by Hannah Danson | 20 Feb 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
A group of young food ambassadors aged 10 – 20 have travelled to Westminster to share their experiences of food insecurity with the House of Lords, as part of the Children’s Future Food Inquiry. The inquiry has set out to document the reality of food insecurity for...
by Hannah Danson | 19 Feb 2019 | Health care and wellbeing |
Even if you’re not participating in the Sugar Smart campaign’s Fizz Free February, you can do your bit to help reduce your own and other people’s consumption of unhealthy fizzy drinks – and also reduce the occurrence of single use plastics....
by Hannah Danson | 18 Feb 2019 | Health care and wellbeing, Public sector |
Latest alcohol consumption statistics A report by NHS Digital published earlier in February shows that more than one in five people drink more than 14 units of alcohol per week, the recommended maximum. For men, this figure is around 28%, and about 14% of women,...
by Hannah Danson | 15 Feb 2019 | Advice advocacy and legal, Health care and wellbeing |
There has been an increasing amount of news in recent years around bullying, harassment and other undesirable behaviours in the charity sector, and there has been a rise in reports of bullying behaviours in the workplace, even when they don’t make the headlines....
by Hannah Danson | 14 Feb 2019 | Employment and skills, Health care and wellbeing |
The Department for Health and Social care has launched a national recruitment campaign called ‘Every day is different’. Their website has a quiz that could show if a person would suit a caring role, and examines different jobs in the sector. You can find out more on...
by Hannah Danson | 14 Feb 2019 | Health care and wellbeing, Older people |
A new report has shown that most of the population does not know the risk factors associated with dementia. Alzheimer’s Research UK carried out the study, and found that half of UK adults could not name ANY of the risk factors for Dementia, and only 1% could...
by Hannah Danson | 11 Feb 2019 | Health care and wellbeing |
A new report has shown that increasing numbers of carers are having to choose between working and caring for those who depend on them, and leaving their jobs. Around half a million people have left their jobs int he last two years in order to care for an elderly, ill...
by Hannah Danson | 8 Feb 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
The Woman’s Centre would like to introduce to the work of the YEW (Young Empowered Women) Project. Their aim is to help young women and girls, aged 11-18 years old, who have experienced or are vulnerable to the experience of sexual or domestic violence. Though...
by Hannah Danson | 6 Feb 2019 | Health care and wellbeing |
Ellie Moseley, at Inclusion Cornwall, has written about an experience she had talking with a suicidal person, and bringing him back from the brink. She shares her strategy, and the happy outcome, and the article has been published in a national magazine. You can...
by Hannah Danson | 4 Feb 2019 | Health care and wellbeing |
A package to end the global AIDS epidemic in cites by 2030 has been signed in London by world health leaders, including Nairobi governor Mike Sonko, county commissioner Robb Pitts from Atlanta, UNAIDS’s Tim Martineau and Jose Zuniga, president of the International...
by Hannah Danson | 30 Jan 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, Events, Health care and wellbeing |
A quick run-down of the Days, Weeks and a Fortnight coming up in February. The whole of February LGBT History month The theme this year is Peace, Activism and Reconciliation. The aim of the event is to promote LGBT equality, and there are resources and other...
by Hannah Danson | 30 Jan 2019 | Advice advocacy and legal, Health care and wellbeing |
Almost 4 in 10 of UK adults volunteer, with most saying it benefits their mental health and helps fight loneliness. This is the headline finding of a survey conducted by YouGov on behalf of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations (NCVO), which spoke to 10,103...
by Hannah Danson | 29 Jan 2019 | Health care and wellbeing |
Brand new purpose-built dental centre in Cornwall, providing dentistry services with social impact, set to open after £1m investment A dental centre for Cornwall, specifically designed and adapted for patients with special needs including mental health conditions and...
by Hannah Danson | 25 Jan 2019 | Children and young people, Health care and wellbeing |
Young Carers Awareness Day 2019 is January 31. This is organised by the Carers Trust, to raise public awareness of the challenges faced by young people because of their caring role, and to campaign for greater support for young carers and their needs. The theme this...
by Hannah Danson | 23 Jan 2019 | Health care and wellbeing |
This week is Cervical Cancer prevention Week (21-27 January 2019) There are events taking place across the country to raise awareness of this form of cancer, and encourage people to get tested. How can you reduce your risk of cervical cancer? We want to ensure all...
by Hannah Danson | 23 Jan 2019 | Health care and wellbeing |
The Sugar Smart campaign is attempting to reduce our consumption of fizzy drinks by promoting Fizz Free February. You can sign up to the campaign, and register any events you are holding, as well as getting more resources, at the Sugar Smart website. You can still see...
by Hannah Danson | 21 Jan 2019 | Children and young people, Community support, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing |
A selection of national and local grants for amounts large and small. Reducing parental conflict challenge fund Grants to support innovative projects that gather learning on what works to reduce parental conflict in England. A DWP scheme encouraging innovation to...
by Hannah Danson | 18 Jan 2019 | Advice advocacy and legal, Community support, Health care and wellbeing |
As the weather forecast promises colder weather than we’ve seen yet this winter, here are a few news stories around that. Winter Wellbeing campaign Cornwall Council’s annual Winter Wellbeing campaign, run in conjunction with local charities, energy...
by Hannah Danson | 16 Jan 2019 | Health care and wellbeing, Housing and related services |
A collection of health and housing-related news stories Free health-check take-up low Take-up of free health-checks available to those over 40 has been low, according to new figures recently released. Less than half of those eligible have taken advantage of the free...
by Hannah Danson | 10 Jan 2019 | Community support, Employment and skills, Funding and grants, Health care and wellbeing |
These funding opportunities are closing soon CRCC’s Health and Wellbeing Grants A range of grants for groups and organisations who would like to help improve the health and wellbeing of people with care and support needs and their carers. Each grant listed...
