Health & Wellbeing As cycling doubles, bike week celebrates health & wellbeing Cycling UK’s annual bike celebration runs from 6 to 14 June, with online events themed around the health and wellbeing benefits of cycling * Cycling has doubled in England and Scotland during the Covid-19 crisis * Cycling UK has helped almost 3,000 health and social care workers onto their bikes By The Editor • 3 min read
Health & Wellbeing Spa Life Spa Life after lockdown - Vicky from VJW Holistic Therapies shares why it’s going to be crucial to take time out when some kind of normality resumes. Are you looking for ways to develop a healthier lifestyle post lockdown? Your healthy living plan should be a sustainable balance of By The Editor • 3 min read
Health & Wellbeing Beauty Finds Sonia Schofield is an award winning wedding make-up artist based in York. She works in tv, film and fashion. She gives private skincare and make-up tutorials at her studio in York and is currently doing online make-up lessons via ZOOM. Here, Sonia shares with us some of her recent beauty By The Editor • 3 min read
Health & Wellbeing Celebrate Bike Week Celebrate this years “Bike Week” and get out on your bike. National charity “Cycling UK” wants to get even more people riding and is looking forward to celebrating this year’s week long initiative. They appreciate that in these uncertain times, helping people to come together to ride will not By The Editor • 3 min read
Health & Wellbeing Holistic Health Holistic health is the connection between our body, mind and soul and Vicky from VJW Holistic Therapies shares her expert knowledge with us during "Mental Health Awareness Week". Our wellbeing is something that we can easily overlook in ‘normal’ day to day life. But in these current circumstances By The Editor • 4 min read
Health & Wellbeing Behind the scenes What a make-up artist does on lockdown! Sonia Schofield is an award winning wedding make-up artist. She also works in tv and film and is the head of hair and make-up for York Fashion Week. Here she tells us what she has been up to during lockdown and shares with By The Editor • 3 min read
Business Mental Health Matters Jodie Hill, Managing Director and Solicitor from multi-award winning Thrive Law shares with us her expertise during "Mental Health Awareness Week". Is the workplace about to face a Tsunami of mental illness after lockdown? Whilst many people report that their mental health had got worse since the pandemic, By The Editor • 4 min read
Health & Wellbeing Top to toe tips How many of us dream of the day when we can visit a Spa or a beauty salon again? All thanks to Vicky and her team at VJW Holistic Therapies in Huddersfield, here are some really useful tips that will enable us to temporarily "Spa from home" in By The Editor • 5 min read
Health & Wellbeing A good nights sleep VJW Holistic Therapies is a leading health and beauty Spa, situated in a beautifully converted mill complex in Lindley, Huddersfield. Owner, Victoria Walker is passionate about ensuring that all of the team are highly trained and offer only the highest quality of Spa Days and treatments. Although the business is By The Editor • 3 min read
Health & Wellbeing How to look good in lockdown During lockdown, we have had the pleasure to connect with experts in fashion, health and beauty from across the Yorkshire region, including award-winning Sonia Schofield, MUA. Sonia runs her own business as a freelance hair and make-up artist, working in Yorkshire but also on Destination weddings abroad. She is the By The Editor • 3 min read
Health & Wellbeing Wash your hair like a pro Do you spend time cleansing and cleaning your hair or is it a quick application of any shampoo and go? Once again Louise Hunter, owner of Rubies Hairdressing in Huddersfield, a state registered senior hairstylist for nearly 25 years, shares her expert tips and guidance. Here is my advice to By The Editor • 3 min read
Health & Wellbeing Nourish Inside and Out Health, wellbeing and the menopause are "hot topics" for many women. For those who are menopausal and balancing work, family, hot flushes and low energy we have turned to nutritionist Marjorie Grice for her guidance on how they can "get their mojo back" and live a By The Editor • 4 min read