BALL members attend for many different reasons, whether they are coping with a long term health condition, recovering from an illness or taking a preventative measure to keep fit and well.
Testimonials from BALL members:
“It’s just wonderful – you see them coming in kind of timid and shrunken and after three or four weeks they’re striding along. You wouldn’t believe the difference it makes and it can spread into all areas of their life. It’s as though someone has lit a light inside them.” ” 
To read the full article on the Alliance website, click here.
The 2020 Self Management Awards are open for nominations, find out more about the nominations here.
