7–13 July 2025 marks Alcohol Awareness Week, and this year’s focus is the link between alcohol and work, and the effect alcohol can have on you as an individual and your workplace.
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Men’s Health Week: Small Steps, Big Wins
In recognition of Men’s Health Week we felt it was important to highlight a male perspective on this year’s theme, ‘Strategy for Men’s Health.’ We were delighted that Brian Chittick, NHS Chief Executive, took the time to share his thoughts Read More …
National Walking Month 2025
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 …
Stress Awareness Month – April 2025
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 …
Sign Language Awareness Week – 17-23rd March 2025
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 …
No Smoking Day 2025
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 …
National Walking Month 2024
Today marks the start of May – the perfect way to discover the #MagicOfWalking and celebrate the benefits of keeping active outdoors for our body and mind. Walking is one of the best ways for people, of all ages and Read More …
No Smoking Day – 13th March 2024
Wednesday 13th March marks National No Smoking Day, this year we are raising awareness of where you can get support if you are looking to quit at any time. The Quit Your Way service is here to support anyone in Read More …
Getting Active – Spring into Health Campaign
Following on from the success of our Winter Wellness campaign that we ran in December we’ve decided to keep the group going and run another campaign throughout March which focuses on supporting people to get more active. The Winter Wellness Read More …
Money Worries and Mental Health at Christmas
Christmas is just around the corner, a time for giving and receiving but also a time for reflection. It can be joyful time for many but for many others is can be sad and painful, and financial and family pressures Read More …
Winter Illness Information – Vomiting & Diarrhoea
As the winter weather closes in, we naturally gravitate towards indoor activities; congregating indoors is just one of the factors that leads to an increased spread of winter illnesses. As well as common respiratory illness such as colds, Flu and Read More …
Suicide Prevention Awareness Week 2023
Do take care whilst reading this blog and if for any reason you feel like you need immediate support, please call the Samaritans on 116 123 The September days are here. When the day grows short and the evening tall, Read More …
Good Mental Health for All – Blog
Good mental health for all – isn’t that the dream? When our mental health deteriorates it can be one of the most debilitating experiences of all. And so difficult to manage because of how complex it is. Physical and mental Read More …
PRIDE!
Here we are in Pride month! What a joy to celebrate LGBTQIA+ communities around the world. It is a time of light and colour, of equality and faith in the human spirit. Stonewall Rebellion The first Pride event was celebrated Read More …
Welcome to our new website!
This is an exciting time for us as we launch this new site and invite you to explore its content. We are sharing lots of information about health and wellbeing, details of projects we are delivering and services we offer. Read More …
Time to talk day 2025
What is time to talk day? Time to Talk Day, held on 6th Feb 2025, is the nation’s biggest mental health conversation. It’s a prompt for people to come together, talk and really listen to one another. Time to Talk Read More …
Cervical Cancer Prevention Week – 20-26 January 2025
Attending cervical screening (also known as a smear test) is important to protect yourself from cervical cancer. The aim of cervical screening is not to identify cancer but to detect higher risk individuals before they potentially develop cancer. The smear Read More …
World Aids Day – Shetland
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 …
World Mental Health Day
The theme to this year’s World Mental Health Day is “it’s time to prioritise mental health in the workplace”. We know that work can be a stressful environment, so it’s important we take time in our workplace to look after Read More …