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November is the time for our fellow men with Movember and International Men's Day! Movember promotes men's health, while International Men's Day promotes positive male role models and well-being. This month is our time to unite to raise awareness of mental health,...

It’s World Menopause Day, a day held every year on the 18th of October. The purpose of today is to raise awareness of menopause, and the support options available to improve health and wellbeing for those going through menopause. We had the opportunity to speak with...

It’s Bike Week! From the 5th to the 11th this week we will talk cycling! Bike Week has run 100 years this week, marking a century of promoting cycling as an everyday activity for everyone. This year, Bike Week 100 is all about workplace cycling. Wellbeing at Work...

It's nearing the end of National Walking Month. This is an excellent campaign to get out to all the lovely locations around us, to be fitter, healthier and improve our wellbeing! Charley Roberts, Health Improvement Practitioner (Wellbeing at Work/Wellbeing Champions)...

Our Trainers, Nita Dodd Advanced Health Improvement Practitioner and Warwick Smith, Health Improvement Practitioner, have been busy providing bespoke sessions for Mental Health First Aid Training within businesses and communities throughout Plymouth! With that, they...

It’s National Walking Month, an excellent campaign to get out to all the lovely locations in and around Plymouth. Now that the sun shines, there’s never been a better time! Shawnie Lea, Health Improvement Advisor, part of Wellbeing at Work and Wellbeing Champions, has...

I am a 56-year-old menopausal woman with a BMI of 25, and a long history of depression. I was diagnosed with severe Obstructive Sleep Apnoea in November of last year 2021 after several years of visits to my GP about my dreadful snoring (just ask my family) and feeling...

Why 'Nature' is the theme for Mental Health Awareness Week This last year has made many of us start to reflect on what is important in our lives. It has given us a new perspective on all the things we have missed during long periods of lockdown. Research has shown...

I started my mental health nursing career in 1985, and I am lucky enough to belong to the 1995 pension scheme, which essentially means that I can take my full pension at 55. So on 29th December 2020, I will be taking the required 8 day break in service and in...

I love walking and I particularly enjoy the circular loop around Saltram House and its gardens.  The loop is 2 miles in length and passes by quite a mixture of settings including fields of cows, a beach, views of Saltram House, woods, a bird hide and glimpses of the...

Since lockdown hit I have started each morning with a walk before the working day, this has really helped me wake up, get ready and go for what day is ahead of me. I am very lucky to live in a lovely part of Plymouth, The Hoe. Each morning as I’m walking up to road I...