Health & Wellbeing
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Looking after yourself in 2020
ITV’s Christine Talbot talks about her experience of “Crash” Menopause:
Former ITV presenter, journalist and Yorkshire Businesswoman ambassador, Christine Talbot, joined experts and people with cancer recently at cancer support charity, Maggie’s Yorkshire, to talk about how more support is needed for people experiencing early-onset ‘crash’ menopause as a side effect of cancer treatment.
The charity recently conducted research
Victoria Leeds hosts a day of serotonin-boosting events for mind, body, and soul
Victoria Leeds will be hosting its ‘Boost Wellness Day’ on Wednesday 18th October.
With help from its many wellness-boosting brands, Victoria Leeds will offer a free Autumn yoga class, cuddles with puppies, and a specialist panel event offering menopause advice, alongside complimentary massages, and sampling across Victoria Leeds’ wellness brands,
Event for businesses next month as part of Domestic Abuse Awareness Month
Founded by Yorkshire Businesswomen member, Ros Jones Speaking Out: Domestic Abuse and the Workplace is a one-day event being held at the Marriott Hotel in Leeds on 11th October.
Despite one in three women and one in nine men experiencing abuse, within the workplace it’s an issue that many
It’s time for giving: launching harvest hampers around Halifax town centre
Encouraging families to donate to local food banks this Harvest Festival season
As the nights draw in and the weather turns cold, it is inevitable that we start thinking about preparing for winter months. With costs rising and finances feeling tighter than we'd like, our local community groups and food
Empowering woman unheard during menopause
In this week’s podcast, food writer, author and award-winning entrepreneur Freda Shafi talks about her work raising awareness of menopause, and recording the experiences in the Pakistani community in West Yorkshire.
Freda shares her own menopause story, and she and Dr Louise discuss key barriers women face accessing care,
Leeds mum launches Scafell Pike Challenge to raise awareness of non-smoking lung cancer
A Leeds mum with stage 4 EGFR positive lung cancer will join more than 40 people – including eight with the same prognosis – up Scafell Pike, England’s highest peak, on 23 September to increase awareness of non-smoking lung cancer and raise funds to support patients affected by the disease.
49-year-old
Olympian to bring 1000s of swimming lessons to Wakefield with new Xscape pool
A new swimming pool part-owned by Olympic legend Becky Adlington OBE is set to make a splash at Xscape Yorkshire.
Around 2,000 new swimming lesson slots will be created at the state-of-the-art swim! centre with around 70% already snapped up by local families.
A seven-figure sum is being invested