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TLC and Life Leisure Launch Wellbeing Video Comp for Schools

Totally Local Company - TLC - and Life Leisure have launched a new competition to promote the key messages of healthy living and wellbeing to primary school children in Stockport. Working in partnership with Life Leisure, Totally Local Company will invite pupils from schools they work with to … [Read more...]

National: Innovate UK Launches Digital Healthcare Fund

UK businesses can apply for a share of up to £5 million to develop new digital health products through the Innovate UK Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund. Advancing new and novel digital technologies can significantly improve outcomes for patients and reduce costs for healthcare … [Read more...]

Local: Reduced Sugar Tax Success for Robinsons Brewery

Since sugar tax was introduced, Robinsons Brewery has taken out 65 tonnes of sugar from it's soft drinks, equivalent to 65 0f their Shire horses! In April 2018 the Government introduced a sugar tax for the soft drinks industry for total sugar content over 5g per 100ml and applies to drinks such as … [Read more...]

Upward Frog Yoga Studio Coming to Stockport

A new space for calmness and wellbeing, the Upward Frog Yoga Studio, is about to leap into Stockport town centre just ahead of this summer's Stockport's Giant Leap Forward Frog Art Trail.  Upward Frog Yoga Studio is located on the ground floor of Graylaw House on Chestergate (behind Primark) and … [Read more...]

Bennett Verby Promote Healthy Workplace

Bennett Verby are promoting a healthy workplace environment as part of their staff wellbeing strategy. Bennett Verby have been looking at health in the workplace and how the simplest changes can have a positive impact on a healthy workplace environment that can make a surprising difference. Most … [Read more...]

139 New Care home beds for Bramhall & Cheadle

Leading development-led care home operator New Care has received planning consent for two new £15million care centres in Stockport.  Helping to address the increasing shortage of beds in the area, the award-winning Cheshire-based operator New Care has received approval for a state-of-the-art 71-bed … [Read more...]

Make Learn to Ride Your New Year’s Resolution

New for 2019, Learn to Ride takes to the gym and goes indoors in order to beat the winter chill and kick start that New Year's resolution.  If it’s been a while since you’ve ridden a bike, or maybe you’ve never had the chance to try, Learn to Ride is the course for you. Learn to Ride courses are … [Read more...]

Millie’s Trust offer Schools First Aid Training

Millie's Trust are holding a competition to provide for free first aid training in local Stockport Schools. Funding to deliver the first aid training in schools has been provided by local Cheadle Hulme Hairdressers V12 Hair Boutique and Vernon Building Society Community Fund 2018. Millie's Trust … [Read more...]

Mission to encourage Stockport’s older generation get active

Stockport’s older generation is being encouraged to get active as part of a brand-new scheme to help tackle loneliness and ill-health among the town’s ageing community.   There are immeasurable mental and physical health benefits to being active in old age. From helping to improve cognitive … [Read more...]

Stockport winners at Social Worker of the Year Awards

Stockport Family, Stockport Council’s integrated service for children, young people and families, has received national recognition after winning a silver award at the prestigious Social Worker of the Year Awards. The award recognises organisations who can demonstrate excellent practice as an … [Read more...]

Stockport awarded NHS Digital Funding

Stockport Council has been awarded £67,000 of national NHS Digital funding to maximise the use of assistive technology to keep people safe and independent at home. The council has been chosen in a competitive process to receive funding from NHS Digital, as part of a project managed by the Local … [Read more...]