Worcester Warriors Foundation are bringing people together to support mental health and physical wellbeing. The Wellbeing Café project is hosted from the Foundations base at the Royal Porcelain Works in Worcester. The café provides an inclusive and friendly environment that anyone can benefit from. People coming along to the wellbeing café can take part in … Continue reading “Worcester Warriors Foundation Wellbeing Cafe”
A Women’s Institute group feel they are ‘so lucky’ to discover resistance bands and the positive impact they can have, after recreating an exercise routine to Kylie Minogue’s classic song. This was just the beginning for the Corn Dollies from Claines in Worcester and has been the springboard for the ladies to use the bands on … Continue reading “Women’s Institute – the positive impact of resistance bands”
St Paul’s Hostel is working with local NHS to provide Health Checks to people who experience homelessness. The evidence is clear: People who have or are experiencing homelessness are more likely to have poor physical and mental health than the general population. This includes both poor mental as well as physical health and both can … Continue reading “Health Checks for people experiencing homelessness”
Worcestershire Health Walks is nearing 2,000 registered walkers across the County, with walkers having the choice of over 200 walks a month to join! New walks started in 2023 in Upton on Severn, Malvern, and Droitwich – with more planned to commence throughout 2024. A health walk is a short walk undertaken on a regular … Continue reading “Worcestershire Health Walks growing in numbers”
Partners have worked together to bring a new event to the local county parkrun calendar. The new parkrun event, in Diglis, takes place every Sunday from 9am, starting from Diglis Fields, Diglis Lane, Worcester, WR5 3FB. Local volunteers have been at the heart of making the project happen, with the County Council working alongside them … Continue reading “New Worcester Junior Parkrun”
Public Health Worcestershire have recently collaborated with the global pharmaceutical company MSD to celebrate its progress towards eliminating cervical cancer – which has led to an estimated 850 cervical cancer deaths each year – more than two women every day in England. Virtually every case of cervical cancer is caused by human papillomavirus (HPV). This … Continue reading “Celebrating the West Midlands’ progress towards eliminating cervical cancer”
