The benefits of homesharing and inter-generational living
A recent government blog summarised the benefits of schemes such as Homeshare - a model of shared living which matches people with spare rooms, with people who are happy to chat and lend a hand...
How does the NHS work and how is it changing?
Did you know that we have a new Health and Care Act (2022)?
Can drumming enhance your wellbeing?
Last week the BBC reported that drumming can be used to reduce workplace stress and encourage workplace cohesion - Can drumming reconnect you to your colleagues?
Creating a child friendly community in Cardiff
Children and young people are working with Cardiff University on a project to make Grangetown a better place.
Who decides when life sustaining treatment should end?
The case of Archie Battersbee has received a lot of public attention and the High Court has ruled that his life-sustaining treatment should be withdrawn - Archie Battersbee: Who decides when life...
Urgent call for action and more research on the impact of body image on health and wellbeing
The House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee inquiry - The impact of body image on mental and physical health - was published yesterday.
What is the contaminated blood scandal?
Around 3,000 people have died having contracted HIV or hepatitis C through blood product treatments received through the NHS in the 1970s and 80s. It is thought that as many as 30,000 people were...
Health patterns and trends: Rates of STIs are highest among people from the black community
The BBC report - Why I want to talk about STIs in the black community - takes an in-depth look at the trend of higher rates of STIs (sexually transmitted infections) in the UK's black community.
The unexpected items that foodbanks need
Food banks have become an essential service - in the UK, more than 14 million people are living in poverty, including 4.5 million children.
Cyrille Tchatchet claimed asylum in the UK after the Glasgow Commonwealth Games in 2014. Since then he has experienced homelessness and a mental health crisis; trained as an NHS mental health...
Two new modelling studies suggest that there will be an increase in alcohol-related death in the UK due to changed drinking habits brought on by lockdown.
Inequalities in accessing the countryside
The BBC have reported that for some sections of the population, the countryside is not a place they can access or feel comfortable in.
Rugby concussions causing young-onset dementia
It is being widely reported that 180 Welsh and English rugby players are taking legal action against World Rugby, the Welsh Rugby Union (WRU) and the Rugby Football Union (RFU) for failing to do...
NHS waiting times forcing people to self-fund treatment | Increasing health inequalities
Long waiting times for healthcare treatments on the NHS are forcing people to pay for private care – with some people using crowdfunding to pay the bill.
Taster Lesson on Empowerment
This lesson on empowerment is fantastic if you need to fill a full lesson as part of your taster activities.
Here is a subject-specific PowerPoint-based quiz to use in the last few days of a challenging term! The quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a festive theme!
Here is a subject-specific PowerPoint-based quiz to use in the last few days of a challenging term! The quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a festive theme!
Here is a subject-specific PowerPoint-based quiz to use in the last few days of a challenging term! The quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a festive theme!
Here is a subject-specific PowerPoint-based quiz to use in the last few days of a challenging term! The quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a festive theme!
Here is a subject-specific PowerPoint-based quiz to use in the last few days of a challenging term! The quiz uses a set of our ever-popular livestream activities all packaged up in a festive theme!