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So what happens next? Arran and the Pandemic
So What Happens Next? Arran and the Pandemic
Our NHS – why it is worth protecting for everyone
There are many people who believe the NHS should be converted to a privatised private insurance scheme. Many of those advocating it are involved with the private companies providing health care, both…
Reflections on the coronavirus from an Arran resident
Coronavirus reflections from an Arran resident- aged late 70’s. Living alone and self-isolating in an unprecedented situation for the UK and this planet we live on.
Coronavirus: advice from the Middle Ages for how to cope with self-isolation
Coronavirus: advice from the Middle Ages for how to cope with self-isolation The earliest-known English woman writer, Julian of Norwich (c.1343–c.1416) – an anchorite – likewise encouraged readers to acknowledge their own…
10 low carbon self isolation activities
Here is The Carbon Literacy Project with 10 Low carbon activities for these stay-at-home times: With the pandemic of Covid-19 requiring us to “stay indoors to save lives”, millions of people are…
Free cancer course comes to Ayrshire
A leading cancer charity is hosting a free support course in Ayrshire for people with cancer and their close supporter. Penny Brohn UK’s two-day Living Well will be offered at the recently…
The Importance of Reflection for our Health and Well-being
A piece by Sally Campbell In 1987 Wendell Berry, poet, farmer, philosopher wrote a piece for Harper’s magazine on “Why I am not going to buy a computer”. His wife typed his…
RNIB helpline available in Ayrshire
A free telephone counselling service for people affected by sight loss in Ayrshire is available. ‘Need to Talk’, which offers free counselling and confidence-building support, is run by the Royal National Institute…
Dream Big film screening
Mel Nicholls - DREAM BIG FILM SCREENING & TALK Sunday 8th December 2019, 19:00 – 21:00 Arran High School
Preventing Suicide
Local MSP Kenneth Gibson writes here about a new panel that the Scottish government has set up to help people affected by suicide. On World Suicide Prevention Day, 10 September 2019, the…
New dates released for free cancer course in Ayrshire
This year, leading cancer charity Penny Brohn UK hosted free support courses for people living with cancer and their close supporter at Dumfries House near Cumnock in Ayrshire. Following positive feedback and…
Running for Neil McNicol
On 22nd September, local Arran lady Sarah Thomson will be running the Scottish 10K in Edinburgh raising funds for British Heart Foundation in memory of one of her best friends, Neil McNicol,…