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Free fitness time for 'unsung heroes' in Barking & Dagenham

1 day ago | thisislocallondon.co.uk | Mike Brooke

They can apply to use facilities at Abbey Leisure Centre in Barking, the Becontree Heath Leisure Centre or the Jim Peters athletics stadium in Dagenham. The facilities are being offered “to build stronger communities” through a community champions scheme launched by Everyone Active, operators of the sites. It recognises those involved in mentoring, promoting health, inclusivity or running environmental or cultural projects.
Free fitness time for 'unsung heroes' in Barking & Dagenham

1 day ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | Mike Brooke

They can apply to use facilities at Abbey Leisure Centre in Barking, the Becontree Heath Leisure Centre or the Jim Peters athletics stadium in Dagenham. The facilities are being offered “to build stronger communities” through a community champions scheme launched by Everyone Active, operators of the sites. It recognises those involved in mentoring, promoting health, inclusivity or running environmental or cultural projects.
Free fitness time for 'unsung heroes' in Barking & Dagenham

1 day ago | thisislocallondon.co.uk | Mike Brooke

They can apply to use facilities at Abbey Leisure Centre in Barking, the Becontree Heath Leisure Centre or the Jim Peters athletics stadium in Dagenham. The facilities are being offered “to build stronger communities” through a community champions scheme launched by Everyone Active, operators of the sites. It recognises those involved in mentoring, promoting health, inclusivity or running environmental or cultural projects.
Free fitness time for 'unsung heroes' in Barking & Dagenham

1 day ago | romfordrecorder.co.uk | Mike Brooke

They can apply to use facilities at Abbey Leisure Centre in Barking, the Becontree Heath Leisure Centre or the Jim Peters athletics stadium in Dagenham. The facilities are being offered “to build stronger communities” through a community champions scheme launched by Everyone Active, operators of the sites. It recognises those involved in mentoring, promoting health, inclusivity or running environmental or cultural projects.
Barking and Dagenham schools pitch movie ideas

3 days ago | barkinganddagenhampost.co.uk | Mike Brooke

Pupils pitching their ideas on making their own movie (Image: LBBD) Schools have been pitching their ideas on how to make their own movie. An enterprise pitch day was staged showing the creativity of pupils from eight schools in Barking and Dagenham. Youngsters put their schemes forward to a panel of judges from the film industry who selected a primary and a secondary school with the best ideas to be transformed professionally into reality.
Meet ‘Elvis’ the volunteer rocking the wards at two north London hospitals

5 days ago | hamhigh.co.uk | Mike Brooke

Stephen Melzack, or ‘Elvis’ to his friends, lifting spirits of patients at Chase Farm Hospital (Image: Royal Free NHS Trust) ‘Elvis’ — aka hospital volunteer Stephen Melzack — is entertaining patients on the wards at North Middlesex and Chase Farm hospitals. The cancer survivor has been singing to patients on the wards, guitar in hand, to lift their spirits at North Middlesex and Chase Farm hospitals.
'My mum used to cook big meals for five kids - but then started forgetting to eat'

6 days ago | times-series.co.uk | Mike Brooke

3 1/1 A man has recalled how his mother was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s just months before his father was killed in an accident. Ronan Clancy's mum Vicky was diagnosed when she was just 67 in 2019. Her husband and partner of 50 years had been struggling to care for her at a time when the symptoms had been becoming more apparent. Then, just three months after the condition was identified, he was killed in an accident.
Teens debate whether parents should be allowed to check kids' mobiles

6 days ago | thisislocallondon.co.uk | Mike Brooke

3 1/1 Young people took part in a town hall debate to decide whether mums and dads should be allowed to check their children’s mobile phones. Hosted by the Mayor of Camden Cllr Samata Khatoon and Deputy Mayor Cllr Eddie Hanson, young attendees from the Jack Petchey Foundation toured the Town Hall and took part in a mock council session.
Bruce Castle Tudor manor house reopens after restoration

1 week ago | enfieldindependent.co.uk | Mike Brooke

3 1/1 Renovations have been completed at the Grade I-listed Bruce Castle, including its refurbished East Wing gallery. A ‘heritage open day was staged on Sunday — in time for a week of VE Day 80th anniversary celebrations. The historic fabric of the 500-year-old Tudor manor house has been repaired and the structure stabilised. An 18th century room has been transformed into a public space for exhibitions.
Stroke awareness ‘Make May Purple’ for research funding

1 week ago | hamhigh.co.uk | Mike Brooke

Symptom of Stroke... lying on the floor after falling down A chain of care homes has joined calls for more money for research into treatment for strokes. A campaign for more resources is underway by the Stroke Association during May, backed by Bluebird care homes in Highgate, Camden, Islington and Hackney. “A stroke can happen in an instant,” Bluebird’s Camden director George Morris warns. “But the damage can last a lifetime.