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Let’s Chalk About Mental Health

Princesshay will transform Princesshay Square into an interactive wellbeing space this May, bringing together local organisations for its annual Let’s Chalk About Mental Health event.

Taking place on Thursday 14th May from 11am–3pm, the event aims to highlight the importance of talking, sharing and listening to others.

Now in its fourth year, the event has grown to include a wide range of partners offering activities, guidance and opportunities for visitors to the centre. These include creative workshops, mindful crafts, movement sessions and interactive experiences...

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Think before you dial 999 for an ambulance

Now that the summer season is upon us and the holiday makers are arriving in all corners of the region, South Western Ambulance Service (SWASFT) is reminding people to Choose Well and only dial 999 in a life threatening emergency.

Over the last weekend (Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th July) the Trust attended a host of incidents including stabbings, cardiac arrests, a sky diving accident and an accident involving a glider.

Ambulance crews also attended countless road traffic collisions, especially as the wet weather hit across the patch, and staff are reminding motorists to...

Win high definition eyebrows treatment at Wear Park Spa

IN PURSUIT OF THE PERFECT EYEBROWS

Eyebrows! We’ve seen all sorts of shapes and sizes over the years but we think that tempting as trends can be, the best eyebrow of all is the one which looks best for you!

Our eyebrow shaping and tinting have always been popular treatments but now we can offer a longer lasting effect that is bespoke for you.

The perfect shape and colour to enhance your eyes and really make them stand out! As the saying goes, if eyes are the window to your soul, eyebrows are the frame! MyBrows is high definition, precision perfect eyebrows treatment...

Urgent appeal for organ donors

The number of people who donated organs has fallen for the first time in 11 years.

During 2014/15 more than 4,400 (4,431) people in the UK had their lives saved or improved by an organ transplant.

New statistics released today in the Organ Donation and Transplantation Activity Report 2014/15 shows the number of transplants has decreased from 4,655 in 2013/14 to 4,431 in 2014/15. This is a 5% decrease on last year and means that 224 fewer people received an organ transplant.

Of the transplants carried out, 1,092 were made possible by living donors who gave a kidney...

Join The Ramblers Big Pathwatch

The Ramblers has launched the Big Pathwatch, the nation’s biggest ever footpath survey, following new research that reveals path problems in England, including the South West, are on the rise.

With more than 8,750 problems recorded on paths in the South West and more than 86,000 in England, the Ramblers fears this isn’t the full picture and that the scale of the problem is far bigger.

The Ramblers needs as many people as possible in the South West to take part in the Big Pathwatch, which will for the first time build both a national and regional picture of the state of the...

Donation will help children with bowel diseases

Exeter families whose children have Inflammatory Bowel Diseases such as Crohn’s or Colitis can now receive extra help with the costs of travelling for treatment thanks to a £2,000 donation from the Exeter Crohn's and Colitis Committee.

Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis are the two main forms of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). They affect parts of the digestive system, which includes the intestines or bowels, which can become sore and inflamed.

Dr Jim Hart, Consultant Paediatrician at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital accepted the cheque from the Exeter Crohn's and...

Get your office in the Loop

We all know that the best way to clear the mind, loosen the limbs and get the ‘juices flowing’ during a busy working day is to get up from our desks and have a short break.

Rather than trudging down to the coffee machine though, the turn-to activity becoming among forward thinking businesses is table tennis.

Ping pong, wiff-waff: call it what you will; is enjoyed by 101,000 people weekly according to the latest figures from Sport England’s Active People Survey.

Table Tennis England, the sport’s official governing body, has recognised this trend with the launch of ‘...

More than half of us know someone with cancer

More than half (68%) of the people in Devon – an estimated 651,500 people – currently have, or have had, a family member or a close friend with cancer, reveals Macmillan Cancer Support today1. Earlier this year, Macmillan announced that there are currently 2.5 million people living with cancer in the UK, which is set to rise to 4 million by 20302.

Overall, most people in Devon (76%) know, or have known, someone with cancer – whether a colleague, acquaintance, family or friend.

And worryingly, the research found that 34% of people – an estimated 247,500 people in Devon do...

Night time ‘insneezia’ hindering Brits summer shut eye

New research1 from Boots Pharmaceuticals reveals that for the 18 million2 Brits who suffer from hayfever – problematic pollen does not stop when the sun goes down. In fact, 64% of sufferers admit to suffering from ‘insneezia’ – a term that refers to the insomnia-esque impact of night time hayfever symptoms, caused by pollen falling at the end of the day as the air cools. On a typical summer night, insneezia sufferers say that they miss out on 72 minutes of shut eye – which equates to being kept awake for a total of nearly five whole days across the months of June to August - with itchy...

Walking for Health in Exeter

A new weekly walk, suitable for all ages and abilities, is starting in Exeter on Wednesday 15 July.

Every Wednesday, walkers will have the choice to join the short walk (30 minutes walking time), there will be the option to relax in the park or take part in games.

The terrain is suitable for wheelchairs and pushchairs.

Those who wish to walk longer will carry on, walking for 75 minutes.

Everyone will meet back at the café at the Riverside afterwards - time to have a chat and drink.

This walk is part of the Walking for Health project, England’s...

Are you the region's fittest pensioner?

If you are over 65 and still like to keep active, know that age is just a number and you take pride in putting younger people to shame with your fitness routines, then don your training shoes and enter the national search to find the UK’s most active person aged 65 and over, starting with a regional winner from the South West.

Launched by well-known celebrity fitness guru Mr Motivator, who at 62 still keeps fit and healthy with regular workouts that used to keep the UK energised every morning in the 90’s, the Older Actives competition, sponsored by Ateronon, is searching for nine*...

Health & Beauty

Let’s Chalk About Mental Health

Think before you dial 999 for an ambulance

Win high definition eyebrows treatment at Wear Park Spa

Urgent appeal for organ donors

Join The Ramblers Big Pathwatch

Donation will help children with bowel diseases

Get your office in the Loop

More than half of us know someone with cancer

Night time ‘insneezia’ hindering Brits summer shut eye

Walking for Health in Exeter

Are you the region's fittest pensioner?

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