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Category: Spotlight

National Walking Month 2025

1 May 20259 January 2026 Krissi Sandison

May marks National Walking Month – a perfect opportunity to step outside, take in the fresh air, and embrace the longer and brighter days ahead. As the light returns and nature begins to bloom, it’s not just our bodies that Read More …

SpotlightNational Walking Month, Paths for All

Stress Awareness Month – April 2025

1 April 20259 January 2026 Jill Charleson

What is stress?  Stress is our body’s way of alerting us to threats or ‘perceived threats’. It is both a physical and pscyhological response in our bodies and is deliberately unpleasant so that we take notice of it.   When we Read More …

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Sign Language Awareness Week – 17-23rd March 2025

17 March 20259 January 2026 Krissi Sandison

This week celebrates Sign Language Week – a week that aims to raise awareness, to educate, and to celebrate and preserve British Sign Language (BSL) for future generations. This year’s theme highlights that BSL is more than a language. It Read More …

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No Smoking Day 2025

12 March 20259 January 2026 Verona Johnson

Wednesday 12th March 2025 marks No Smoking Day and ASH Scotland has launched a campaign with the theme ‘Quit and Win.’ The aim is to encourage people who smoke to quit and stay quit for good, therefore winning with their Read More …

Spotlight#HealthyShetland, #NSD25, #QuitYourWayShetland

World Aids Day – Shetland 2024

28 November 20249 January 2026 Caroline Watt

World AIDS Day is approaching this weekend, the annual campaign is a time to remember those we have lost to HIV and for communities to take a pledge to support those living with the condition.  One of the biggest issues Read More …

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