Heather Girling
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Do you care?
Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK. It also helps people who don't think of themselves as...
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The spectrum of mental health and wellbeing...
… requires a spectrum of approaches and support. Many of us will have some awareness of mental health and wellbeing and how vast, deep and complex the topic can be. Mental health includes our emotional, psychological and social wellbeing. It...
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Did you know: this week is World Childless Week?
World Childless Week is here to raise awareness of the childless not by choice (CNBC) community and to enable people who are childless not by choice to share their stories. Of the women who reached the age of 45 years in...
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Everyone, everywhere can inspire inclusion
The theme for International Women’s Day (IWD) 2024 is #InspireInclusion. Research from the Chartered Institute for Personnel Development (CIPD) shows that women aged 45-55 are one of the fastest growing demographics of the workforce. It is expected this trend is...
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Let’s talk about…dust
As a New Year gets going, there is often talk about resolutions and goals as well as things to achieve and the important things to focus on. This poem by Rose Milligan might get you pondering on your priorities and...
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Let’s talk about… grief and loss
National Grief Awareness Day on August 30 is an opportunity to raise awareness of all aspects of grief and loss and reminds us there is a choice of support to all those grieving. Grief is a natural response to loss....
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Lets talk about… taking time to talk
Time to Talk Day is the nation’s biggest mental health and wellbeing conversation. Happening every year, it’s a day for friends, families, communities, and workplaces to come together to talk, listen and change lives. Talking can be a way to...
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Lets talk about… being calm before, during and after Xmas
This time of year can bring mixed emotions and challenges. Not only are there plenty of things to do, buy and remember but we can also be feeling the pressure in other ways. We might remember loved ones that are...
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Let’s talk about… Grief and loss
National Grief Awareness Week is an opportunity to raise awareness of all aspects of grief and loss and reminds us there is a choice of support to all those grieving. Grief is a natural response to loss. Loss can take...