Midwives lead the way for innovation with brand new advice app. Qualified midwife advice will soon be available to expectant mothers, 14 hours a day, 7 days a week. Recognising that on average, pregnant women get to see their midwife every three weeks at the most, parent and experienced midwife Hannah Harvey is launching her Ask …
The Move it or Lose it – mission Dementia, cancer, diabetes, heart disease, are all things we fear especially as we age. And yet we can reduce the risk of these and many other dreaded diseases by up to 50 per cent simply by moving more and sitting less! For us getting the message out there is …
Widnes Vikings open Vikings room in care home for Learning Disability Week Widnes Vikings opened a special Vikings themed room in a care home that supports people with complex learning disabilities today, to mark Learning Disability Week. Star player Alex Gerrard and representatives of the club visited Glenwood Care Home in Widnes to celebrate a …
House to Home – Story of a Project Manager My name is Melanie Taylor. I am a self-employed Human Resources practitioner and a member of a Carlisle Ambassadors. Having been involved to a smaller degree than I wanted to be in Give a Day 2015, when the dates for the 2016 initiative were released I cleared my diary to …
My Alopecia story. I have been putting this off for a while now, i don’t really know why, i guess its like opening up old wounds. Anyway as i sit here with my hair free head here’s my story so far……. A little over two years ago i noticed whilst in the shower and combing …
In 2013/2014 264 million pound was wasted to poor dementia-care in English’s hospitals. Can we fix that? – Yes! How? By integrating music into the hospital dementia-care and with knowledge tools. With Music? Yes with music! Because with music all care operations runs better and easier, and music give shelter and feelings of safety to people …
As an organisation we are looking to ensure that children and families receive the best care available in Cumbria. As part of this endeavour we are supporting the work of Brathay Children’s Trust, by completing a unique 21 mile, double row of Lake Windermere. All monies raised will go to ensuring that children in Cumbria are not disadvantaged …
International Father’s Mental Health Day 2016 The first ever International Fathers’ Mental Health Day will take place on Monday 20th June 2016 (the day after Fathers’ Day) to raise awareness of postnatal depression (PND), antenatal anxiety and childbirth trauma experienced by men. Mark Williams, who suffered all three after becoming a father and subsequently founded …
A visit to Oslo, Norway (part 1) ‘Welcome to the biggest village in the world.’ was the greeting from locals when I started work in Oslo many years ago. Last week on a short visit it was somewhat different. ‘Welcome to Europe’s fastest growing capital,’ they said. A lot has changed over the years in …
