NHS Lanarkshire - Health Improvement

NEW Young People Sexual Health Clinic in Chryston

NHS Lanarkshire provides walk-in, Young People clinics across North and South Lanarkshire for young people up to the age of 20 years old. They are provided in both health and non-health settings.

For more information about the new Chryston Young People clinic visit: https://buff.ly/4cm88mu

To find your local Young People clinic visit: https://buff.ly/3vy6UFr

Healthynhappy

A FREE ‘get fit while you sit’ class has been arranged for Monday 19 August 2024 from 11.15 until 12.00. The venue is:

HealthynHappy

18 Farmeloan Road

Rutherglen

G73 1DL

Join our low impact fitness session with upbeat music from the comfort of your chair.

For more information, phone:

0141 646 0123 or email below.
[email protected]

Getting involved/Community Boards animation Community planning (https://buff.ly/46pS9Tk) that provides a brief introduction to Community Boards.
The next meeting of community boards are:

Wishaw Community Board,
Thursday 29 August 2024
6.30pm at Cleland Community Centre, Main Street, Cleland, ML1 5QW

Shotts Community Board,
Tuesday 20 August 2024
6.30pm at Shotts Community Centre, Kirk Road, Shotts, ML7 5ET
If you would like to find out more about Community Boards, please contact the Community Partnership Team via [email protected].

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Our colleagues from Police Scotland have information & advice about Sextortion which is blackmail & a crime. For more info go to: https://buff.ly/3AbGHyz

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North Lanarkshire Council - Access to free period product survey.

Did you know that free period products are available to anyone who needs them?

In the last 2 years, this service has expanded across North Lanarkshire.

North Lanarkshire Council are keen to get your feedback and find out if they can make any improvements to this service https://buff.ly/3ynkpt7

(The survey will close on 12th August)

Celebrate Playday 2024 at Summerlee Museum on Wednesday 7 August with a fun-filled family day out! Activities include arts and crafts, sports, old-fashioned toys and street games, Coding Robots with North Lanarkshire Libraries, and Bookbug.

Find out more: https://ow.ly/yFm350SJSXq

National Autistic Society Joint Fundraiser

Clyde Cycle Park Cambuslang

Wednesday 7 August 2024

11.00 until 4.00

To sign up https://buff.ly/4cXljvx

As part of the conversation with , you are invited to take part in the annual survey to help make policing better where you live.

Let Police Scotland know how they can help make your community safer: https://buff.ly/3y0uDiS.

Your Police 2024-2025 - Police Scotland - Citizen Space Find and participate in consultations run by the Scottish Police Authority

Getting involved/Community Boards animation Community planning (https://buff.ly/46pS9Tk) that provides a brief introduction to Community Boards.

The next meeting of community boards are:

Wishaw Community Board,
Thursday 29 August 2024
6.30pm at Cleland Community Centre, Main Street, Cleland, ML1 5QW

Shotts Community Board,
Tuesday 20 August 2024
6.30pm at Shotts Community Centre, Kirk Road, Shotts, ML7 5ET

If you would like to find out more about Community Boards, please contact the Community Partnership Team via [email protected].

⚽ Street Football North Lanarkshire is back! ⚽

!FREE football activities 3 nights per week for young people across North Lanarkshire!

Street Football is an excellent opportunity for 9–16 year-olds to get involved. It encourages young people to learn new skills, meet with friends and improve health and wellbeing in their communities, through football.

Tuesday 23rd July until Thursday 26th September 2024

7-9pm

Tuesday- Motherwell
Wednesday- Coatbridge
Thursday- Kilsyth

Help with School Clothing Costs

You may be able to get financial help with your child's school clothing and shoes if you are in receipt of certain benefits. This help is called a 'school clothing grant' and is normally a cash grant paid directly to your bank account.

Who can apply and the amount of money you'll get depends on your local council.

If you live in South Lanarkshire find out more at: https://buff.ly/3YfSCVX
If you live in North Lanarkshire find out more at: https://buff.ly/4cbP7n3

Handyperson Service

South Lanarkshire

Handyperson service is run by LEAP in South Lanarkshire. The organisation aims to support and enhance the lives of older people within our communities. The service currently operates in Avondale, Blantyre, Bothwell, Cambuslang, East Kilbride, Hamilton, Rutherglen and Uddingston (South Lanarkshire only). For more information see link below.
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Looking for something fun to do in Clydesdale over summer? Take a look at our page on young scot:

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Alcoholic hepatitis, which is unrelated to infectious hepatitis, is a potentially serious condition that can be caused by alcohol misuse over a longer period.

When this develops, it may be the first time a person is aware they're damaging their liver through alcohol.

Less commonly, alcoholic hepatitis can occur if you drink a large amount of alcohol in a short period of time (binge drinking).

The liver damage associated with mild alcoholic hepatitis is usually reversible if you stop drinking permanently.
Severe alcoholic hepatitis, however, is a serious and life-threatening illness. Many people die from the condition each year in the UK, and some people only find out they have liver damage when their condition reaches this stage.

You don’t have to be addicted to alcohol to develop the condition, regularly drinking over the guideline amount of 14 units per week can put you at risk.
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Our North Locality Team held an Interactive Stall at Tesco Extra in Cumbernauld to raise awareness and understanding of the many and varied harms of alcohol.

Drinking too much alcohol can leave us with low energy, poor sleep, headaches and hangovers. But cutting back can help us feel better. How does your drinking add up?

Visit NHS Inform for more information

Other people’s smoke is harmful to a pregnant woman and baby increasing the risk of miscarriage, still birth, and Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (cot death).

Giving up smoking is much easier if your partner does not smoke or is giving up with you.

For more information and support to quit smoking➡️

Call 0800 84 84 84

Visit: https://www.nhslanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk/services/quit-your-way/

Leave your name and contact details and we’ll get back to you: https://www.nhsinform.scot/contact-request?ds=hwb&id=285%201sla1116

Young People Clinics

NHS Lanarkshire provides walk-in clinics across North and South Lanarkshire for young people up to the age of 20 years. They are provided in both health and non-health settings.

For more information and to find your local clinic visit: https://buff.ly/3vy6UFr

Breastfeeding

In Scotland breastfeeding and bottle feeding are both protected by the Breastfeeding etc. (Scotland) Act 2005.

If a person deliberately prevents or stops someone from feeding a child under the age of two in a public place in Scotland they are committing a criminal offence.
For more information

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1 week to go until our Summer Workshop 🍓🌿

⏰Wednesday 24th July 3:30pm-5:30pm
📍Springhill Community Hub ML7 5JF

Explore how to live seasonally through this interactive workshop 🧘‍♀️

Sign up details are on the poster or let us know in person 😊

£4 per person

It's recommended that you don't drink more than 14 units of alcohol a week, spread out over at least 3 days, to keep the risks from alcohol low. This is the same for both men and women.

But what does that look like for you?

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Do you sometimes smoke in your home?

We are looking for parents/carers living in Lanarkshire to take part in a study to make their homes smoke-free! You will receive free access to Ni****ne Replacement Therapy for 12-weeks posted to your home and a £25 supermarket voucher for taking part.

You can take part if you:
✅ are aged 18 and over
✅ currently smoke in the home (sometimes or all of the time)
✅ care for at least one child aged 5 to 16, at least 4 days per week T

To find out more, please contact
📱Tracy Henderson - [email protected] - 07917 557570 or
📱Laura Sinclair - [email protected] - 07483 143315

Landmark Moment! Today commences the UNCRC (Implementation) (Scotland) Act 2024 into law.

Championing children’s rights in Scotland - News - Public Health Scotland Public Health Scotland welcomes the incorporation of UNCRC and the protection that this ensures for children’s rights in Scotland.

There are lot’s of fun activities planned for the Summer Programme at Cornerstone House Family Hub in Cumbernauld.

To book your free place email: [email protected]

Ensuring the health and wellbeing of children in Scotland is our biggest opportunity to see a Scotland where everybody thrives.

Public Health Scotland welcomes the incorporation of UNCRC and the protection that this ensures for children’s rights in Scotland. Not only will it mean that children and young people’s rights can be enforced, but it will also mean that public authorities must take steps to progressively realise children’s rights in decisions and action.

Childhood represents a special time in our lives when we must have additional protections. These protections safeguard the best start in life for children and create the foundations for good health into adulthood and older age. Preventing disease and promoting wellbeing for children and young people will prolong healthy life and reduce health inequalities for generations to come.

Read our statement here: https://www.publichealthscotland.scot/news/2024/july/championing-children-s-rights-in-scotland/

Best Start Foods if you have no access to public funds

Best Start Foods is a prepaid card that can help families buy healthy foods like milk or fruit and is available to families with No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) if they meet all of the conditions below
you’re responsible for at least one child under 3 who’s a British citizen (not including pregnancies)
your family income is £1763.18 or less a month after tax for a single adult or £2086.00 or less a month after tax for a couple
you’re not able to claim public funds either because of your immigration status or because you do not have an immigration status
you have an address in Scotland
When you apply, you need to tell Social Security Scotland that you’re applying under these conditions. You can find out more and details of how to apply at:

Best Start Foods if you have no access to public funds You may be able to get Best Start Foods for your child even if you cannot get certain benefits because of your immigration status. Find out more.

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Breastfeeding groups offer a warm, welcoming and safe environment where pregnant women and breastfeeding mums can meet and support each other.

Come along for a chat, make new friends and share experiences.

You do not need to be having breastfeeding challenges to attend, as the social and emotional support is just as important.

If you do have challenges on your journey, you can get professional advice from staff who have been fully trained to support breastfeeding.

A warm welcome awaits!

You can find a support group near you using the interactive map on the Parentclub website https://buff.ly/3S2gcS4

For more info: https://buff.ly/3vjv5nS