News & Events
The Gloucestershire police has recently teamed up with the Gloucestershire Domestic Abuse Support Service (GDASS) to raise awareness against domestic abuse.
GDASS offers a range of bespoke support packages which help victims to live safely and move on from abuse. The packages are tailored to each victim and their individual needs.
On the 18th June, GloucestershireLive published a story on the correlation between people watching football and domestic cases reported. Their findings show that when England play football and either drew or lost domestic abuse reports would rise by 38 percent, […]
Posted in Bristol News on Thursday, July 5th, 2018 at 3:18 pm.
Ok in line with Mental Health Awareness week I decided to focus on a topic which is close to my heart, I am a mum to an impressionable 14-year-old boy which is extremely fun… sometimes…ok now and again… ok occasionally when he reverts to be a friendly individual!
This 14 year has all the techy gadgets that are the norm with teenagers these days an iPhone, iPad etc, although I will add I am not a huge advocate of my teenager having every gadget under the son and do put limitations in place.
Anyway, I digress I started to think how differently being a teenager is these days and what impact […]
Posted in Bristol News on Thursday, May 17th, 2018 at 12:22 pm.
I wanted to write this blog about Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD) as it strikes a personal chord with me. As I get older I seem to be more self-conscious and less happy with the way I look; this may have something to do with the fact that my once slender size 8 figure has turned somewhat curvier over the years to a full size 12 and as much as I try to blame the clothes stores that they are shrinking the sizes I know I just need to get myself into the gym and keep at it. Now, whilst I probably have only a mild case of BDD and cannot begin to understand how someone copes with a mental illness. I am […]
Posted in Bristol News, Cardiff News, News & Events, Swansea News on Monday, April 23rd, 2018 at 10:58 am.
Every year since 1992 April has been Stress Awareness Month. Every year experts aim to increase public awareness about stress. This includes highlighting the causes of stress, the negative effects stress can have on the mind and body and how to relieve stress. Most people will experience stress at some point in their life, but constant or extreme stress is bad for both your mental and physical health.
Stress can be caused from a number of things from expectations of daily life to a traumatic event. There are many ways to minimise stress such as maintaining a health lifestyle, talking about […]
Posted in Bristol News on Tuesday, April 17th, 2018 at 9:26 am.
There are an estimated 11 million people in the UK who are Deaf or hard of hearing.
Every country has its own sign language. Here in the UK most people use British Sign Language (BSL) which is not simply the English language with hand signs, it has its own grammar and sentence construction. So, whist we would say “what is your name?” in BSL it would be signed “Your name, what?”
Deafness is the third most common disability in the world. Most deaf people don’t view their deafness as a disability or as a problem that should be fixed. For many of them, it’s a natural part of their […]
Posted in Bristol News, Cardiff News, News & Events, Swansea News on Tuesday, April 10th, 2018 at 2:27 pm.
The very topical issue of healthy eating was my first consideration when I was approached about writing a blog for our website. As a self-confessed (and proud) healthy living enthusiast I decided to investigate the bigger picture; and what I discovered shocked me to the core.
Public Health England recently published new data detailing the state of the nation’s diet:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/ndns-results-from-years-7-and-8-combined
The results show some startling statistics into the nation’s health.
Nearly two-thirds of adults (63%) in England were classed as being […]
Posted in Bristol News, News & Events on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 at 11:11 am.
How is your Health & Social Care knowledge? Do you know how many young carers there are in the UK? or what the early symptoms of dementia are? Take our fun and informative quiz below to test your know-how:
1 How many life stages are there?
4
5
6
7
2 Which country spends less on health care as a percentage of GDP than the UK?
Italy
Slovenia
Japan
France
3 Over the past 26 years the number of available hospital beds in England has
Increased by 67%
Increased by 35%
Decreased by 23%
Decreased by 51%
4 How many young carers are […]
Posted in Bristol News, Cardiff News, News & Events, Swansea News on Tuesday, April 3rd, 2018 at 9:30 am.
Happiness is unique to every person, your values, your hobbies, your family and your interests. There so many different definitions. I decided that I would focus on what makes me happy at work. It was and wasn’t easy to come up with things, I obviously love my job, team and company however some days it can be very tough, spending your day with the phone glued to your ear and problem solving. I work in social care which is a tough sector, there is always a combination of not enough staff available and too many clients or vice versa, you are constantly juggling with a tough budget to hit.
Despite […]
Posted in Bristol News, News & Events on Tuesday, March 20th, 2018 at 12:37 pm.
Resilience and selflessness are just two words that a recent article from the Guardian used to describe just some of the key attributes of those who work within the social care sector.
Gareth Pughe, branch lead for New Directions Social Care Cardiff expands on this assertion a little further ‘our staff are often exposed to situations that require a very calculated, considered approach to delivery of service. From unsocial shift patterns to assignments which have a real sensitivity to them – our candidates work in what we consider, one of the hardest sectors in the UK’.
Pughe continues […]
Posted in News & Events on Friday, March 16th, 2018 at 11:53 am.
Strong women, I’m absolutely surrounded by them, in work and in my personal life!
Women who have been through terrible tragedies, domestic abuse, lost loved ones and still pull themselves up and live their lives even though their heart has been broken!
They raise their children with love and teach them the ways of the world!
Today is the day we celebrate them. Build each other up. Tell someone they are doing amazing, whether it’s a stay at home mum, a career woman, or a single lady, you are simply a woman holding the reins and pulling and pushing to get to where you need to be, keep […]
Posted in Bristol News, News & Events on Thursday, March 8th, 2018 at 11:48 am.