Health and Fitness

Climbing Mountain and Raising Awareness of Chronic Heart Disease
STAFF AND members of a Washington gym scaled The Old Man of Coniston to raise funds for a leading North East charity. Pinchaninch Body Transformation Centre owners Darren and Nichola Tyrie joined personal trainers and more than 60 of their gym regulars to climb the mountain at the Lake District...
Healthworks Cooking Up Healthy Eating Help for Newcastle Families
Dozens of families in Newcastle’s West End are set to get extra help with healthy eating thanks to a new initiative from an award-winning community charity and funding from Newcastle Building Society. Healthworks is using a £2,980 Society grant to organise a series of eight cookery demonstrations and workshops for...
Knight Shift for Healthwatch Newcastle
Healthwatch Newcastle, the independent not-for-profit organisation who gather and represent the views and experiences of users of local health and social care services has appointed a new Chair whose experience brings a wealth of expertise to the organisation. Jon Knight (33) is a national Director of St John Ambulance and...
Volunteering To Make A Difference In Health And Social Care
Health and social care champions, Newcastle Healthwatch and Gateshead Healthwatch, are looking to recruit volunteers who want to make a difference to local services.  Volunteers play a vital role in helping people have their say on health and social care. Volunteering with Healthwatch can help develop skills, gain experience and...
Newcastle Considered The Best UK City For Those Trying To Quit Smoking
Across the UK, the NHS sees 506,100 hospital admissions attributable to smoking, and ‘Stoptober’ is here to help reduce this number. Stoptober is a month-long campaign to help those who want to quit smoking start their journey to becoming smoke-free through community support, health resources and increased awareness on...
Baby Shark Helping To Educate Children On How To Save A Life
A leading North East heart charity is using the hit dance tune Baby Shark to teach school children how to save a life. Since its launch in 2016, Red Sky Foundation has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds to help towards funding hospital machines and placed numerous defibrillators in towns...
David Lloyd Clubs kicks-off Team PB Six-week post-lockdown recovery programme now live! Former MP, author and trainee Personal Trainer Tom Watson included in the team The UK’s leading health and fitness group David Lloyd Clubs, alongside psychologist Dr Jessamy Hibbard and nutritionist Jenna Hope, have today launched Team PB –...
New Research Shows North East's Public Support For Changes To Alcohol Labelling
New research released today suggests that the North East public would back Government plans to include health and nutritional information on alcohol products. If you didn’t know a glass of wine can contain similar calories as a slice of pizza, or a pint of lager similar to a Mars Bar...
Escape Interventions - Counselling Charity Seeking Out Assistance As Demand For Its Services Rise
A South Tyneside young people’s counselling and support services charity is calling for help to fund ongoing operational costs after a challenging year aiding more than 300 families and children facing difficulties. South Shields-based, Escape Intervention Services, is seeing rising demand for its services post-lockdown from young people aged from...
Nourish Your Wellbeing This Mental Health Awareness Week
Mental Health Awareness Week is the ideal opportunity to focus on psychological wellbeing - our own and our family’s. Emotional literacy means knowing how to talk about mental health and how to improve it and the best way to intervene when a loved one is struggling. Former primary school teacher...

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