Sefton OPERA and the Affordable Warmth Team have linked up again to put on another popular Keep Warm, Keep Well event from 10.30am until 4pm next month. Aimed at the over 50s, the event kicks off with information stands as well as blood pressure checks, chair-based exercises, massages and free goodie bags also being offered at the event at Bootle Cricket Club, Wadham Road, on … Continue reading Let Elvis entertain you

  Fed up with what life is throwing at you? Want to change how you deal with situations? Then the Think Differently, Cope Differently course delivered by Living Well Sefton, the wellbeing organisation, could be just what you need. Running over five weeks, the course is for people experiencing anxiety, low mood or stress, and aims to inspire people to build resilience and give them … Continue reading On course to improve wellbeing

Health commissioners are inviting south Sefton residents to come to their ‘Annual Review meets Big Chat’ event on Thursday 27 September 2018. NHS South Sefton Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is combining its annual review meeting with a ‘Big Chat’ style event, and this year will also be celebrating 70 years of the NHS. So, as well as finding out about the CCG’s performance and achievements … Continue reading ‘Big Chat’ about health in south Sefton

Local NHS leaders are reminding Sefton residents there is a free, confidential service to support people with anxiety, depression and other common mental health conditions. The recently-launched Sefton in Mind campaign covers the 30 days that fall between World Suicide Prevention Day (September 10) and World Mental Health Day (10 October). The campaign aims to promote positive mental health across the borough and signpost residents … Continue reading Take a positive step towards feeling better – Access Sefton

A YouGov poll has found that one in five of UK adults are drinking above the Chief Medical Officer’s low risk drinking guidelines and more than two thirds of these say they would find cutting down on their drinking harder to do than one or more other lifestyle changes – improving their diet, exercising more, or reducing their smoking, if they were smokers. Working together … Continue reading Public Health England and Drinkaware launch Drink Free Days