This month at Pulling Together we have continued with our Health and Wellbeing Comics funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund through Public Health in Arts(Trafford). We have spent the last few weeks designing the comics and discussing what stories to include. Making characters that reflected the image of ourselves was a favorite of the members of the group. Using the comics was a fun way to talk about issues that affect our local community.

This month at Pulling Together we began our latest project funded by Awards For All – Health Matters is a project that will increase confidence and knowledge whilst giving the young women the opportunity to learn how and what to do to ensure they begin to understand health and wellbeing. Through an informative and sensitive manner skilled professionals and female GPs will explain the benefits of health especially heart disease and diabetes as well as screening. Through this project it will allow them to ensure their mothers and aunties and other female members of their extended family are aware of diets and healthier options to the food we eat . Also that themselves and family members understand the importance of attending cervical and breast screening appointments when invited. We will deliver the sessions in a fun and creative manner led by an artist who will be able to capture words and images that lead to a collective collage and individual pieces that highlight the benefits of health and websites

This month at Pulling Together we have been discussing what stories we would like to include in our comic book. We have confirmed that the following scenarios need to be included: diabetes, CPR, and breast cancer awareness. We have also looked at various software with which we can produce our comic books including Lulu, Storyboard That and Pixton.