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Stockport Council’s Service Rated ‘Outstanding’

Stockport Council's MOSAIC Drug and Alcohol services has been described as “truly inspirational” with its work linking families, parents, carers, schools and children, as mentioned in the latest report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The specialist service, which prevents and reduces … [Read more...]

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust Leads in Equality & Diversity

The equality lead at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is up for a top national award for promoting diversity in the organisation.  Safina Nadeem has been shortlisted for the ‘Mills & Reeve award for most effective use of diversity’ at this year’s Healthcare People Management Association (HPMA) … [Read more...]

UK: £23m Funding to Boost Cycling & Walking Nationwide

Communities are to benefit from a £23 million investment to rejuvenate cycling & walking across the UK. In the Department for Transport’s latest step to drive down emissions and improve safety, Cycling Minister Jesse Norman has announced £21 million to improve significant on and off-road … [Read more...]

Great British Spring Clean in Stockport

Stockport is joining in the Great British Spring Clean, a campaign to get half a million people out and about cleaning up their local communities.  The campaign is organised by Keep Britain Tidy and full details can be found at the Great British Spring Clean. Last year's Spring Clean launched the  … [Read more...]

Stockport NHS Trainers and Students Up for Top National Awards

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust has been highlighted as a centre of training excellence for health students, as both a student and a training specialist have been shortlisted for three separate national awards.  Sarah Booth is up for the titles of both ‘Mentor of the Year’ and ‘Educator of the … [Read more...]

Week of Free Sport and Fitness at Brinnington Park Leisure

Brinnington Park Leisure Centre is marking its one year milestone with a week of free sport and fitness for all  For one week in March, Life Leisure’s Brinnington Park Leisure Centre will be giving local residents free access to a series of exercise classes, sports sessions and its state-of-the-art … [Read more...]

Platform81 Introduce Team Wellness Incentives

Platform81 is showing it cares for its employees by introducing several new employee wellness incentives in 2019. The Stockport-based creative agency recently restructured its senior management team who have since made employee satisfaction one of the company’s top priorities, alongside the … [Read more...]

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...]