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Heather Lodge: Social Enterprise
Arran’s holistic therapy centre develops as a Community Interest Company Heather Lodge, in Brodick, is pleased to intimate its recent incorporation as a Community Interest Company. Since 2017, the Heather Lodge team…
Zero Waste Cafe and Health Walk dates
Some dates for your diary in February - Visit the Zero Waste Cafe in Shiskine, Lochranza or Corrie, for some packaging free shopping and delicious soup and baking! Or join one of…
Responding to Christmas Overwhelm
Among all the definitions of mindfulness, the one that I particularly like I came across years ago in one of Pema Chodron‘s many books (and I can’t remember which one!). It says…
Stroll with It Arran! Walks in November
Here is an update from Arran Eco Savvy on the Stroll with It Arran! programme for the winter: Walking is a great way to stay healthy and get fitter as well as…
And finally…
Going deaf can be fun! Sent in by Voice reader Rory Cowan. As you go through life you move through the intelligence categories - a child may show promise, be recognised as…
Green Health Week walk
Green Health Week takes place from 14th - 22th May Green Health Week is part of NatureScot’s ‘Our Natural Health Service’ initiative highlighting that everyone, regardless of age, ability or other circumstances,…
Getting There!
Social prescribing? Green care? Heather Lodge, in association with the Mary Davies Trust, has attracted funding from the Scottish Government’s ‘Communities Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund’, as reported in February’s Voice for…
Stroll with it Arran health walks – new dates!
The Stroll with it Arran are taking place again - see below for dates and information on how to take part. Please note that pre-booking will be required as previously and people…
Getting There!
New opportunities for mental health, well-being and resilience at Heather Lodge As we emerge from the pandemic there is a growing realisation that much has changed in the last two years. Health…
Arran Well-Being Cafe is looking for volunteers
Can you help at the Arran Well-Being cafes? Arran Well-Being CIC are looking for volunteers: Arran Well-Being CIC run the Well-Being cafes in Lamlash, Brodick and Shiskine and our next Cafe will…
Paradise Lost – Memory, Health Inequality and Injustice
In a similar vein, Mary Oliver’s poem ‘And Bob Dylan Too’ makes the connection between thinking and singing: ‘And Bob Dylan Too’ Mary Oliver: “Anything worth thinking about is worth singing about.”…
Stroll with it Arran! walks in the winter
Stroll With it Arran! Health Walk timetable The Stroll With it Arran! Health Walks are continuing over winter - a great incentive to still get out and about now that it is…