Author: Orla Madden
Stoptober 2025
Let’s quit smoking together this Stoptober Stoptober starts today! You are doing the best thing you can for your health by quitting – and you don’t need to do it alone. Click on the ‘Online Referral Form’ on this website to start your quit smoking journey today.
World Suicide Prevention Day – 10th September
World Suicide Prevention Day is a global awareness campaign dedicated to highlighting that suicide is preventable and encouraging individuals, communities, and organisations to take action to help save lives. Observed annually on 10 September, 2026 marks the third and final year of the World Suicide Prevention Day 2024-2026 theme, “Changing the Narrative on Suicide”, with the call to action: “Start the […]
National Carers Week 10th-16th June 2024
This week is dedicated to raise awareness of some of the challenges carers face and the impact caring can have on all aspects of life including health and wellbeing. It also recognises and values the unpaid support and contribution unpaid carers make but locally and nationally. The theme this year is “ putting carers on the map” Carers UK: 82% of […]
Mental Health for You and Others Course delivered to Kirklees Council YEN
Kirklees Wellness Service delivered the 3-hour Mental Health to You and Others Course to a cohort of staff that are in the Young Employees Network (YEN) supporting their mental wellbeing. As part of Mental Health Awareness week, the Wellness Service worked with Luc Bride who is chair for the YEN to provide support for young employees to support their own mental […]