Housing and mental health are often linked. Living in stable, good quality, safe housing is a protective factor for good mental health and wellbeing – but poor mental health can make it harder to cope with housing problems, and being homeless or having problems where you live can make your mental health worse. Homelessness, rough sleeping and poor living conditions can also make people feel more isolated and more likely to experience stigma and poorer health. A World Homeless Day stall will be in Queen Square from 10am today supported by Wolverhampton BID on behalf of Alternative Giving CIO, P3,…

You may think that it is just a harmless drink or two at the end of the day to help you relax. it’s just a few drinks when you get together with friends. or it’s just that you need to get rid of the office stress. We all need to catch a break sometimes, which makes our favorite brand of drink our best friend. Trouble starts when ‘a drink or two’ moves to a level where you can’t hold the drink anymore. It affects your ability to think straight and take decisions that you may regret in retrospect. Alcoholism not…

Researchers from Aston University have found that people following healthy eating accounts on social media for as little as two weeks ate more fruit and vegetables and less junk food. Previous research has shown that positive social norms about fruit and vegetables increases individuals’ consumption. The research team sought to investigate whether positive representation of healthier food on social media would have the same effect. The research was led by Dr Lily Hawkins, whose PhD study it was, supervised by Dr Jason Thomas and Professor Claire Farrow in the School of Psychology. The researchers recruited 52 volunteers, all social media…

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Palliative care aims to improve the quality of life of people living with life-threatening illness and people close to them. It prevents and relieves suffering and focuses on helping people to live well until the end (Hospice UK 2020). Worldwide approximately only 14% of people who need palliative care currently receive it. In the UK, 90% of people who die would benefit from palliative care, meaning over 600,000 people each year need it; a figure only going to increase as the population ages and the complexity of conditions from what people are dying from increases. If the current trend continues, the demand for…

The Walsall Food Summit organised by Food for Life Walsall (a Soil Association programme) with Public Health Walsall took place on 17 January 2024 at Walsall Football Club. It began with an introduction from Nadia Inglis, Interim Director of Public Health at Walsall Council, who talked about the need for easy access to good food that is not only healthy, but affordable and sustainable too. The Walsall Food Summit was a catalyst for action, with a focus on building on the great work that is taking place in Walsall and identifying priority actions for a borough-wide food plan, which has…

Families across England who have children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) will soon receive further support with more short breaks, supported internship opportunities and better support for those with Down syndrome, the Department for Education has announced. The short breaks innovation programme – which provides a range of unforgettable activities for children with SEND, to help improve their health, education and wellbeing outcomes – will be extended to a further 7 local authorities. Backed by £30 million, activities include cooking classes, theatre trips and craft workshops, providing children with SEND an opportunity to develop social skills and friendships, whilst offering parents…

New measures to enhance recruitment and retention in the teaching profession have been announced by the government. They include £1.5 million of new investment to deliver a three-year mental health and wellbeing support package for school and college leaders; providing professional supervision and counselling to at least 2,500 leaders. The government is also committing to publish new guidance for schools – expected to be completed this spring – on how to prevent and tackle bullying and harassment of school staff. The measures have been announced after extensive consultation with school leaders and teachers around the improvements they believe will ensure that…

“A huge benefit of these exercises is the number of calories burnt; however, they provide many other health benefits such as improving strength, mental wellbeing and overall happiness. There is an exercise out there for everyone and it is exciting to find your perfect fit – or a variety of workouts.” The research was conducted by Breaking Muscle, which is the fitness world’s preeminent destination for timely, high-quality information on exercise, fitness, health, and nutrition.