Hands 4 Wellbeing & 'Focus on Emotions'

22/10/2025

🩺 October is National Cholesterol Month! 🩺

Let’s talk about HDL cholesterol – often called the “good” cholesterol.

Stay tuned this month for more tips on managing your cholesterol and looking after your heart health. ❤️

22/10/2025

🎀 October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month - a time to learn, support, and advocate for everyone affected 💖

Breast cancer doesn’t just affect women. Men can get it too. It can also impact transgender people, who may face extra barriers to awareness, diagnosis, and care.

Here’s what to keep in mind:
🩺 Know the signs in everyone - lumps, changes in shape, ni**le changes, skin dimpling
🔍 Men, don’t ignore changes in your chest or ni**le - although less common, breast cancer can still occur in men
🏳️‍⚧️ Trans and nonbinary people: your risks and body may change with hormone therapy or surgeries - always feel empowered to ask for care and checkups

📚 Learn more and find inclusive support:
👉 https://breastcancernow.org
👉 https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-cancer-in-men/
👉 https://www.breastcanceruk.org.uk/resource-for-transgender-people/

Let’s make awareness inclusive, supportive, and life-saving 💪

21/10/2025

Early detection and better treatments have led to improved recovery and survival from breast cancer.

If you are a woman, aged 50 or over, you'll be invited for breast screening every three years, until your 71st birthday.

If you think you should have breast screening, but you haven't been automatically invited by the time you are 53, do contact your local breast screening service.

Even those amongst us who have already developed breast cancer, it is still important to check as a different unrelated type can develop in the remaining breast.

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13/10/2025

Today marks Secondary (Metastatic) Breast Cancer Awareness Day - so please share and spread the word. While most breast cancers don’t come back after treatment, it’s important to know the signs and symptoms in case they do.

Speak to your GP or breast care nurse if you have any new symptoms that:
✅Are new or unusual for you
✅Don't have an obvious cause
✅Don't go away

11/10/2025

What a lovely afternoon delivering my presentation 'Letting Photographs Tell Their Stories' for Pink Sisters and Misters at their first ever 'Let's Talk Cancer' event. We were joined today by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress of Stoke on Trent they were both really interested in all the work Pink Sisters are doing in the area and were very complementary about my presentation. If you would like to book a presentation please send a message - this is suitable for cancer support groups, health care professionals, within the work place, WI, camera clubs etc etc. face to face and online

08/10/2025

On Saturday I'm delighted to be one of the guest speakers at this event. This is open to everyone and there will be lots of interesting information available throughout the day. I'll be giving my 'Letting Photographs Tell Their Stories' presentation around 1pm the cafe at the Floral Hall will also open. Why not come and join us!! 😊

03/10/2025

I am delighted to be a guest speaker at the event. If you wish to hear my talk I'm on at 1pm

Come along to our first awareness open day - everyone is welcome!

Free entry, indoors and the cafe will be open. There will be lots of advice and support available.

"Together We Are Stronger"

03/10/2025

We know its October, we know its Breast Cancer Awareness Month and it is such an important month for raising awareness but we also know that support is needed for anyone with any kind of cancer so here is a list of our face to face support groups for this month. We will still be promoting awareness as part of this months push to check yourselves so please share far and wide.

So we start today with our first face to face meeting of the month later today at the Dougie Mac Wellbeing Centre from 1.30pm - 3pm

Tuesday 7th October - Newcastle Community Fire Station, Knutton Lane, ST5 2SL from 5.30pm-7.30pm

Monday 13th October - Bridge Centre, Birches Head Road, ST2 8DD from 6.30pm-8.30pm

Tuesday 14th October - Daisy Bank House, Leek Road, Cheadle, ST10 1JE from 5.30pm-7.30pm

Friday 17th October - Meir Primary Care Centre, Weston Road, Meir ST3 6AB from 10am-12pm

Monday 20th October - Salvation Army, Salisbury Street, Leek, ST13 5EE from 6.30pm-8.30pm

Thursday 30th October - Kidsgrove Town Hall, Liverpool Road, Kidsgrove ST7 4EL from 6.30pm-8.30pm

Anyone with any cancer is welcome and if you are feeling anxious about coming for the first time, bring your partner or friend for moral support (they also might need some support too).

Refreshments are also provided so please come along for a chat and meet others who know how you are feeling, what you are or have gone through and can help and support through what we know is one of the most traumatic times you can experience.

"Together We Are Stronger"

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