The focus for this year’s Men’s Health Week (June 10-17) will be men’s health by numbers. Men’s Health Forum, which co-ordinates the health awareness event, is raising awareness of the importance of looking at the key numbers that men need to know about their own health. The week will also highlight the statistics that policy-makers need to know including the impact of inequality and deprivation … Continue reading Know your numbers

Southport and Formby Macmillan Cancer Information Centre is doing something a bit different this summer to support children and young people whose lives are affected by cancer, with a free family fun event on Saturday 22 June. Taking place from 1pm to 4pm at The Salvation Army, Shakespeare Street, in Southport, local residents from north Sefton are invited to come along. As well as some … Continue reading Macmillan to hold family fun day

Anyone who is interested in staying up to date with healthcare and services in Sefton is invited to attend forthcoming governing body meetings for local clinical commissioning groups (CCG). NHS Southport and Formby CCG and NHS South Sefton CCG hold their bi-monthly governing body meetings in public so that people can listen to the discussions and decision making processes of the doctors, nurses and other … Continue reading Invite to Sefton governing body meetings

Two special events are being held in Sefton to mark national Volunteers’ Week celebrations. Volunteer’s Week, which takes place in the first week of June each year, pays tribute to the hard work of volunteers across the country, without whom many organisations would be unable to provide valuable services in their local communities. On Wednesday 5th June Volunteer Centre Sefton will be hosting a volunteer drop-in event … Continue reading Volunteer Centre Sefton to hold Special Events to mark National Volunteers’ Week 2019!

Three inspirational women from Sefton and a Bootle-based voluntary service have been named finalists in the Merseyside Women of the Year awards 2019 and a public vote has been opened to decide the overall Merseyside Woman of the Year. Laura Hughes, Margot Walker and Brenda Porter will join Bootle-based organisation RASA to make the shortlist of 26 unsung heroes from across the region at the annual … Continue reading Three inspirational Sefton women named finalists in Merseyside Women of the Year 2019