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Keeping Connected: Social Health and Ageing The spread and magnitude of the impact of COVID-19 in Australia on mental health is yet to be fully

Staff at The Dell, in Lowestoft, have shared the challenges and rewards of working in care during the pandemic after their Suffolk Care Award nomination.

  Current legislation and government guidance relating to Covid-19 prohibits public gatherings and restricts non-essential travel. In light of the governments announced Covid roadmap, it appears highly unlikely that shareholders will be legally able to physically attend the AGM.  The Board has therefore decided to hold the AGM as a closed meeting with only the requisite Company personnel attending to enable the formal business of the AGM to be conducted.  Shareholders should therefore not ...

As part of the Healthy Ireland at your Library programme, Donegal County Council has teamed up with the HSE and the Irish Hospice Foundation to host a series of “Wellness Wednesdays” talks on Parenting, Stress, Mindfulness, Grief and Overeating. We have also partnered up with Dr Mary O’Kane and her talks will be available on Saturday 20th and 27th March. Executive Librarian Kevin McCaul commented, “Healthy Ireland at your Library is a national programme being funded by the Department of...

The finalists are: Brian Ward, Dawn Coleman and Michelle Copeland. Brian Ward single-handedly organised a team of volunteers, set up rotas and set up a Covid-19-secure way to deliver more than 600 electronic tablets as part of the Keeping Connected project for charity BTM. During the pandemic it became clear that people with learning disabilities and older people who were in residential care or living alone needed a new way to connect to others. Brian created a simple guide with pictures ...