Movember 2022
Movember aims to help men live happier, healthier, longer lives. Mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer are the focus of Movember 2022. Across the world men die on average 5 years earlier than women and for reasons which are mainly...
Stopober 2022
Stoptober is a yearly stop-smoking challenge that was launched in 2012 to help people give up smoking and start a healthier happier life. The event encourages people to quit for 28 days in October with the aim of permanently stopping. Smoking is one of the leading...
World Mental Health Day 10th October 2022
World mental health day happens every year on 10th October and aims to raise awareness of mental health, important as 1 in 4 of us will experience a mental health problem at some time in our life. This year the theme of mental health day is 'Make mental health and...
Learning Disability Week
What is a learning disability? Learning disabilities may present in a variety of different ways and will vary enormously from one individual to another. Whilst some disabilities may be visible, others may not. Some people may require high levels of care and be highly...
Stress Awareness Month 2022
April is Stress awareness month Stress Awareness month has been held every April since 1992. Each year there is a different theme and this year the theme is community. With the pandemic lots of people have felt isolated and lonely, which will effect our mental health...
World Oral health day 2022
Everybody in the world has differently shaped teeth. No one will ever have the same teeth as you. Your smile is special and unique., which makes looking after your teeth and oral health very important Oral health is described as the health of the teeth, gums...
World Sleep Day 2022
We spend up to one-third of our lives sleeping. Sleep is a basic human need, much like eating and drinking, and is crucial to our overall health and well-being. Why was World Sleep Day created? Sleep professionals and researchers were faced with the same dilemma over...
LGBT+ History Month 2022
History is a lot like marmite, you either love it or hate it! It’s full of dates and facts and can seem hard going. But history is important, history has created the world we know today and it’s important to understand where we have started from, in order to know how...
Movember
When you think of November, it’s easy to write it off as the month between Halloween and Christmas when very little happens. But there’s plenty to enjoy and feel happy about in the eleventh month of the year! There’s the autumn weather and crispy leaves. The...
World Mental Health Day 2021
This year World Mental Health Day falls on Sunday 10 OctoberHere are some top tips of looking after your own wellbeing: Get creative – try drawing, painting, photography or creative, writing, singing, or playing and instrument, dance or drama or making something out...