Wear it Pink Friday 24th October 2025 is Wear it Pink day, raising money and awareness for breast cancer and breast cancer research. Symptoms of breast cancer There are several signs and symptoms that could indicate breast cancer. If you develop any of these symptoms and are concerned, please see your GP: Checking your breasts […]
Who is Smoking? Current figures suggest that approximately 11.9% of the adult (16 and over) UK population smokes – this translates to about 1 in 8 people. Within the four countries that make up the UK, England has the lowest proportion of smokers at 11.6%, followed by Wales at 12.6%, Northern Ireland at 13.3% and […]
This years Winter Survival Guide is here! This handy little guide includes top tips for keeping healthy over winter, how to keep warm, staying safe on the roads as well as signposting to helplines if you need some support this festive season and places where you can give back.
Cervical Screening Awareness Week this year is the 20th-26th June. So lets go over what is a cervical screening, what happens in a cervical screening and what actually is HPV? What is a cervical screening? A cervical screening (or smear test) is a free medical test that helps prevent cervical cancer. It does this by […]
“The most terrible poverty is loneliness, and the feeling of being unloved.” ― Mother Teresa “Where are the people?” resumed the little prince at last. “It’s a little lonely in the desert…” “It is lonely when you’re among people, too,” said the snake.” ― Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince At some point in out […]
Mental Health – what is it, and why is it so important?! It seems that we are hearing about mental health more and more these days, as we learn about the widespread impacts of poor mental health and continue to navigate through a pandemic. Mental health is defined by the NHS as “a positive state […]
3rd February 2022 is Time to Talk Day across the UK. Run by Mind and Rethink Mental Illness in partnership with Co-op. The aim of Time to Talk Day is to help create supportive communities by having conversations with your friends, family and colleagues around mental health. Mental health is something that affects all of […]
After all the festivities of the holiday season, January is the prime time to try and cut down on the alcohol (Dry January). Cutting down the amount of alcohol you consume can have so many benefits including helping you sleep better, helping with lowering your blood pressure and of course helping with your spending. There […]
With the global pandemic in mind, the past two years have been extremely difficult for all, and as a result BackCare Awareness Week 2021 (4th to 8th October) will be paying particular attention to: Working from Home Studying at Home Spending more time at Home BackCare have not forgotten those who are still working from […]
Most people have felt stressed at some point in their lives, and work-place stress can be very common in different working environments. In 2018, the Mental Health Foundation undertook the largest known study of stress levels in the UK. It revealed that in 2018, 74% of people had felt so stressed they were unable to […]
