Around 600 people have taken part in an event bring together health, financial and job services to try and help people with the cost-of-living and waiting list crises
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"So the idea of this was to promote people coming out and getting those wee wellness checks and welfare advice.The centre is part of the Belfast Works which encompasses the Upper Springfield Development Trust, the Ashton Community Trust, East Belfast Mission and GEMS NI. "But the JBO have been really good and prominent in coming down here and it's not about tripping anyone up, it's to get them help with their wellbeing, so it's great to see all these communities coming together."
"I brought him over to our coaches and whenever he was leaving, he was very emotional because he couldn't believe he was on the wrong benefits. "I met a woman who's just moved to Belfast there so she's delighted to hear that there's so many things going on to help people. She was operating a skin scanner, which uses UV light to penetrate through the top five layers of skin to see if there are darker patches underneath, which is an indication that there is some sun damage.
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