Health and Community Stoke on Trent & North Staffordshire

16/03/2020

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29/08/2019

The Seafarer Support team were delighted to be able to help support retired seafarer in the case below. To learn more about how they help see: http://www.seafarersupport.org/how-we-help.php

05/08/2019

Seafarer Support generated a total of £10,542.92 for UK serving/retired seafarers and their dependants. Should you be interested to see how they help check out their website: http://www.seafarersupport.org/how-we-help.php

09/07/2019

The Seafarer Support team was delighted to be able to help generate a total of £6,267.24 for UK serving/retired seafarers last month. To learn more about Seafarer Support and the help they provide see: http://www.seafarersupport.org/how-we-help.php.

03/07/2019

Visit Seafarer Support website www.seafarersupport.org to help you find the maritime charity best suited to help those seafarers, fishers and their families in need

18/06/2019

The Seafarer Support team were able to assist a widow of a seafarer who was in desperate need of support. Should you be interested in knowing what else they can help with see: http://www.seafarersupport.org/how-we-help.php

11/06/2019

The Seafarer Support team was delighted to be able to help generate a total of £5,826.27 for UK serving/retired seafarers last month. To learn more about Seafarer Support and the help they provide see: http://www.seafarersupport.org/how-we-help.php.

03/06/2019

MEN'S HEALTH WEEK 2019: BY NUMBERS

Men are supposedly obsessed with numbers but when it comes to our own health, there are quite a few we don’t know. Men’s Health Week 2019 takes up that challenge.

So the first number we need to know is 10: Men’s Health Week begins on 10th June and ends the 16th.

The Men's Health Forum are raising awareness of 7 numbers that all men need to know:

37 - a waist size of 37 inches or above puts you at increased of heart disease, diabetes and cancer.
150 - men should aim for 150 minutes of moderate physical activity a week.
5 - we should aim to eat 5 portions of fruit and veg a day.
14 - maximum 14 units of alcohol a week. Learn more.
10 - cigarette smokers die 10 years younger on average than non-smokers.
120/80 - normal blood pressure. Learn more.
75 - 75% of suicides (3 out of 4) are by men.

One man in five dies before he is old enough to retire. Together, by knowing our numbers, we can change this statistic.

- the key numbers in men's health

For more information visit https://www.menshealthforum.org.uk/mhw

31/05/2019

Child Abuse

Child abuse is any form of physical, emotional or sexual mistreatment, or neglect that leads to the injury or harm of a child. The abuser may be a family member, or someone the child encounters in a residential setting or in the community. An individual may abuse or neglect a child directly, or may be responsible for abuse because they fail to prevent another person harming that child. Approximately 30,000 children in the UK are currently on child protection registers (meaning health and social services consider them to be at risk of significant harm). Parents may worry a great deal about paedophiles and ‘stranger danger’ but it is important to remember that most sexual abuse happens in the family home and is carried out by someone known to the child. The effects of child abuse can be extremely serious and long-lasting. If you are concerned that a child you know is being abused, contact your local social services; the police or the NSPCC.

20/05/2019

this Dementia Action Week Many people are worried about ‘saying the wrong thing’ to someone living with dementia, yet a friendly face or liste...

16/05/2019

Last month the total amount of grants Seafarer Support generated for UK serving/retired seafarers was their highest yet this year!
They thanked the Shipwrecked Mariners' Society, Nautilus International and the Seafarers Hospital Society who supply the grants Seafarer Support use to help seafarers in need of assistance 😃.