Well-being benefits of a tactile garden
Sensory gardens appeal to all our senses – sight, smell, sound, taste and touch – helping to reduce stress and anxiety and providing us with a place that helps encourage wellbeing and mindfulness.
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COVID-19 suspends visiting times
NHS Highland has made the move as part of its battle plan to reduce the virus spreading.
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Keep connected to beat coronavirus stress
ACUMEN, with strong links to Oban’s Hope Kitchen and Martyn’s Monday Club, is using Facebook and Zoom to reach anyone in need with with access to internet.
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Health and social care bosses urge public to help make difficult decisions
Argyll and Bute Health and Social Care Partnership’s Head of Finance and Transformation Judy Orr has warned that resources available to the authority are declining in real terms year on year and it ‘cannot simply continue to provide the same services in the same ways’.
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Mental health survey shows highs and lows
Worryingly, almost 68 per cent of those questioned said finding access to getting help from mental health services was not easy.
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School mum calls for pylons exclusion
Four of Lisa Beckett’s children are pupils at the village school which has the closest classroom to any pylon in the UK – just 60 metres away.
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Opening up the health debate on Islay
By making talks less formal, the health and social care partnership is hoping to hear what people have to say about the services they get.
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Talks ongoing over possible resource centre changes
Service users, families and staff from the Lorne Resource Centre and Lynnside Day Centre in Soroba Road have now met with health and social care officials for the first of their official partnership discussions.
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Support in mind for Mull’s mental health
A one-year project on the island will deliver ways to tackle isolation, loneliness and other barriers to participation in life.