Category: Wellbeing

An adventure play centre at Castle Farm in North Cave, East Yorkshire has recently introduced hand dryers designed specifically for children in a bid to promote hand washing and sustainability in a fun and child-friendly way. 

Local mental health charity Hull and East Yorkshire Mind is delivering mental health training to Nisa colleagues to create mental health champions within the workplace.

Local mental health charities Hull and East Yorkshire Mind and North East Lincolnshire Mind are marking World Suicide Prevention Day on Friday 10 September by launching a community research survey.

Humber, Coast and Vale Health and Care Partnership, West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership (WY&H HCP), West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Yorkshire Sport Foundation, and Community First Yorkshire have published a joint report to celebrate the work of charities, social enterprises, and community organisations ahead of International Charity Day on Sunday 5 September.

World Breastfeeding Week takes place annually, and this year falls on 1-7 August. This year’s theme is Protecting Breastfeeding: A Shared Responsibility. To celebrate and […]

WISHH Charity, the official charity of Hull Hospitals, is encouraging people across Hull and East Yorkshire to join the nation’s biggest tea break.

Local mental health charity Hull and East Yorkshire Mind is asking people to join the fight for mental health with its Mind Walk initiative.

A film produced for Yorkshire Cancer Research that explores whether misconceptions about vaping as a tool to quit smoking are harming our chances of reducing preventable forms of cancer has been viewed over 100,000 times and is being used to lobby policymakers in several countries.

As we continue the roadmap out of lockdown and more businesses re-open, Hull City Council is continuing to work with the Health and Safety Executive to carry out spot checks and inspections on local businesses.

Drug and alcohol recovery charity pleased as Line of Duty brings common misuse of painkillers into public awareness.

A multi-million pound ICU is to open at Hull Royal Infirmary this summer for critically ill and injured patients from all over Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.

The ShinyMind app is a uniquely interactive mindset resource that improves wellbeing, resilience and teamwork.

National ODP Day highlights the incredible work of some of the NHS’s true unsung heroes.

Sharon Hornsby, a Contact Officer with Humberside Police, received treatment for early stage breast cancer after a free awareness session prompted her to book an appointment with her GP.

The campaign aims to raise awareness of how you can access support for your mental health and wellbeing – whether that’s by contacting your GP or by using one of the self-referral options offered locally, which do not require a GP appointment.

New trial starts today of 40 NHS staff working in critical care to help combat work stress.