One in four people will suffer from a mental health problem at some point in their lives. As part of Mental Health Awareness Week, King Cross Library near Halifax held a free ‘Books on Prescription’ event, on Thursday 15 May, from 7pm until 8pm, called Overcoming Anxiety and Depression. At the event, award winning author… read more … about Books on Prescription – Talking about mental health>>
Joint press release from Calderdale Council and the NSPCC Expectant parents in Calderdale will be offered the chance to take part in a ground breaking Coping with Crying programme to help them prepare for the stress of looking after a newborn crying baby. New parents can sometimes struggle to soothe their baby and it’s one… read more … about Council supports parents Coping with Crying>>
Calderdale Council took to the streets of Halifax on Tuesday 29 April, in advance of the up and coming Hand Hygiene Day on Monday 5 May. We wash our hands every day and don’t think anything of it, but many of us have witnessed people either not washing their hands enough, or not at all… read more … about How clean are your hands?>>
A Calderdale takeaway has been fined for having poor food hygiene and putting people’s health at risk. Calderdale Council Environmental Health officers visited the Seraj takeaway at Bull Close Lane, Halifax and identified a number of serious food hygiene offences. At Halifax Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday 23 April, Mr Mohammed Nazir, the owner of the… read more … about Takeaway fined for hygiene offences>>
Calderdale Council is one of only 16 councils in the country who provide care for those who are assessed as having Moderate, Substantial or Critical needs. According to a report by Age UK, national spend on social care services for older people has significantly reduced since 2010. 87.5% of local authorities only provide care for… read more … about Care in Calderdale>>
Green-fingered residents in Todmorden will now find it easier to grow their own fruit and veg, thanks to the launch of Calderdale Council’s community growing pilot in the town. And if it bears fruit, people across Calderdale could have a blooming marvellous chance to get involved. Community growing is for groups of people who want… read more … about Grow for it!>>
Smokers are being encouraged to quit the habit by Calderdale Council which sent campaigners onto the streets of Halifax wearing masks to show the long term effects of smoking on No Smoking Day, 12 March 2014. The masks show the effects of three medical conditions caused by smoking long term: tracheotomy (hole in the neck)… read more … about Masked campaigners show dangers of smoking>>
Youngsters across Calderdale are being warned of the dangers of taking part in the latest internet craze, a drinking game known as ‘neknominate’. People have been daring each other on social media to film themselves binge drinking alcohol and other substances and then nominating a friend to continue the chain. Calderdale Council’s Director of Public… read more … about Don’t Neknominate – RAKnominate>>
Calderdale Council has welcomed the latest Emmerdale storyline which is raising awareness of HIV. In the popular ITV Yorkshire soap, middle-aged Val Pollard (played by Charlie Hardwick) has been diagnosed HIV positive after a holiday fling. There are many myths and stigmas that still exist about HIV and the different ways it can be contracted,… read more … about Council welcomes Emmerdale’s HIV storyline>>
