We’re just a week away from Wimbledon starting, and we can’t think of a better way to mark strawberries and cream season (😉) with all the different ways you can satiate your strawberry cravings and get 1 of your 5-a-day. Not only are strawberries the sweetest they’ve ever been right now, they’re also cheap at
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Love your Lungs Week
Love your lungs week is celebrated from the 21st to the 27th June and is used to raise awareness about the health of our lungs and what can be done to keep them as healthy as possible and avoid damaging them. One of the ways in which you can show you lungs some love is
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It’s time to talk about Pride. The 1969 Stonewall Riots sparked the catalyst for change and is said to mark the beginning of LGBTQ+ movement and Pride celebrations in the UK and around the world today. At the very forefront of the movement was Storme DeLaverie and Marsha P. Johnson who are the reason so
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18th June marks Father’s Day, and as I headed out to buy a card and gift for the dads in my life, I was dismayed by just how many cards and gifts revolve around alcohol. The number 1 suggested gift item at a large well-known supermarket is a pint glass, closely followed by Beers of
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It’s Diabetes Week, and there are over 4 million people living with diabetes, both Type 1 and 2 in the UK currently. However, a report by Diabetes Research and Wellness Foundation has estimated that there are 500,000 people in the UK unaware that they have the condition. Could you be one of them? If you
Read More About Do you have diabetes? Aged 40 – 74? Get a Free NHS Health Check and find outDiabetes Week 2023 – Because you are so much more than your numbers
This week as we mark Diabetes Week, we want to celebrate what makes you, you. If you or any of your family has been diagnosed with Type 1 or 2 Diabetes you will be more than familiar with the ongoing ritual of blood sugar measuring, carb counting, HbA1c, blood pressure; the hospital appointments, the never-ending
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This Pride Month, we’re sharing valuable resources and information across our platforms to help build a safer and more inclusive future for LGBTQ+ communities. Today, we’re shedding the light on LGBTQ+ mental health and how LGBTQ+ communities can access mental health support. Mental health problems can affect any of us, but they’re more common in
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The key to a healthy diet is about eating a wide range of foods to make sure your body is receiving all the nutrients it needs. Maintaining a healthy weight is about eating the right amount of calories for the amount of activity you do. Eating and drinking more calories than you body uses is
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Our Breastfeeding Peer Support service, Breastfeeding Buddy, is marking Pride Month with these rainbow knitted breasts. These knitted breasts – which make regular appearances with our Buddies and parents of Breastfeeding Buddies – make for the perfect props for demonstrating effective latching and positioning for new parents who are breastfeeding. We’d like to say a
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12 – 18 June is Men’s Health Week. This year the theme is Men and the Internet and whilst no one would argue about the benefits the internet has brought it also has a darker, more additive side. So this week, why no step away from your phone, tablet or laptop and try the CAN
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