Helena

Palliative Care Research Fellow @UniversityLeeds | @ARC_GM_ PhD exploring diversity in peer-volunteering | Trainee Health Psychologist. All views are my own.

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

Excited to share that our scoping review paper exploring the motives of peer-volunteers aged over 50 in physical activity programmes has been published!

You can read the paper here: https://t.co/fjXsOahFoF

This is my first, first-author paper & I am thrilled to share it.

[NMSW Research @NMSWResearch]

✏️ NEW PUBLICATION ✏️
Motives of Peer Volunteers Aged Over 50 in Physical Activity Programs: A Scoping Review

https://t.co/auydGgXMHI

[Helen Hawley-Hague @DrHawleyHague]

@RoyalVolService @RoyalVol_Manc @AgeUKRotherham
Hopefully the first of a few intresting papers from your PhD, well done! @HBilsborough99 @NMSWResearch @ARC_GM_

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

What a fantastic first day as a #researchfellow in #palliativecare @UniversityLeeds Looking very tired now but I’m excited to get going with the Equitable Care for All Ethnicities (ECAE) project!

Watch this space for updates (& PhD updates, we’re nearly there!)

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

Had a great time presenting my #PhD qualitative findings yesterday at #ISPAH2024 exploring factors influencing #peervolunteering uptake in #Bangladeshi and #Chinese communities.

I have also really enjoyed hearing about everyone else’s work so far!

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

Here we go with @ISPAH Congress 2024. What a beautiful way to open a conference with a string quartet! Excited to see what new knowledge the week brings.
#ISPAH2024

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

Had a brilliant time presenting my #PhD work at the #MobEx conference today!

It was great to be able to talk about some initial findings on what views the #bangladeshi and #chinese communities hold towards #peervolunteering and to talk a bit about the #ACEtrial

[Healthy Ageing Research Group @HealthyAgeingR1]

Great to hear about #peer #volunteering from @HBilsborough99 specifically #barriers and #experiences of #Bangladeshi and #Chinese communities in #greatermanchester 👇

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

And that’s it! The CAFT TukTuk Challenge 2023 is over!

What an exciting but difficult week, so many amazing experiences shared, I am so grateful to have had the opportunity to do this.

#CAFTtuktukChallenge @CAFTcharity @Travelteer_UK @tuktukrental

[CAFT @CAFTcharity]

Our TukTuk challenge is underway, good luck to all our amazing participants 🛺👍

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

Final reminder of the GoFundMe link if anyone would like to donate to CAFT:

https://t.co/HkfXkUy37U

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

Here we go! Final day of driving!

What an amazing experience and definitely a challenge. Sri Lanka is a gorgeous country and I feel so lucky to have had the opportunity to visit, especially in aid of a brilliant charity @CAFTcharity

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

Today was a hard one, we had difficult roads to manoeuvre up to Lipton’s Seat and I wasn’t feeling particularly well.

I did still, however, dress up as a duck for fancy dress day!

#CAFTtuktukChallenge

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

Day 3 about to start so here’s a TukTuk tour!

Very tired but loving every second, getting to see outside of the tourist areas of Sri Lanka is amazing.

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

https://t.co/HkfXkUy37U

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

Today we officially set off on our TukTuk Challenge in aid of @CAFTcharity

All of our TukTuks have been rented from families in Sri Lanka - we are taking good care of our one!

This challenge is also supporting 21 families through renting the 21 TukTuks via @tuktukrental 🛺

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

Thank you for taking the time to read this thread. It would be amazing if you could donate & share but I am also grateful for your emotional support. Make sure to check out CAFT too to see all the good work they do.

Wish me luck & stay away from the Sri Lankan roads in 2 weeks!

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

Just under two weeks away until I jet off to Sri Lanka for the start of the Children's Adventure Farm Trust Tuk Tuk Challenge.

It would be great if we could reach the donation goal before then & I'll add to this thread to tell you more about CAFT.

https://t.co/HkfXkUy37U

[Helena @HBilsborough99]

I am so excited to take part in this challenge and all for a good cause.
All donations and money raised goes directly to CAFT and will make a lot of difference to so many families in the North West.