Glasgow City Community Health Partnership South Sector Health Improvement Team E. [email protected] Date: 20-01-15 Direct Line: 0141 232-8090 Empowering by Example Groupwork To whom it may concern, I am writing to confirm, that in my role as NHS support for Health behaviour change, we have recently worked in partnership with Gerard Murphy and his Empowering by Exapmle -- EbyE program to engage with two groups; people in early recovery from addictions and ex servicemen. Both groups were facing barriers to social integration with lifestyle risk factors underpinned by self defeating attitudes and behaviours. Gerard met all the conditions of his agreement with us and developed a great rapport with all participants. In both cases, feedback on Gerry’s EbyE Groupwork was very positive with the recovery group, electing to pay for extra sessions from their own funds. EbyE was then embedded within a pilot programme utilising football coaching as a vehicle to engage with a hard to reach group of ex servicemen consuming alcohol at hazardous, possibly dependent levels with additional indicators with lifestyle risk and mental health issues. Evaluations of Gerry’s 8 EbyE sessions were very high and the programme itself provided very positive outcomes and was winner in the Mental Health Category of the prestigious UK Military and civilian Health partnerships awards 2014. I look forward to working with Gerard in the future and have no hesitation in recommending his work to your organisation.

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Glasgow CityCommunity Health Partnership

South SectorHealth Improvement Team

E. [email protected]: 20-01-15

Direct Line: 0141 232-8090

Empowering by Example Groupwork

To whom it may concern,

I am writing to confirm, that in my role as NHS support for Health behaviour change, we have recently worked in partnership with Gerard Murphy and his Empowering by Exapmle -- EbyE program to engage with two groups; people in early recovery from addictions and ex servicemen. Both groups were facing barriers to social integration with lifestyle risk factors underpinned by self defeating attitudes and behaviours. Gerard met all the conditions of his agreement with us and developed a great rapport with all participants.

In both cases, feedback on Gerry’s EbyE Groupwork was very positive with the recovery group, electing to pay for extra sessions from their own funds. EbyE was then embedded within a pilot programme utilising football coaching as a vehicle to engage with a hard to reach group of ex servicemen consuming alcohol at hazardous, possibly dependent levels with additional indicators with lifestyle risk and mental health issues. Evaluations of Gerry’s 8 EbyE sessions were very high and the programme itself provided very positive outcomes and was winner in the Mental Health Category of the prestigious UK Military and civilian Health partnerships awards 2014.

I look forward to working with Gerard in the future and have no hesitation in recommending his work to your organisation.

Yours Sincerely

James Mc Daid

Health Improvement Practitioner

mailto:[email protected]