wellbeing

Majority of people worried by their financial situations

Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, has released the results from its fifth economic well-being survey.

Citizens Advice Exeter Chief Executive Steve Barriball said: “A key finding is that more than half of those who responded to the survey, some 62%, said that they were worried about their financial position.

This is up significantly from 51% earlier in the year. Whilst income levels seem to have stabilised, with 61% of those responding saying their income levels remained the same, only 18% of respondents had seen their expenditure reduce.

Forty...

Exeter gym set to reach ‘Peak Performance’ under new management

Peak Performance, a popular Exeter gym that promises to help members improve their fitness and health, is undergoing a transformation of its own with investment of £50,000 under the management of new co-owners, Simon Almond and Mat Williams. The pair are carrying out a programme of dramatic improvements to the gym’s services and facilities to reward existing members and to attract new clients to its friendly community on Marsh Barton Trading Estate.

Work is already underway to redecorate the interior of Peak Performance, giving it a clean, fresh and updated look. Investment in the...

Launch of Fit Food cooking school

Event Date: 
15/07/2017 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: 
Bradbury's Kitchens, Denbury Court, Matford Park, Exeter, Devon EX2 8NB.

Fit Food is all about making healthy eating, easy. Fit Food will provide simple and easy vegetarian and vegan recipes, all prepared and ready to eat in under half an hour. My aim with this course is to encourage people to move step by step closer to living a healthier lifestyle. So please come have some fun and find out what Fit Food is all about. Admission is by ticket only please register on: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-launch-of-our-exeter-based-fit-food-cookery-school-tickets-35476995649

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Launch of Fit Food cooking school

Event Date: 
15/07/2017 - 10:00am to 12:00pm
Venue: 
Bradbury's Kitchens, Denbury Court, Matford Park, Exeter, Devon EX2 8NB.

Fit Food is all about making healthy eating, easy. Fit Food will provide simple and easy vegetarian and vegan recipes, all prepared and ready to eat in under half an hour. My aim with this course is to encourage people to move step by step closer to living a healthier lifestyle. So please come have some fun and find out what Fit Food is all about.

Admission is by ticket only

Charity Golf Day to support thousands of children across Devon

Life Education Wessex is calling on golfers to join its Charity Golf Day on Thursday 8th June 2017 at Woodbury Park Golf Club, Exeter, to raise vital funds to support health, wellbeing and drug education for local children.

The golf day is taking place thanks to the sponsorship of CAP Ceilings & Partitioning Ltd of Exeter and they are inviting other local business and community supporters to join in with opportunities to sponsor holes and golf buggies.

They are looking for teams of 4 to take part in a stableford competition, there will be a ‘hole in one’ competition to...

Life Education Wessex launches SCARF aimed at improving children’s health, wellbeing and achievement

Coram Life Education (CLE), the largest provider of wellbeing and drug education in schools, has developed a new range of education support tools to help schools meet Ofsted requirements for safety, personal development, behaviour and welfare. Through Life Education Wessex, a delivery partner of CLE, these resources are available to schools in Dorset, Somerset, Devon and Hampshire.

Called SCARF: 'Safety', 'Caring', 'Achievement', 'Resilience' and 'Friendship', the tools are aligned to the National Curriculum, providing a whole...

Economic not-so-well-being!

Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, has released further results from its second economic well-being survey.

The results show that women and people aged 16-30 years of age have the lowest level of economic well-being.

The initial results of the survey, run in partnership with the Express and Echo, Radio Exe, Exeter City Council and Exeter Chamber of Commerce, are available from the charity’s website – www.citizensadviceexeter.org.uk

Citizens Advice Exeter Chief Executive Steve Barriball said: “We have now completed some further analysis and found...

Citizens Advice Exeter announces results from second economic well-being survey

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Wed, 03/30/2016 - 12:03pm

Leading local advice charity, Citizens Advice Exeter, today releases the results from its second economic well-being survey. The first survey ran in September.

A summary of the results of the survey, run in partnership with the Express and Echo, Radio Exe, Exeter City Council and Exeter Chamber of Commerce, will be published on the charity’s website, www.citizensadviceexeter.org.uk

Citizens Advice Exeter Chief Executive Steve Barriball said: “The overall picture suggest that things have remained pretty much the same for most people since we did the first survey in September...

Wound up before sleep?

We all find it hard to wind down sometimes, making it difficult for us to fall asleep. Thankfully, YouTube and other online sources, such as The Dozy Owl , have become a vast library for the non-sleepers, full of audios that might help us to relax. And, if we can relax better, the physiological response from our bodies is more conducive to sleep such as a slowing heart rate and a lower temperature.

What helps you to relax? Is it the sound of rain on your window, the sounds of a fire roaring, or is it someone taking you through a relaxing sensory scene such as a forest or a beach?...

Topsham businesswoman wins national award

Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Fri, 06/19/2015 - 10:45am

Chrissie Tarbitt, founder of Integrated Wellbeing, a Topsham-based health and wellbeing business, was crowned “Rising Star/Woman To Watch” in the national Women Inspiring Women Awards 2015 at their annual awards ceremony in Birmingham on 13th June.

The Women Inspiring Women Awards, now in their 4th year and sponsored by a leading national network for female entrepreneurs, seek to find and celebrate fabulous female role models – those who bring out the absolute best in others and make a difference in their respective communities.

“I was on a short-list of eight very strong...

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