Are you looking to gain a basic understanding of mental health and how to support mental health in your workplace?
What is First Aid for Mental Health?
½ day First Aid for mental health will give students the knowledge and skills to start a conversation with someone, should they suspect they are suffering with poor mental health. The Level 1 course is ideal for those who have not worked in a mental health setting before or wish to gain more knowledge to support mental health in the workplace, as an induction tool to identify mental health conditions, particularly stress....
In his essay Rome, Naples and Florence (1817), basically a travel diary throughout Italy’s artistic beauties, the French writer Marie-Henri Beyle, better known as Stendhal, describes a sensation of bewilderment and confusion, accompanied by dizziness and palpitation, caused by the sight of the interiors of Santa Croce church in Florence. More than 150 years after (precisely from 1977, when the Italian psychoanalyst Graziella Magherini focus on this specific kind of mental disorder), the Stendhal Syndrome refers to all those symptomatic manifestations and unusual behaviors caused by pieces...
The Exeter branch of RGB Building Supplies is offering excess wood to the local community and groups at no cost.
The branch has spare pallets and wood from packaging that people are invited to pick up and make use of for projects, or to help with local bonfire night celebrations.
Paul West, Branch Manager at RGB Exeter, commented: “The wood is perfect for community organisations who are organising firework displays, or for people looking to complete small projects in their homes. The items generally go into a skip to be destroyed, but as the wood is perfectly usable, we...
An new chapter in Dartmoor’s history began today with a ceremonial turf cutting to mark the start of building work at Postbridge Visitor Centre. The project to extend the visitor centre, built on land leased to Dartmoor National Park Authority by the Duchy of Cornwall, seeks to enhance the experience for visitors and tell the fascinating story of Dartmoor’s Bronze Age past in more detail. Pamela Woods, Chair of Dartmoor National Park Authority, said: “This is a milestone moment for Dartmoor: in committing spade to soil we are breaking new ground and moving forward with our exciting plans...
Join TV's most experienced, highest ranking, most decorated SAS leader and sniper, Mark 'Billy' Billingham, for an exciting evening of inspirational stories. Billy will commence a speaking tour from November, 2019 within the UK, with an opportunity for the audience to participate in a Q & A session. Highlights from his incredible career include:
Serving in the Parachute Regiment from 1983-1991, joining the elite special forces SAS in 1991 in Mountain Troop, displaying expert skills for planning, executing strategies, and training in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America, and Africa...
Last week Packexe delivered the first £1000 TUI gift card, one of the 10 top prizes up for grabs in their Unroll for Gold competition!
Joe Burgess, a trade worker from London, has been a Packexe customer for over five years. When asked how it felt to be a winner Joe replied “Fantastic! I’ve never won anything before.”
The ticket was found on the core of a 100mtr roll of Packexe Carpet Protector that Joe purchased from a London branch of Travis Perkins.
Amongst the many free product giveaways and £250 TUI gift cards already claimed, Packexe CEO Andrew Orchard, is...
A top team of environmental experts, charged with ensuring that Devon reduces carbon emissions as quickly as possible, is calling on residents to submit their ideas on how to do it.
The Net-Zero Task Force has been appointed by the Devon Climate Emergency Response Group - made up of Devon’s councils, emergency services and business groups - to deliver the Devon Carbon Plan.
The Carbon Plan will lay out in stark terms what every resident, organisation and business has to do to reduce emissions and safeguard the planet for the next generation.
Ian Kingsbury, the Provincial Grand Master of the Devonshire Freemasons recently met the Very Revd Jonathan Greener, Dean of Exeter Cathedral to present him with a certificate to commemorate the £10,000 granted to the Cathedral to help with the renovation and modernisation of the facilities so essential to the wellbeing of the house of worship, in particular on this occasion the Chapter House.
The Chapter House is essential for so many of the most important Cathedral meetings, events and activities and is the gathering place for all the Civic and State ceremonies that the Cathedral...
A fine example of a traditional butcher’s bike will go under the hammer on November 2.
The vintage 1930s bike was once used by a family-run butcher’s shop in Topsham to deliver orders to local people, before its practicality was made redundant with the advent of van deliveries in the 1950s.
People from a certain generation have fond memories of this style of bike, also known as a baker’s bike, particularly from the much-loved Hovis bread advert of the 1970s. Interestingly, this advert has only recently been remastered by the British Film Institute after being announced as...
Smartphones are designed for nearly all age groups, including elderly people, as long as they still have adequate cognitive and motor skills. We already become dependent on using various devices in our lives. Unfortunately, elderly isn’t technology friendly and they tend to avoid technical devices like smartphones and tablets. Un-beknown to them, there are also apps that helps with mind training and memory skills . If an elderly family member or friend is still sticking with dumb, feature phone, here are ways to encourage them to migrate to smart devices:
