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 …
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National Walking Month 2025
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 …
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 2024
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 …
Suicide Prevention Awareness Week 2024
Every year, on September 10th, organisations and individuals from around the world get together to raise awareness around suicide prevention. Suicide Prevention Awareness Week takes place from Sunday 8th September to Saturday 14th September 2024, a time to start conversations Read More …
Mental Health Awareness Week – 13th to 19th May 2024
We are proud to be supporting the Mental Health foundation’s Mental Health Awareness week. This years focus is on movement, the ways in which moving move can help our mental health. #MomentsforMovement In the hustle and bustle of daily life, Read More …