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Innovative hen-keeping project reduces loneliness and social isolation in older people

22 Dec 2014

A project that encourages older people to keep hens is helping reduce social isolation and improving well-being. The Equal Arts initiative, HenPower has been rolled out in Gateshead and the surrounding areas.....

Text messages stop one in six patients from forgetting to take medicine

08 Dec 2014

Text messaging has been found to prevent one in six patients from forgetting to take their prescribed medicine. The study carried out by researchers at Queen Mary University in London, explored whether text.....

Fundraising underway for Over 80s Christmas Parcel Fund

01 Dec 2014

The Newbury Weekly News and sister publication Newbury Business Today are in the process of fundraising and gathering support for the Over 80s Christmas Parcel Appeal, which provides and delivers Christmas parcels.....