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Reception and enquiries
Reception and enquiries
How can we help you?
Getting help with
Keep us updated
About appointments
Register as a new patient
Can't find what you're looking for?
Treatment Room
Treatment Room
Lets see what we can do…
Get immediate help with minor illnesses and injuries:
- Coughs
- Colds
- Blocked nose
- Headaches
- Flu
- Back pain
- Sprains
- Burns and scalds
- Cuts and grazes
- Minor head injury
- Norovirus
- Cold Sores
If you urgently need medical help or advice but it's not a life-threatening situation visit NHS 111 online or call NHS 111.
Visit our Consulting Room for ways to contact the practice for medical advice.
For some of our services you can refer yourself and you do not need an appointment with the doctor or nurse.
Pharmacists can also advise on minor illnesses and injuries:
Alternatively you can visit your nearest Walk-In Centre:
Oxford Road
Next to A&E Entrance
Tel: 0161 276 1234
Fallowfield Retail Park
Birchfields Rd
Tel: 0161 220 6080
Second Floor (Boots)
32 Market Street
City Centre
Tel: 0161 839 6227
Urgent Care Centre
Moorside Road
Tel: 0161 748 4022
Consulting room
Consulting room
How can we help you?
For Forms, Medicals, Test results and Certificates please visit Reception
For Health reviews, including Asthma reviews and Smoking cessation please visit our Health Review Clinic.
Call 111
Visit a Pharmacist
- No appointment necessary
- Many pharmacists have a confidential area
- Open till late and at weekends
Contact a Nurse
The Manchester Red Eye Service
- Walk-in assessment and treatment for red, sore or itchy eyes through your local optometrist.
- Free service available to all patients over the age of 12 years who are registered with a Manchester GP.
- Patients experiencing recently occurring red eye conditions are provided with appropriate treatment closer to home or work.
Visit a Dentist
0333 332 3800
08:00 to 22:00, 7 days a week
More information
Contact a doctor
COVID-19 Support Room
COVID-19 Support Room
If you think you might have coronavirus or you've been in close contact with someone who has it visit NHS 111 online coronavirus service for advice.
Well-being while staying at home
Taking care of your mind as well as your body is really important while staying at home because of coronavirus (COVID-19).
Visit NHS Every Mind Matters for advice, practice advice and support groups.
If you cannot wait to see a doctor and feel unable to cope or keep yourself safe, it's important to get support.
Keeping Active
To stay fit and healthy whilst at home, try the NHS Home workout videos.
Advice for patients with pre-existing conditions
- Macmillan – Cancer and coronavirus
- Asthma UK – What to do if you have asthma
- Blood Cancer UK – Information for people affected by blood cancer
- Diabetes UK – Coronavirus and diabetes
- Kidney Care UK – Guidance for patients with kidney disease
Advice for Vulnerable Patients
- Guidance on shielding and protecting extremely vulnerable people
- How to get support for extremely critical vulnerable person
- Advice for people at higher risk – those who are 70 or older, are pregnant or have a condition that increases the risks from coronavirus.
- Pregnancy advice
Wellbeing Centre
Wellbeing Centre
Get help with…
To contribute ideas, suggestions and updated information for the Wellbeing Centre information, please use our Contribute Information form.
Making sense of Allergies
What allergies are (and aren't) and the evidence for causes and treatments.
Allergies are frustrating and sometimes frightening conditions and they seem to be on the rise in developed countries. View information with some of the scientific evidence that we know about allergies.
Website: www.senseaboutscience.org
North West Allergy Network
The Doctor's, Nurses and other health care professionals of the North West Allergy Network have worked together to produce a series of documents for patients with advice and guidance on the management of allergies. All of the documents have been reviewed by specialist doctors and nurses and approved for use.
Website: www.allergynorthwest.nhs.uk
Oral Allergy Syndrome
A common but not a dangerous form of allergy that occurs to certain fruits, often causing itchy mouth and ears.
Website: www.allergynorthwest.nhs.uk
Eczema and Allergy
Many people wonder about the link between eczema and allergies. This leaflet explains a bit more.
Website: www.allergynorthwest.nhs.uk
COVID-19 Carers Emergency Fund
Funding has been made available in Manchester to support carers during the Covid-19 pandemic. Apply online for cash grants, help with furniture and white goods and with gas and electric bills.
Website: www.secure.manchester.gov.uk
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Advice for Carers
If you provide unpaid care to friends or family there is information and support available.
Manchester Telephone: 0800 234 6123
Trafford Telephone: 0300 330 9073
Website: www.gov.uk
Are you a carer?
A carer is anyone who cares, unpaid, for a friend or family member who due to illness, disability, a mental health problem or an addiction cannot cope without their support.
Anyone could be a carer – a 15-year-old girl looking after a parent with an alcohol problem, a 40-year-old man caring for his partner who has terminal cancer, or an 80-year-old woman looking after her husband who has Alzheimer's disease.
Carers Trust – What is a carer?
Free Carer's Assessment
If you provide unpaid care for a friend or relative, you are entitled to a free assessment of your own needs as a carer from the council. You will be entitled to an assessment regardless of the amount or type of care you provide, your financial means or your level of need for support. You don't necessarily have to live with the person you are looking after or be caring full-time to have an assessment. You may be juggling work and care and this is having a big impact on your life.
Manchester City Council – Caring for someone
Trafford Carers Centre – Self Assessment
Free Needs Assessment
Needs assessments are for adults (18 years of age or over) who may need help because of a disability, ill health or old age. Anyone who appears to have a need for care or support can have a needs assessment, regardless of the 'level' of those needs or the person's financial resources. Even if you as the carer are providing all the care the person needs, they are still entitled to an assessment.
Telephone: 0161 234 5001
Website: www.manchester.gov.uk
Telephone: 0161 912 5199
Website: www.trafforddirectory.co.uk
Manchester Carers Network
Manchester Carers Network offer a range of workshops and other opportunities for carers to find information and develop their skills.
Facebook: @manchestercarersnetwork
Twitter: @Carers_HUB
Website: www.manchestercarersnetwork.org.uk
Manchester Carers Centre
Provides free community services for carers in Manchester this includes: information & advice, emotional support & practical help, community drop-ins to meet other carers, breaks & social activities and access to grants and training.
Telephone: 0161 272 7270
Website: www.manchestercarers.org.uk
Manchester Carers Forum
Regardless of whether you care for someone for just one hour per week or 24 hours per day, every day, Manchester Carers Forum is here to help.
They can offer home visits if you would prefer to talk to someone face to face.
Telephone: 0161 819 2226
Website: www.manchestercarersforum.org.uk
Trafford Carers Centre
Trafford Carers Centre supports unpaid carers looking after someone who lives in the Trafford area, including help applying for a Carer's Assessment by Trafford Council.
Telephone: 0161 848 2400
Website: www.traffordcarerscentre.org.uk
Carers Trust Trafford
Carers Trust in Trafford offers regular breaks for carers in the Trafford area from a minimum of two hours per week. "We simply take over the role of the carer and care for your loved one whilst you take some time to be yourself and take a well earned break."
Telephone: 0161 905 1986
Website: www.gmcarerstrust.org.uk
Young Carers
Lots of young people are carers without realising it – often for a family member such as a brother or sister, parent or an older relative. Sometimes it can be for a partner or friend who is ill, frail, has a disability, has a mental health concern or has a drug (or alcohol) addiction.
Himmat Support Centre
A support centre for carers of people with learning disabilities from a South Asian background.
Telephone: 0161 248 0425
Website: www.himmat.org.uk
Talbot House
Talbot House supports parents and carers of people who have learning disabilities in Manchester.
Website: www.talbot-house.org.uk
Trafford Mencap
Trafford Mencap is a charity that promotes equality for people with a learning disability – helping with new opportunities, new friends, and to feel valued and safe in the community.
Telephone: 0161 928 5678
Website: www.traffordmencap.org.uk
Being There
Being There is a small charity with support services in Manchester and Trafford providing emotional support and home-based practical help to people with cancer and other life-limiting illnesses, along with those closest to them, such as family, friends and carers.
Telephone: 0845 123 23 29
Website: www.beingthere.org.uk
ACCG - African Caribbean Care Group
The ACCG delivers Day Care and Home Care services and aims to provide a service to the whole family, not just the person being cared for.
Telephone: 0161 226 6334
Website: www.accg.org.uk
The African & Caribbean Mental Health Service
IFEOMA is a carers group that meets on the first Thursday of every month at the Windrush Millenium Centre: support, trips, short breaks, information and advice, respite, alternative treatments, practical help.
Telephone: 0161 226 9562
Website: www.acmh-services.co.uk
Email: email@example.com
Facebook: @acmhsmanchester
That Counts!
It doesn't have to be great feats of endurance, running marathons or pumping iron, you can choose your own moves! It could be dancing around the kitchen, jumping in puddles with the kids, walking the dog or running for the bus. However you move, as long as you move more, it all counts. Moving for just 30 minutes throughout the day has so many benefits.
Website: www.thatcounts.co.uk
MCRactive - Get active in Manchester
The site is delivered through a collaboration and partnership between Manchester City Council and Eastlands Trust. Two like-minded and passionate organisations who share a vision, passion and commitment for this great city.
Website: www.mcractive.com
Manchester Health Walks
The Manchester Health walks are free, open to all and are very accessible. We are keen to support people with long term health conditions, those looking to get and keep active and people affected by cancer on our walks.
Website: www.walkingforhealth.org.uk
Park Lives
From buggy bootcamp, lunchtime workout, walk to run, family circuits, tai chi… FREE activities in our local parks with several regularly on at Alexandra Park, Whalley Range.
Website: www.parklives.com
Zion & Kath Locke Centres
Community centres with activities, courses and classes including kundalini yoga and Qigong.
Want to get more active?
Get help and advice from NHS including 10 Minute workouts, 12 week fitness plan, running & cycling for beginners and much more.
Website: www.nhs.uk
Manchester Girls Can
Manchester Girls Can is for all Manchester Women who fancy giving it a go, no matter how good they are or how they look! Fear of judgement is stopping many of us from taking part in exercise but as thousands of women across Manchester are proving, it really doesn't have to.
Website: www.manchestergirlscan.co.uk
Dancing, Gardening, Yoga and more
There are many local groups that involve physical activity and which welcome newcomers. Why not rekindle an old hobby or sport, or try something new? Singing is exercise too! Most places welcome beginners so put the fear aside! Doing something new can be life-changing. Here is just a sample of some local groups:
Solar Salsa – Cuban Salsa classes Tuesdays and Thursday evenings upstairs at The Royal Oak
Open Voice Community Choir – Open Voice is an friendly open choir of about 50 members who songs together from all over the world in a capella harmony. No experience necessary. Wednesdays 7.30-9pm at St Margaret's Church, Whalley Range
Chorlton Ladies Singing Group – sing contemporary songs and meet new people. No need to book, simply turn up and give it a go! Mondays 7-8.30pm upstairs at The Lloyds, Chorlton.
Community Gardening – we have a few local community gardens, Moss Side Community Allotment (Bowes Street, Moss Side), Riverbank Community Garden (Near Barlow Moor Road Tram stop) that meet regularly from spring to autumn on Tuesday evenings. "We are very informal and just meet up, do some weeding, planting and harvesting and share any harvest", Chorlton Good Neighbours Community Garden (Wilbraham St Ninians Church, Chorlton), St Margaret's Forever Community Garden (Brantingham Road, Whalley Range) "We meet every Saturday morning 11-1pm weather permitting and in the autumn we have orchard days", Orchard49 (Seymore Grove Allotments).
"Below are just a few of the yoga classes in and around this area:
Lishi Tai Chi and Yoga
One Yoga Studio
The Yoga Rooms
Yoga Up
Yoga with Hannah
Beginners Tai Chi and Qi Gong in Chorlton, contact Karen on 07525 054 432 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Beginners Tai Chi at Firswood Community Centre contact John or Vicky 0161 860 4111 or 07507 773717
Art Class, St Margaret's Social Centre, Brantingham Road M21 0TT every Tuesday 10-12.30pm open to everyone.
Contact John on 07503 325645 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Macmillan Connections South Manchester Walks
A range of walks for people affected by cancer and their friends and families. Walks are free and friendly.
Website: www.walkingforhealth.org.uk
Meetup is a social website collection of get-togethers and you can search for local Manchester Meetups in topics including sport and activity. It is organised around one simple idea: when we get together and do the things that matter to us, we're at our best. Just getting together with others helps us to feel well.
Website: www.meetup.com
NHS Weekly Activity Guidance
View information on physical activity guidelines.
Website: www.nhs.uk
NHS Couch to 5k
Find out more and download the nine-week set of Couch to 5K podcasts.
Website: www.nhs.uk
Little Box Gym
There is a local family-run community gym near St Werburgh's Road tram stop: "The Gym For People Who Don't Do Gyms"
Website: www.littleboxgym.com
Understanding Blood Pressure
Your diet, exercise levels and weight have a real effect on your blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, you can start lowering blood pressure today by eating more healthily and being more active.
Blood Pressure Monitoring Explained
Website: www.bloodpressureuk.org
High blood pressure
View information on high blood pressure (hypertension) symptoms, causes and if you need to lower your blood pressure.
Blood pressure monitoring
You may be asked to record your blood pressure at home as this gives a more accurate indication of your normal blood pressure than a one-off reading when you come to the GP surgery.
Clinic and home treatment targets
Fever in Children
A fever is a high temperature. As a general rule, a temperature of 38ºC (100.4ºF) or above is a fever.
Website: www.nhs.uk
Coughs in Children
This leaflet contains information about how to look after a child who has a cough (not due to asthma).
Children's Eczema
An NHS nurse was asked what advice they'd give to parents of children with Eczema – and this is what they said.
Infant Feeding
All babies feed differently and all will have their different habits and patterns. This is why it's quite difficult to say what is normal this leaflet contains an explanation of the main sorts of feeding problems and what they mean.
Children's Centres
There are a number of children's centres across Manchester that offer a variety of friendly activities, events, help and support to families of children aged 0 to 5 years with advice on parenting, local childcare options and access to specialist services for families, baby massage sessions, breastfeeding support, stay and play opportunities.
Nutrition for Infants and Children
A great resource page with information about diet for infants and children, including weaning information, weaning for a vegetarian baby, and for babies and toddlers using an Asian Diet.
Website: www.lnds.nhs.uk
Is my child too ill for school?
When your child is unwell, it can be hard deciding whether to keep them off school. These simple guidelines should help.
Website: www.nhs.uk
Bronchiolitis is a common chest infection in young children. It usually occurs in children under 12 months of age. To find out more about the signs and symptoms and how to manage it:
Bronchiolitis leaflet – Central Manchester Children's Hospital
Early Help
Every family has its ups and downs. Being a parent is hard work and there is nothing to be ashamed of in asking for help. Manchester's Early Help service could help in a number of ways. Just talk to your GP, Health Visitor or other professional working with your family for a referral, or view the following information.
Could you do with extra support?
Child vaccinations (immunisations)
One of the most important things that a parent can do for their child is to make sure that they have all their routine childhood vaccinations. Please talk to your GP, Practice Nurse, or Health Visitor if you have any questions or worries about vaccinations.
Most of the routine childhood vaccinations are given at the practice by the Practice Nurse. Please bring your child's Red Book when you come to an appointment. Children in Manchester are also routinely offered the BCG vaccination shortly after birth to protect against tuberculosis – you will be invited by the Health Visitor service for this.
See the NHS Vaccination Schedule
Manchester Choose Well information
Health Visitors
Manchester Health Visiting Service offers comprehensive advice and support to parents and carers of children from pre-birth to four and a half years. A health visitor is a registered nurse or midwife with specialist additional qualifications in child, family and public health who offers a range of advice and information on feeding, parenting skills, sleeping and healthy eating and a whole lot more.
Facebook: @MFThealthvisiting
Website: www.mft.nhs.uk
Children's Health and Monitoring Programme (CHAMP) is a Manchester initiative that helps parents and carers understand their children's growth and to help them achieve and maintain a healthy lifestyle. You can view and record your child's measurements, track your child's progress and access information and support to keep your family healthy.
Website: www.champ.cmft.nhs.uk
Common childhood illnesses
All children experience common illnesses like coughs, colds and chickenpox and having a fever is often a normal part of this.
Treating your child's illness yourself or with advice and medicines from your local pharmacy can often be the easiest and quickest way to help your child feel better. Be prepared by keeping at home what you need, for example paracetamol, a digital thermometer and plasters.
Antibiotics are not needed for every illness and using them unnecessarily means they are less likely to work when we need them and could expose your child to side effects.
Childhood illness visual guide
QIntervention enables you to work out your risk of diabetes, heart disease, or stroke over the next 10 years and show you how that risk could change with interventions such as stopping smoking, losing weight, lowering your blood pressure or taking cholesterol lowering medication. It also shows unintended effects of statins.
Website: www.qintervention.org
British Heart Foundation
View information on cholesterol, its causes and how you can reduce your cholesterol level.
Website: www.bhf.org.uk
Cholesterol - Patient.info
View information on cholesterol, risk factors and treatments available to reduce the risk.
Statins and Other Lipid-lowering Medicines
Talking Therapies
Counselling is a process in which a person works closely with a counsellor on issues that may be causing distress in their lives. Counselling provides an opportunity to talk about problems and feelings, in an environment which is safe and confidential.
Website: www.nhs.uk
Self Help Free Counselling
If you are affected by relationship issues, family problems or abuse issues, this service gives you the opportunity to see a counselling practitioner to discuss these matters in more details and help improve your situation.
Website: www.selfhelpservices.org.uk
Referral Forms: www.iaptportal.co.uk/manshs.html
Young Person's eTherapy Service
A free online interactive eTherapy Service for 11 – 18 year olds to help with how thoughts have an impact on feelings, physical symptoms and behaviours.
Website: www.selfhelpservices.org.uk
Counselling Directory
A nationwide database of private qualified counsellors and psychotherapists.
Website: www.counselling-directory.org.uk
Gaddum Centre Adult Counselling
A counselling service based at Gaddum House in Manchester, offering therapy for common mental health conditions. This service can be accessed by anyone, regardless of locations and accepts self-referrals, as well as referrals from GP/professionals/family members.
Telephone: 0161 834 6069
Website: www.gaddumcentre.co.uk
The Counselling and Family Centre
Offers counselling to adult individuals, couples, families, and to children and young people from 5 years old.
Website: www.thecfc.org.uk
LGBT Foundation
LGBT Foundation has been providing a talking therapies service to the LGBT communities of the North West for over a decade with free sessions to individuals and couples.
Telephone: 0345 3 30 30 30
Website: www.lgbt.foundation.co.uk
CDI Community Counselling Service
A community organisation offering person centred counselling to address emotional and mental health needs of people in Manchester.
Telephone: 0161 881 0007
Website: www.cdimanchester.org.uk
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The African and Caribbean Mental Health Service
Provides person-centred health and social care to the African Caribbean community in Manchester, Trafford and the surrounding areas. Professional counsellor available to look at problem areas in your life and find ways of dealing with them. Contact Dawn:
Telephone: 0161 226 9562
Website: www.acmh-services.co.uk
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Facebook: @acmhsmanchester
Indian Senior Citizen's Centre
Offering a large range of activities at centre that offer edcuational, fitness, social and above all fun events for all.
Website: www.iscc-manchester.org
Kwan Wai (Wai Yin Chinese Centre)
Funded by Manchester Social Services Department, services are free to any resident of Manchester. Able to provide services to anybody in the Greater Manchester area who is referred and funded by social services.
Website: www.waiyin.org.uk
Yaran North West Iranian Farsi Support
Yaran North West CIC offers advocacy, advice support and Psychological services to all Middle Eastern and Farsi Speaking residents in Greater Manchester.
Facebook: @YARAN.CIC
Further Contacts
The Kath Locke Centre CFC Counselling
Telephone: 455 0211
Age UK Manchester Counselling Service 60+
Telephone:0800 027 5787 or 833 3944
The Silver Line 24/7 helpline for older people
Telephone: 0800 4 70 80 90
Manchester Bangladeshi Women's Organisation
Telephone:257 3867
Neesa Well Women (Cheetham Hill, Asian women's support)
Telephone:740 2995
Dementia Research
Join other people trying to help and find out more about dementia!
Website: www.joindementiaresearch.nihr.ac.uk
Together Dementia Support
Weekly groups in Moss Side, Chorlton and Whalley Range that offer support, friendship and activities to people who are living with dementia and to their carers including a gospel choir and a walk & talk group.
Please contact Sally Ferris on the numbers below or visit the website for full details.
Telephone: 07854 335890
Landline: 0161 226 7186
Website: www.togetherdementiasupport.org
Dementia Revealed Document
A document written for GPs and practice nurses but we feel could be useful to anyone who is interested. The document describes what dementia is, the different types, the general way that it is diagnosed and what can happen after diagnosis. Ask your GP or practice nurse if you have any questions.
Dementia Friendly Swimming
Swimming times that enhance the swimming experience of those living with dementia, along with their carers.
Website: www.better.org.uk
Dementia Friends
Learn more about what it is like to live with dementia and turn that understanding into action. Whether you attend a face-to-face session or watch the online video, Dementia Friends is about learning more about dementia and the small ways you can help.
Website: www.dementiafriends.org.uk
Dementia Friendly Group
A Dementia Friendly Group for Whalley Range, Chorlton and Fallowfield meets regularly at JNR8 Whalley Range Community Forum.
Email: email@example.com
Dementia UK Admiral Nurses
Specialist Mental Health Nurses that work with family carers and people with dementia, in the community and other settings: individual/family work, Post-Diagnostic Support Groups (PDSG), and Carer's Workshops and a local programme of Dementia Café's.
Admiral Nursing Direct Helpline: 0845 257 9406
Central Manchester Admiral Nurse Stephanie: 07436 036505
Website: www.dementiauk.org
People First
Offers a support service for people in Manchester who have issues around mental health, elderly people who are showing early signs of dementia and people at risk of becoming socially isolated.
Website: www.pfha.co.uk
DemTalk – Dementia Toolkit for Effective Communication
Online toolkit that offers free advice and shares ideas about how everyone can make communication easier and better. Different versions of the toolkit are tailored for different people: family carers, social carers, health or care professional.
Website: www.demtalk.org.uk
AT Dementia – Assistive Technology and Dementia
Provides information on Assistive Technology that can help people with dementia live more independently. Including useful advice and product suggestions about equipment and where to by it and a discussion forum.
Website: www.atdementia.org.uk
Dementia Gateway
Short videos providing information about Dementia by the Social Care Institute for excellence:
Website: www.scie.org.uk
Alzheimer's Society Manchester
A leading charitable organisation providing services, advice and support to people with dementia and their carers.
Helpline: 0300 222 1122
Website: www.alzheimers.org.uk
Alzheimer's Society has made some videos about the different types of dementia:
Marion Lauder House
A private company that provides day care and respite breaks for carers in a dedicated residential dementia care unit near Manchester Airport.
Website: www.careconcepts.co.uk
At risk of diabetes?
We are all at risk of developing diabetes. The good news is there are things you can do to help reduce this risk. You may have been told that you are at particular risk or maybe you have heard the term "prediabetes". Here is some information about reducing your risk.
What puts us at risk of diabetes: www.preventing-diabetes.co.uk/are-you-at-risk
Preventing type 2 diabetes: www.diabetes.org.uk/preventing-type-2-diabetes
Other languages: www.diabetes.org.uk/diabetes-the-basics/information-in-different-languages
Diabetes and Sugar
Although shining the spotlight on weight loss comes first, we all link diabetes with sugar. Sugar is everywhere, we may not always realise how much sugar there is in some of the common foods we eat. Here are some tables which explain this:
Sugar tables: www.phcuk.org/nice
Diabetes and Treatments
If you have diabetes, you may be started on medication to control your blood sugar levels.
Here is some information you may find helpful:
Diabetes in Your Teens
This page is for teenagers with lots of information and support all about Type 1 diabetes. If you or someone you know has diabetes, you may find this useful.
Diabetes My Way
Online resource for those living in greater Manchester with diabetes or at risk of diabetes. You can also access lots of information about diabetes, from videos, leaflets and eLearning courses, to help you understand more about your diabetes and increase your confidence in how to manage it.
Website: www.diabetesmyway.nhs.uk
Register online: Diabetes my Way: Register
Eating to prevent/reverse/improve diabetes
The good news is that we know that one of the best things that we can do to prevent, reverse or improve diabetes is in choosing how we eat. It can be hard to change habits and there are so many "diets" out there but the clear message is that losing weight can halt progression to diabetes and even reverse the common type of (early) diabetes if it has already developed.
Here are some videos to explain:
Local Support
- The Real Food Community Whalley Range is based at the JNR8 Youth & Community Centre.
Website: www.realfoodcommunitywhalleyrange.org.
- Other local support for those living with diabetes can be found on the Diabetes my Way site.
Website: www.diabetesmyway.nhs.uk/get-local/manchester.
Losing Weight Support
It's hard to change habits and lose weight however there is lots of support available. You can book in at the practice to discuss weight and diet.
Other support available:
- Weight watchers: www.weightwatchers.com/uk/weight-loss-plans
- NHS weight loss plan: www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-weight/start-the-nhs-weight-loss-plan
- See also Diet and Weight page
- See also Staying Active page
- See also Mental and Emotional Wellbeing page
Low carb diet and diabetes
Recent studies have found the low-carbohydrate diet method to controlling blood glucose very successful. Studies are highlighting the possibility that more people could reduce or remove the need to take medication with a low carb diet.
Here are some resources:
Type 1 Diabetes
Living with type 1 diabetes presents its own challenges and here are some links that may be helpful:
Diabetes UK info: www.diabetes.org.uk
NHS website: www.nhs.uk/conditions/type-1-diabetes
Diabetes My way: www.diabetesmyway.nhs.uk/know-more/what-is-diabetes/type-1-diabetes
Easy read guide to type 2 diabetes
Here is a booklet to help explain type 2 diabetes: What to do when you have diabetes – An easy read guide.
A Better Life
Providing services in your area to encourage adults and families to lose weight and lead healthier lives.
Refer yourself by calling:
0161 393 7576 (adult service)
0161 393 7576 (family service)
Website: www.ablhealth.co.uk
Choose to Change
The Choose to Change programme is totally different to traditional weight loss programmes. It encourages lifelong changes to eating habits rather than short term diets. It helps people to overcome their barriers to weight loss, make sensible food choices and become more active. It has produced many successful results.
Website: www.ablhealth.co.uk
Life Coaching
Coaching can help you move towards where you want to be more quickly than by going it alone.
Website: www.vickiwalkercoaching.co.uk
Telephone: 07989 371908
Weight Watchers
Meetings, Online or a little bit of both. We've got options and support, whatever your lifestyle.
Website: www.weightwatchers.com
View health information, recipes and advice on how to lose weight.
Website: www.dietdoctor.com
Slimming World
You'll find delicious recipe and menu ideas at your local group, along with all the help you need to get started and reach your target weight.
Website: www.slimmingworld.co.uk
Overeaters Anonymous
Are you obsessed with food, eating or your weight? Whatever problem you may be having with food you are welcome in Overeaters Anonymous. It is not a diet club. There are no fees or weigh-ins. Weekly central Manchester meetings on Tuesdays and Saturdays.
Telephone: 07843 942118 or 07870 342888
Website: www.oagb.org.uk
Vitamins and Minerals
Vitamins and minerals are nutrients your body needs in small amounts to work properly and stay healthy. Most people should get all the nutrients they need by having a varied and balanced diet, although some people may need to take extra supplements.
Website: www.nhs.uk
Vitamin D
Vitamin D is important for keeping bones, teeth and muscles healthy. Current advice is that many people should consider taking a vitamin D supplement in the darker autumn and winter months although in most cases this is not available on prescription. Vitamin D is also particularly important for children under 5 years and pregnant women.
Website: www.nhs.uk
Healthy Start
With Healthy Start, you get free vouchers every week to spend on milk, plain fresh and frozen fruit and vegetables, and infant formula milk. You can also get free vitamins.
Pregnant or have children under the age of four? You could qualify if you're on benefits, or if you're pregnant and under 18. Look online or ask your Health Visitor or midwife.
Website: www.healthystart.nhs.uk
Get started on the nhs 12 Week Weight Loss Plan
The plan is designed to help you lose weight and keep it off.
Website: www.nhs.net
Am I a Healthy Weight?
Calculate your BMI here:
Further information
For more information about the benefits of losing weight, top tips and more visit
Patient.info – Mediterranean Diet
Free Real Food Lifestyle Patient Booklets for advice on weight loss
One You – How healthy is your food?
Domestic abuse aware practice
The staff in your GP practice are trained to ask about domestic abuse and specialist workers are available to support you. Your practice is an 'IRIS' practice. You can talk to doctors, nurses and other staff working here if you are being hurt or controlled by your current or ex-partner, are afraid of someone at home or a member of your family.
The IRIS service is for all GP patients and staff, both women and men, aged 16 or over, whatever age, gender, sexuality, ethnicity or background. IRIS's oldest patient so far is 87.
Contact your GP for a referral to the IRIS worker: Contact the Practice
IRIS Office (09:00–16:30): 0161 820 8416
Manchester Women's Aid: 0161 660 7999
In an emergency call the police on 999
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and abuse
Social isolation can increase stress at home, impacting on you and your family's well-being. Your GP practice is here to help you.
Contact your GP: Contact the Practice
Government Support Website: www.gov.uk/government/coronavirus
SafeLives Charity Resouces: www.safelives.org.uk
Economic Abuse and COVID-19: www.survivingeconomicabuse.org/resources
National domestic abuse helpline
This is a 24 hour National domestic abuse helpline.
Telephone: 0800 2000 247
Website: www.nationaldahelpline.org.uk
Silent Solutions Police
In an emergency call 999 for the police. If you cannot safely speak to the operator to ask for the Police, stay on the line and the call will be forwarded to an operating system. Press 55 to be transferred to the local police force as an emergency.
Silent Call Police: 999, wait, then 55
Greater Manchester End The Fear
Help, support and advice for anybody who is experiencing domestic or sexual violence. Support also for people who know someone who may be being abused. We want to encourage victims of domestic and sexual violence in Greater Manchester to find the courage to come forward and seek support and help. You don't have to put up with domestic abuse.
Website: www.endthefear.co.uk
Greater Manchester Domestic Abuse Helpline
The Helpline is confidential and you do not have to give your name. The Domestic Abuse Helpline is a safe space for you to talk through what is going on at the moment and give you the options that are available to you.
Website: www.domesticabusehelpline.co.uk
Telephone: 0161 636 7525 (Mon-Fri 10:00-16:00 excluding bank holidays)
Urdu/Punjabi Helpline: 0161 636 7525 (Mon-Tue 10:00-13:00, Wed 13:00-16:00)
Manchester Women's Aid
Manchester Women's Aid provides services so that domestic abuse survivors can live a life free from the fear of domestic violence and abuse. We provide safe and confidential temporary accommodation, play services, advice and support, dedicated case workers and support groups.
Website: www.pankhursttrust.org
Telephone: 0161 660 7999
Cover your tracks online
If you are worried that someone may find out which websites you have visited, there are ways to cover your tracks online.
Website: www.womensaid.org.uk
Bright Sky
Bright Sky is a free to download mobile app providing support and information to anyone who may be in an abusive relationship, or those concerned about someone they know. Available in four languages: English, Urdu, Punjabi and Polish.
Website: www.hestia.org/brightsky
Economic Abuse – restricting and controlling money
If a current or former partner has interfered with your money or other economic resources in some way to limit your choices, this information is for you. It may support you to identify economic abuse and the next steps that you might take.
Website: www.survivingeconomicabuse.org
Saheli Asian Women's Project
A specialist service in Manchester, dedicated to serving the particular needs that Asian women and their families face. Thousands of women over the years have had a chance to leave abusive situations and secure a better future for them and their families.
Website: www.saheli.org.uk
Telephone: 0161 945 4187
Urdu and Punjabi helpline
A dedicated, confidential service in Urdu or Punjabi provided as part of the Greater Manchester Domestic Abuse Helpline for anyone experiencing or has experienced domestic abuse.
Urdu/Punjabi Helpline: 0161 636 7525 (Mon-Tue 10:00-13:00, Wed 13:00-16:00)
Website: www.domesticabusehelpline.co.uk/our-services/community-helpline-language-service
National LGBT domestic abuse helpline
Galop gives advice and support to people who have experienced biphobia, homophobia, transphobia, sexual violence or domestic abuse.
Telephone: 0800 999 5428
Contact online: www.galop.org.uk/report
Are you about to hurt someone?
If you are concerned about your behaviour and feel you may be about to hurt someone please contact
The Respect Phoneline: www.respectphoneline.org.uk
Telephone: 0808 802 4040
The Respect Phoneline is a confidential national helpline, email, webchat service for perpetrators of domestic abuse looking for help to stop.
They help male and female perpetrators in heterosexual or same sex relationships. Partners or ex-partners of perpetrators, as well as family and friends, are welcome to get in touch for information, advice and support.
Talk Listen Change (TLC): www.talklistenchange.org.uk.
Telephone: 0161 872 1100
Talk Listen Change (TLC) are the local provider of perpetrator behaviour change programmes in Manchester.
Zion Centre - Manchester Integrated Drug and Alcohol Service (MIDAS)
This local advice, support and treatment centre is in Hulme. It is the local centre for anyone who wants help with alcohol (however much you drink – from advice about healthy drinking to full treatment for alcohol dependence). It is the centre for help with any drug misuse (misuse of prescription drugs, illicit drug use, etc).
Telephone: 0161 226 5526
Website: www.changegrowlive.org
JNR8 Youth & Community Centre, Whalley Range
One-to-one support and mentoring, cooking workshops for healthy eating and other youth projects for people aged 11–18 years. Support for whatever issues you may have, including relationships, homelessness, drugs and alcohol and behaviour. Our work has also included work in areas such as homework, confidence building, and dealing with anger issues.
Website: www.wryoa.co.uk
Drinkaware Unit & Calorie Calculator
Want to know what's in your drinks? Easy, find out about what calories and how many units you consume.
Website: www.drinkaware.co.uk
Recovery Academy
The Trust's Recovery Academy provides a range of free educational courses and resources for people with mental health and substance misuse problems, their families and carers as well as health care professionals.
Website: www.gmmh.nhs.uk
Back on Track
A Manchester charity that runs a learning centre in Manchester's Northern Quarter for people who are going through a process of recovery or rehabilitation, having been through problems with alcohol or drugs, offending, homelessness and mental health.
Website: www.backontrackmanchester.org.uk
Talk to Frank
Talk to Frank for friendly, confidential drugs facts and advice.
Telephone: 0300 123 6600
Website: www.talktofrank.com
One You Drinks Tracker - Mobile App
Drinking a bit too much can sneak up on you. This free drinks tracker app makes it easy to keep an eye on the booze and take control with daily tips and feedback.
Download on the Apple App Store
Drinkaware Online Tools & Apps
Online trackers and apps from Drinkaware to help you avoid harm from alcohol.
One You Days Off - Mobile App
The One You Days Off app is a simple and easy way to track the days you drink alcohol and the days you don't.
Download on the Apple App Store
Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon is there for anyone whose life is or has been affected by someone else's drinking. Al-Anon is about helping you to find solace with and support from others who have been affected by their relationship with a drinker. A local group meets every Thursday evening in off Princess Parkway.
Telephone: 0800 0086 811
Website: www.al-anonuk.org.uk
If you're worried about your own or someone else's drinking you can call this free helpline in complete confidence.
Telephone: 0300 123 1110
Further information
For more information about the benefits of drinking less, top tips and more visit NHS – Drinking and Alcohol
Alternatively, for more information on how drug misuse can be harmful to your health visit NHS – The Effects of Drugs
Age UK Manchester
Age UK Manchester offers information, advice and support to people aged 60 or over as well as projects and services across Manchester.
Website: www.ageuk.org.uk
Chorlton Good Neighbours
For older men, for older women! A group with services and activities that may be for you: coffee mornings linked to community nurse clinics, visits to you at home, trips, snooker, gardening…
Website: www.chorltongoodneighbours.org
Indian Senior Citizens' Centre
The Indian Senior Citizens Centre is a Charity Registered (1040167) BME Voluntary organisation which provides culturally sensitive Day Resource Services for Indian Older People of city wide Manchester, Trafford, Stockport, Bury and Salford.
Website: www.iscc-manchester.org
Eldergym Senior Fitness
Useful exercises with videos for keeping strong in old age.
Website: www.eldergym.com
Creative Arts for Health
Having Falls
Having a fall is frightening and can affect your confidence. There are lots of things that can be done to reduce your risk of falling. We have a community falls team who can come and see you at home if you are having falls or worried about falling. Just ring to request this.
Telephone: 0161 209 9960
Manchester Care & Repair
A local charity working primarily with older people who own their own home. Free help and advice on choosing a builder, being energy efficient, safety and security of your home, and the HandyHelp Service can help with small DIY jobs and to address things when you come home after a stay in hospital.
Website: www.careandrepair-manchester.org.uk
Manchester Carers
Manchester Carers has two main projects to help older neighbours, click below to find out more.
Website: www.manchestercares.org.uk
Coffee 4 Craig
7 day homeless drop-in service offering advice on housing and emergency support, hot food, showers, internet access. Monday to Friday 7–9pm, Saturday and Sunday 5–7pm, 52 Oldham Street, M4 1LE.
Telephone: 07973 955 003
Website: www.coffee4craig.com
Cornerstone Day Centre
Drop-in service offering telephone, showers, meals, advice, dentist, haircuts, opticians, internet access, employment support and housing support. Monday to Friday 10.30am–4pm. 104b Denmark Road, M15 6JS
Telephone: 0161 232 8888
Website: www.cornerstonecds.org.uk
Mustard Tree
Monthly (£10) clothing and footwear allowance for people
sleeping rough. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 10am–4pm (closed
Thursdays), Saturday 10am–4pm. 110 Oldham Road, M4 6AG
Hot meals – Fridays 7–9pm, 30a Poland Street, M4 6BH
Telephone: 0161 228 7331
Website: www.mustardtree.org.uk
Free, confidential and impartial advice, support and guidance for anyone who is homeless or in housing need and/or has debt or benefit problems. Specialist level advice, legal representation, support to access the Private Rented sector and guided
self-help and access to information and resources around housing, welfare benefits and debt.
5 Samuel Ogden Street, M1 7AX, Monday to Friday 9am–5pm.
Telephone: 0344 515 1640
Website: www.england.shelter.org.uk
Offering breakfast, showers, toiletries and clothing. 142 Dantzic Street, M4 4DN. Saturday and Sunday 7–9am.
Telephone: 0161 235 0744
Website: www.lifeshare.org.uk
Daily housing support for young people aged 16–25. Monday to Friday 10am–12.30pm and 1.30–4.30pm (except Wednesday afternoon) and ad hoc activities. 52 Oldham Street, M4 1LE
Telephone: 0161 228 7654
Website: www.centrepoint.org.uk
Manchester Action on Street Health (MASH)
Women Only. MASH offers free support for women who sex work or women who are at risk of sex working. You do not need an appointment and can pop in whenever the Drop-in is open.
Drop-in Monday 3–6pm, Tuesday and Friday 12.30–3.30pm, Wednesday and Thursday 12.30–3.30pm and 8–10.45pm. 94–96 Fairfield Street, M1 2WR
Telephone: 0800 183 0499 or 0161 273 4555
Website: www.mash.org.uk
The Men's Room
Men Only. Day support, advice and advocacy for young men 18–30 years old. Tuesday to Thursday 10am–3pm. 113 Fairfield Street, First Floor, M12 6EL
Telephone: 0161 834 1827
Website: www.mroom.co.uk
Street Support
Get local advice, support and help and if you have have recently been made homeless get emergency advice.
Website: www.streetsupport.net
Irritable Bowel Syndrome - Patient.info
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a common condition arising from how the gut works and so it is not really an abnormality or disease. Different things help for different people and some of these websites may have useful information.
Website: www.patient.info
The IBS Network
The IBS Network is the national charity supporting people living with Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Website: www.theibsnetwork.org
FODMAP diet
Have you ever suffered with bloating or abdominal pain? Did you know certain carbs could be contributing to your discomfort? View this BBC article for more information on the FODMAP diet.
Community Physiotherapy Self-Referral
Physiotherapy self-referral is a system which allows you to refer yourself directly to a physiotherapist without having to see a doctor first.
Zion & Kath Locke Centres
Community centres with activities, courses and classes including anxiety, depression and also self-harm weekly drop-in groups, hypnotherapy, massage, yoga, energy healing, Qigong and Reiki.
Arthritis Research UK
Arthritis Research UK invests in breakthrough treatments, the best information and vital support for everyone affected by arthritis.
Website: www.arthritisresearchuk.org
Exercise Sheets - Dr Hasan Tahir
View exercise sheets including ankle, back, elbow, feet, hip and knee exercises.
Exercises for Piriformis Syndrome
Please see this video for a demonstration of exercises for Piriformis Syndrome if directed here by your doctor.
Website: www.nhs.uk
GMMH Living with Fatigue and Pain Service
Do you have a long term physical health condition where persistent fatigue and/or pain are the main problems? After an initial assessment this NHS service can offer up to 5 individual clinic sessions and a mindfulness course specifically orientated towards living with pain and illness. You can ask your GP or other health worker more about this, or just self-refer by calling directly.
Telephone: 0161 271 0801
Pain Toolkit
A persistent pain problem can be difficult to understand and manage on an everyday basis. This Pain Toolkit website has been developed from the Pain Toolkit, a simple information booklet that provides you with handy tips and skills to support you along the way to managing your pain.
Website: www.nhs.manchester.paintoolkit.org
University of Salford Podiatry Clinic
Your GP or practice nurse can refer you to the NHS podiatry service but there is a currently a long waiting list of several months. The School of Podiatry at the University of Salford offer a faster service. The assessment and management clinic can be attended by anyone (adults and children) in need of essential foot care – you may have painful pressure lesions or just be unable to care for your feet. At the clinic you will be given a full assessment and treated accordingly for £10-15.
Telephone: 0161 295 2205
Website: www.salford.ac.ukore
HRT and Alternatives
Information for women, their partners and families about hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and the alternatives for treatment of menopausal symptoms.
Website: www.rcog.org.uk
Primary Care Women's Health Forum
Here you can find the latest guidelines, patient materials and articles from a board of healthcare professionals and recommended external sources. Available free of charge to all.
Website: pcwhf.co.uk/resources/
Menopause Matters
An independent website providing up-to-date, accurate information about the menopause, menopausal symptoms and treatment options. Here you will find information on what happens leading up to, during and after the menopause, what the consequences can be, what you can do to help and what treatments are available.
Website: www.menopausematters.co.uk
Menopause Support
Menopause counsellor and founder of Menopause Support, Diane Danzebrink has written some handy resources including a menopause symptom checker, several guides to help you get the best out of your doctor's appointment, and guidance for men who want to understand more about the menopause.
Website: www.menopausesupport.co.uk
Menopause facts: www.menopausesupport.co.uk
My Menopause Doctor
An independent website providing up-to-date, unbiased and evidence-based information to help you navigate the menopause.
Website: www.menopausedoctor.co.uk/menopause
Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Wellbeing
FACE COVID Leaflet & (ACT Approach)
Greater Manchester Resources and Helplines Leaflet
Living Life to the Full Resources Hub
GMHSC Partnership COVID-19 Wellbeing Resources
Mind: Coronavirus and your Wellbeing
COVID-19 Free 1:1 Online Support (Mind-Body Awareness Approach)
Free music service to provide self-care support during coronavirus pandemic
Helplines if you are in a crisis
SANEline (16:30-22:30) 0300 304 7000
Samaritans 24/7 Helpline 116 123
Manchester GMMH 24/7 Helpline 0800 953 0285
Text SHOUT to 852258
Help! Click here for some other places to turn to when you feel unable to cope.
Shout is the UK's first 24/7 text service, free on all major mobile networks, for anyone in crisis anytime, anywhere. It's a place to go if you're struggling to cope and you need immediate help.
Website: www.giveusashout.org
Text Shout to 852258
If something is troubling you, call Samaritans free, 24 hours a day 365 days a year.
Telephone: 116 123
Website: www.samaritans.org
Email: email@example.com
Self Help Services
Self Help provide a range of support, services and opportunities for people living with mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, phobias and panic attacks.
Refer yourself for counselling
Chorlton Anxiety Group – Tue 7-9pm
Zion Anxiety Group – Wed 1-3pm
Zion Depression Group – Wed 3-5pm
Bereavement & Loss Group – Tue 5.30-7.30pm
Zion & Kath Locke Centres
Community centres with activities, courses and classes including anxiety, depression and also self-harm weekly drop-in groups, hypnotherapy, massage, yoga, energy healing, Qigong and Reiki.
Living Life To The Full
Living Life To The Full is one of the most used resources for improving feelings, beating stress and boosting ability to live well. We want as many people as possible from across Greater Manchester to also enjoy these benefits. So we've made Living Life To The Full easily available, totally FREE of charge, for all residents.
Website: www.gmhealthhub.org
Every Mind Matters
Having good mental health helps us relax more, achieve more and enjoy our lives more. There are simple things we can all do to look after our mental health and wellbeing – take our quiz to get started today with a free plan, expert advice and practical tips.
Website: www.nhs.uk
Greater Manchester Mental Health
GMMH provides a wide range of services in the treatment and recovery of mental health conditions and substance misuse.
Website: www.gmmh.nhs.uk
Crisis and Out of Hours
For people already using the Greater Manchester Mental Health services there is a number to ring if you are in crisis or it is out-of-hours.
Telephone: 0161 922 3801 (Manchester) 01204 390302 (Trafford)
Website: www.gmmh.nhs.uk
Time to Change
Time to change is a campaign to change the way people think and act about mental health problems.
Website: www.time-to-change.org.uk
Buzz Manchester
An NHS Health & Wellbeing Service whose aim is to help improve your health and wellbeing of people and communities in Manchester, to help individuals and families live fuller, healthier, happier and longer lives.
Website: www.buzzmanchester.co.uk.
Manchester Mind
Manchester Mind is in independent local mental health charity which delivers services to young people and adults. Our vision is of a city that promotes good mental health and treats people with mental health problems positively, fairly and with respect.
Website: www.manchestermind.org
42nd Street
Are you 11-25? Are you stressed out and need someone to talk to in confidence?
42nd Street is a centre for young people's mental health and wellbeing. They offer groups (including a women's group and a depression & anxiety group) or one-to-one counselling and therapy.
If you think it's time to talk, you can refer yourself or ask someone else to refer you to 42nd Street. This might be a teacher, youth worker, parent or carer or someone else you trust.
Telephone: 0161 228 7321
Website: www.42ndstreet.org.uk
JNR8 Youth & Community Centre, Whalley Range
One-to-one support and mentoring, cooking workshops for healthy eating and other youth projects for people aged 11–18 years. Support for whatever issues you may have, including relationships, homelessness, drugs and alcohol and behaviour. Our work has also included work in areas such as homework, confidence building, and dealing with anger issues.
Website: www.wryoa.co.uk
For all Manchester children and young people aged 11-18 years: this is a 24/7 online service to help support your emotional health and wellbeing.
Kooth is free, safe, confidential and non-stigmatised. Kooth offer online counselling, self-help tools, peer support boards, moderated peer discussion, referral into face-to-face services, and a co-produced online magazine.
Website: www.kooth.com
Greater Manchester Suicide Bereavement Information Service
If you have been bereaved or affected by suicide you can call.
Telephone: 0161 212 4919
Everybody knows how important it is to look after their physical health, but sometimes people forget to look after their mental health. Whether you want to know more about how you're feeling, get information about a mental health condition or know what support is available to you, YoungMind guides can help.
YoungMinds also manage a website called HeadMeds – straight talk on mental health medication.
Right from the Start
for people experiencing psychosis for the first time. Getting the RIGHT support early to deal with mental difficulties improves prospects for recovery. Indeed that's why Early Intervention in Psychosis services developed.
Website: www.rightfromthestartmatters.com
Shining a Light on Suicide
They want to support you if you are bereaved by suicide or concerned that someone you know may be thinking of suicide.
Website: www.shiningalightonsuicide.org.uk
Chronic Fatigue Self-Referral Service
Use your natural creative skills to maintain and improve your wellbeing. Pick from dozens of creative activities designed for you by experts in the field of arts and health on this website.
Website: www.start2.co.uk
Yoga, meditation and sports
Deep breathing and co-ordinated exercising and activities are beneficial to mental health and can help reduce anxiety, stress and depression. Meditation, yoga and group activities such as singing, dancing, martial arts and sports can in this way be seen as possible ways to help prevent and settle unsettled emotional states.
Article on Yoga, Meditation and Anxiety
Lotus Flower: 31 Days of Yoga (Free)
Do Yoga With Me free online videos
For some local classes see our Keeping Active section
Meditation not Medication
The free website 'Look at Paintings' innovatively partners techniques of Mindful meditation with Art Appreciation, with the aim of producing immediate benefits to the viewer.
Website: www.lookatpaintings.co.uk
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Getting out in Nature
If you are able then getting out in nature can be so helpful to our wellbeing. Locally there are many parks and green spaces such as The Alexandra Park, Longford Park, Chorlton Ees, Turn Moss Playing Fields, Ivy Green, Chorlton Water Park, Hough End Playing Fields and Southern Cemetery.
Healing Forest Website and Forest Meditations
Coaching with Walking – a local coach who offers to meet while walking in the natural environment in a local park or green space. First session free.
Telephone: 07989 371908
Self-harm in Older Adults
This leaflet aims to give information to people affected by self-harm:
Information and Support for all mental health issues. Mind Info line:
Telephone: 0300 123 3393
Website: www.mind.org.uk
Help, information and support for all those affected by mental illness.
Website: www.rethink.org
Living Life to the Full
Offering free resources to help you help yourself.
Website: www.llttf.com
The work of the Charity is based on a belief that people can recover from severe mood problems and move on to lead happier and fuller lives. From its centre in Manchester, Moodswings reaches out across the north west and beyond with a message of real hope and optimism for individuals and their families and friends.
Website: www.moodswings.org.uk
NHS Moodzone
Whatever you need to know about coping with stress, anxiety or depression, or just the normal emotional ups and downs of life, the NHS Moodzone is here to help.
Website: www.nhs.uk
Further information
For more information about mental health, ways to cope with it and more visit
Citizens Advice
Citizens Advice aims to provide the advice people need for the problems they face and improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives. They provide free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities including on benefits, debt, consumer, housing, family, law and immigration. They value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination.
Telephone advice 03444 111 222 (local rate)
Instant Access Surgery Phone – Free in some GP practices in our neighbourhood.
Assisted digital and information service – Manchester Town Hall, Monday to Friday between 9.30am and 2pm.
Greater Manchester Law Centre
Located on Princess Road in Moss Side near Alexandra Park, you can walk in to this centre Monday to Friday 10am to 3pm to ask about free legal advice.
By appointment they also provide support with Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) both with completing forms, managing failed medical (work capability) assessments and with appeals.
Also Employment Legal Advice Clinic every first Friday of the month for advice on any employment law related issue, by appointment.
Work and Mental Wellbeing
View information about work and mental health and services available to help in Manchester.
Pregnancy Testing
Pregnancy testing kits can be bought at pharmacies and supermarkets or can be done for free at a Sexual Health Clinic. GP surgeries do not offer a pregnancy testing service.
When you become pregnant
When you become pregnant you will have various choices ahead of you. The earlier you seek advice the more options you have. We recommend folic acid and vitamin D supplements for the healthy development of a baby and it is sensible to meet early with midwife to discuss healthy and safe nutrition and alcohol use.
Arrange a first contact meeting with a midwife.
Maternity services at St Mary's Hospital
Maternity services at Wythenshawe Hospital
If you will be aged under 18 years when your baby is due you can refer yourself to a young person's midwife.
Antenatal Care
Your Antenatal Appointments Explained
Planning your Pregnancy
If you're planning on getting pregnant, you can improve your chances of conceiving and having a successful pregnancy. Follow these steps
Postnatal Care
ICON – infant crying and how to cope
The Manchester ICON webpage has information on infant crying, safe sleeping, the Health Visiting service and Infant feeding team.
Website: www.manchesterlco.org
Extra information: www.mft.nhs.uk
Health Visitors
Manchester Health Visiting Service offers comprehensive advice and support to parents and carers of children from pre-birth to four and a half years. A health visitor is a registered nurse or midwife with specialist additional qualifications in child, family and public health who offers a range of advice and information on feeding, parenting skills, sleeping and healthy eating and a whole lot more.
Facebook: @MFThealthvisiting
Website: www.mft.nhs.uk
Children's Centres
There are a number of children's centres across Manchester that offer a variety of friendly activities, events, help and support to families of children aged 0 to 5 years with advice on parenting, local childcare options and access to specialist services for families, baby massage sessions, breastfeeding support, stay and play opportunities.
Further information
Whatever you want to know about getting pregnant, being pregnant or caring for your new baby, you should find it here:
Continuous Pill Taking
Many people choose "the pill" as a form of hormonal contraception, the combined oral contraceptive pill (COCP), traditionally taken for 21 days followed by a 7 day gap. Updated guidance advises continuous (every day) pill taking for improved ease and effectiveness and to reduce the troubles that come with regular menstrual periods.
FRESH - Sexual Health & Contraception
FRESH is a city-wide sexual health and contraception services with dedicated clinics for under 25s.
Website: www.fresh4manchester.nhs.uk
Sexual Health and Contraception Clinics
If you think you might have an infection, or just want a sexual health check-up, the doctors and nurses at Northern clinics in Manchester will be happy to help. These clinics are free and confidential.
Your own GP clinic can provide some contraception and emergency contraception advice, and the Northern clinics offer this too. Some local pharmacies also provide an emergency contraception service.
Website: www.manchester.gov.uk
Website: mft.nhs.uk
Family Planning Association
They are a sexual health charity. They give straightforward information and support on sexual health, sex and relationships to everyone in the UK.
Website: www.fpa.org.uk
The Proud Trust (LGBT+)
The Proud Trust is the home for LGBT+ Youth (Lesbian. Gay. Bisexual. Trans. Other identities).
Website: www.theproudtrust.org
Brook provides free and confidential sexual health and wellbeing services for nearly 250,000 young people UK-wide, each year.
Website: www.brook.org.uk
Sexual Health Helpline
The National Sexual Health Helpline provided by Public Health England is open Monday to Friday, 9am-8pm.
Telephone: 0300 123 7123
Vaginal Discharge
Common causes for vaginal discharge include bacterial vaginosis (BV) and thrush (candida). These are not sexually transmitted infections although it is recommended to have a sexual health screen if they keep coming back. Advice on BV and thrush as well as tips on how to treat any symptoms you have can be found on the links below.
Cervical Screening (Smear Test)
If you or someone you know has questions about cervical screening (the smear test), cell changes, HPV or cervical cancer, take a look at the Jo's Trust website. They have put together information with the help of experts and people with personal experience.
Website: www.jostrust.org.uk
Further information
For more information about Sexual Health topics including a contraception guide visit
How to Lower Blood Pressure
Your diet, exercise levels and weight have a real effect on your blood pressure. If you have high blood pressure, you can start lowering blood pressure today by eating more healthily and being more active.
Website: www.bloodpressureuk.org
Zion & Kath Locke Centres
Community centres with activities, courses and classes including anxiety, depression and also self-harm weekly drop-in groups, hypnotherapy, massage, yoga, energy healing, Qigong and Reiki.
FREE NHS Health Checks in your community
NHS health checks are being offered to people aged between 40 and 74 in your community. The NHS health check is designed to spot the early signs of heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, kidney disease and dementia. For more information please visit our NHS Health Checks page.
Be Well (The Big Life Group)
Life in the way of healthy living? Be Well is here to help you find a way to live and feel well whatever twists and turns life brings. We can even help you get on top of work, housing, family and money worries.
Be Well is here for people living in Central and South Manchester. For more information, speak to a member of staff at your GP Practice or get in touch using the methods below.
Telephone: 0161 470 7120
Website: www.thebiglifegroup.com
QIntervention enables you to work out your risk of diabetes, heart disease, or stroke over the next 10 years and show you how that risk could change with interventions such as stopping smoking, losing weight, lowering your blood pressure or taking cholesterol lowering medication. It also shows unintended effects of statins.
Website: www.qintervention.org
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View information on High blood pressure (hypertension) symptoms, causes and if you need to lower your blood pressure.
Cholesterol - Patient.info
View information on cholesterol, risk factors and treatments available to reduce the risk.
NHS Weekly Activity Guidance
View information on physical activity guidelines.
Website: www.nhs.uk
NHS Couch to 5k
Find out more and download the nine-week set of Couch to 5K podcasts.
Website: www.nhs.uk
The Real Food Lifestyle for Weight Loss
View the free Real Food Lifestyle Patient Booklets for advice on weight loss.
Website: www.phcuk.org
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View information on the Mediterranean Diet. The term 'Mediterranean Diet' describes a specific mix of dietary food ingredients, shown to promote health and long life in people.
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Manchester Stop Smoking Service
Manchester Stop Smoking Service provides free NHS support to help you quit smoking. Support is available from trained professional advisor at a number of venues across the city including pharmacies, GP practices, community centres, local markets etc. The service is open to anyone who lives or works in Manchester.
Website: www.stopsmokingmanchester.co.uk
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Choose from an app, Quit Kit, email, SMS and face-to-face guidance.
Website: www.nhs.uk
Get a Plan
Everyone has a different reason for quitting, get a personalised Quit Smoking Plan.
Website: www.quitwithhelp.co.uk
Further information
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Young Person's eTherapy Service
A free online interactive eTherapy Service for 11 – 18 year olds to help with how thoughts have an impact on feelings, physical symptoms and behaviours.
Website: www.selfhelpservices.org.uk
Online 24/7 support for ages 11-18.
Website: www.kooth.com
42nd Street
Are you 11-25? Are you stressed out and need someone to talk to in confidence?
42nd Street is a centre for young people's mental health and wellbeing. They offer groups (including a women's group and a depression & anxiety group) or one-to-one counselling and therapy.
If you think it's time to talk, you can refer yourself or ask someone else to refer you to 42nd Street. This might be a teacher, youth worker, parent or carer or someone else you trust.
Telephone: 0161 228 7321
Website: www.42ndstreet.org.uk
Everybody knows how important it is to look after their physical health, but sometimes people forget to look after their mental health. Whether you want to know more about how you're feeling, get information about a mental health condition or know what support is available to you, YoungMind guides can help.
YoungMinds also manage a website called HeadMeds – straight talk on mental health medication.
Website: www.youngminds.org.uk
Facebook: @youngmindsuk
FRESH - Sexual Health & Contraception
FRESH is a city-wide sexual health and contraception services with dedicated clinics for under 25s.
Website: www.fresh4manchester.nhs.uk
When a Parent has Cancer
Helps you cope when a parent has cancer: riprap is a site is developed especially for teenagers who have a parent with cancer. In riprap, you can learn more about cancer and its treatment and through real stories you can read the experiences of other young people and share your own story.
Website: www.riprap.org.uk
Diabetes in Your Teens
This section is for teenagers with lots of information and support all about Type 1 diabetes. If you or someone you know has diabetes, you may find this useful.
Diabetes UK: Guide to Type 1 Diabetes in your teens
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Telephone: 03444 111 222
Website: www.citizensadvice.org.uk
Instant Access Surgery Phone – Free in some GP practices in our neighbourhood.
Assisted digital and information service – Manchester Town Hall, Monday to Friday between 9.30am and 2pm.
Greater Manchester Law Centre
Located on Princess Road in Moss Side near Alexandra Park, you can walk in to this centre Monday to Friday 10am to 3pm to ask about free legal advice.
By appointment they also provide support with Employment Support Allowance (ESA) and Personal Independence Payment (PIP) both with completing forms, managing failed medical (work capability) assessments and with appeals.
Also Employment Legal Advice Clinic every first Friday of the month for advice on any employment law related issue, by appointment.
Telephone: 0161 769 2244
Website: www.gmlaw.org.uk
Fit for Work
Manchester's Fit for Work service is a free telephone-based support service, funded by Manchester Health and Care Commissioning. The service provides support to people who have needed to take time off work as a consequence of issues such as Mental Health (including anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, confidence, stress), back, joint or neck pain (including lower limb pain, RSI, Osteoarthritis, Fibromyalgia), bullying and harassment within the workplace, financial problems, redundancy, changes to employment circumstances and associated pressures and workplace stress, pressure of work-life balance.
If you are a resident of Manchester who is currently off work sick and feel that the service could help please contact the service:
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This is the Zipp Service Course 70 Ergo Aluminum Handlebar.
Zipp's Service Course lineup is all about providing options to match every rider with a high-performance, precise fitting bar. The Service Course-70 Ergo packs a powerful punch of everything you'd want in a bar – a design based on feedback from pro bike fitters and riders, an ergonomic top section, and a price you'll love.
The Service Course-70 Ergo features trickle-down innovation from the Service Course SL-70. That includes the drop dimensions and a contoured top for a natural ergonomic grip on the bar tops for all-day comfort.
The Service Course-70 Ergo's specially tuned drop shape creates comfortable hand positions with the short reach to control levers vital for race situations. The bar's 70mm reach (the horizontal distance from the bar's stem clamp area to the center of the brake perch) is the shortest of Zipp's Service Course lineup. Its 128mm drop (vertical distance from the bar's stem clamp area to the bottom of the drops) places the rider low and in control without compromising comfort. With the revised ramp angle, proper fit is now achievable on even the toughest fits. Whether it's a rider with a shorter torso or a bigger rider getting aero by pairing this bar with a long stem, this bar helps put just about any cyclist into his or her optimal position.Available in four sizes. Made from durable and light 6061 aluminum.
Color: Black (white logos)
Weight (42 cm): 305g
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Clamp Diameter: 31.8
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Drop: 128mm
Ramp angle: 10°
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yes... that is me, I have a few ideas from a few people just wondering who else I could be to get a broad range of characters.
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Kazu from Air Gear - very simple!
Kida Masomi from Durarara!!
Shizou from Durr!! wears sunglasses if you like 'em
Len the Vocaloid ; has a TON of costumes to choose from
and my most recommend because the show is new, fresh, and awesome
(if you haven't watched it you should!)
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More area fire departments facing brownouts
Union head says funding should go to public safety
Lights and sirens rush out of Goshen Township's firehouse. In the past, five firefighters would be left at the facility in case of additional emergencies, but now there are only three.
One more call would leave Goshen Township with no one left to respond, and then it becomes a waiting game for a volunteer to show up, or another neighboring department to arrive.
"When you're talking seconds and minutes in a fire, the fire gets bigger, and when you're talking seconds and minutes in a heart attack, obviously you're causing tissue damage to the heart and the lungs and potentially resulting in death," said Goshen Township Fire Department Chief Steve Pegram.
Pegram said three failed levies in the past six years have left him with no choice but to cut 30 percent of his staff. Union head said Goshen is just the tip of the iceberg.
"Firefighters have been doing more with less, and now we are just pushed to the brink where in some areas there's no more left," said Ohio Association of Professional Firefighters head Mark Sanders.
Sanders points to brownouts across the state. He said state lawmakers and local officials should re-prioritize funding decisions. He said his organization believes funding should go to public safety.


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Why Fabian Schar should be proud of his blissful debut season
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A crossword puzzle is a battle between the puzzle maker and editor on one side and the solver on the other. But unlike most battles, both sides here have the same goal -- for the solver to win. A perfect puzzle may put up lots of resistance. It may, in fact, seem impossible at first. Ideally, though, in the end the solver should triumph and think, Oh, how clever I am!
The perfect level of difficulty, of course, differs from person to person. This is why, as editor, I vary the weekday Times crossword difficulty from easy-medium on Monday up to what the actor and puzzle aficionado Paul Sorvino calls ''the bitch mother of all crosswords'' on Saturday. (He said this as a compliment.) The goal is to have something for everyone. I advise new solvers to begin on Monday and see how far through the week they can go. The Sunday Times puzzle, while larger than its weekday counterpart, averages only Thursday-plus in difficulty.
Step 1 in solving any crossword is to begin with the answers you're surest of and build from there. The fill-in-the-blank clues are easy to spot and often the easiest to solve. Focus in the early stages on the three-, four-, and five-letter words, because the English language has relatively few of these, and the same ones tend to repeat a lot in puzzles. This is especially so for vowel-heavy words like ALEE, IOTA, EEL, AGO, OREO, etc. Watch for the celebrity names (UMA, ARTE, ENO, AGEE) and geographical names (ADA, AMES, ELON, ORONO) that crop up with unusual frequency. Once you have a few crossing letters in the longer answers, you'll be more likely to get them from their clues.
Don't be afraid to guess. At the same time don't be afraid to erase an answer that isn't working out. For the clue ''Butcher's offering,'' I once watched a solver successively guess T-BONE, CHUCK and STEAK before finally hitting upon the correct answer, SHANK. Don't assume that because you have a few crossing letters that your answer is necessarily correct. And if nothing seems to cross the answer you have filled in, be very wary.
Mental flexibility is a great asset in solving crosswords. Let your mind wander. The clue ''Present time'' might suggest nowadays, but in a different sense it might lead to the answer yuletide. Similarly, ''Life sentences'' could be obit, ''Inside shot'' is x-ray and my all-time favorite clue, ''It turns into a different story'' (15 letters), results in the phrase SPIRAL STAIRCASE.
The New York Times crossword has not printed hints like ''2 wds.'' and ''3 wds.'' since the early 1950's, so be on your toes for multiword answers. One answer that always seems to trip solvers up is R-A-N-D-R, which was clued as ''Leave time?'' when it first appeared in a Times puzzle several years ago. Afterward lots of solvers called and wrote me saying that they couldn't find the word RANDR in their dictionaries, and where did I get it? I had to inform them gently that the answer was three words, R AND R, as in the time when one goes on leave.
A question mark at the end of a clue can mean several things. In the above clue for R AND R, it means ''This clue is tricky! Be careful!'' It can also indicate that the answer only loosely fits the clue. For example, ''Cause for a head-slap?'' (BONER). Making a boner may or may not be cause for slapping one's forehead. When question marks appear at the ends of the clues for all the long answers in a puzzle, usually the marks are signals for related puns.
No matter how tricky or misleading the clues, they will always follow a fairly strict set of rules. Most important, a clue and its answer will always be expressed in the same part of speech and as a rule must be interchangeable in a sentence, with the same meaning each way.
If a crossword answer is not a Standard English word, the clue will usually signal this fact. Thus, a slangy answer will have a slangy clue. The clue for an abbreviated answer will contain the tag ''Abbr.'' or else a word that is not usually abbreviated (''Entrepreneur's deg.'' = M.B.A.). Similarly, words that are strictly foreign will be signaled either directly (''Boy: Sp.'' = NINO) or indirectly (''Son, in Sonora''). By convention, diacritical marks are ignored in American crosswords, so don't worry about that tilde in ''niño.''
True crossword cognoscenti observe the bylines on the crosswords and prepare themselves accordingly. Cathy Millhauser, a frequent Times constructor, is famous for puns. In a puzzle called ''M-M-M'' she changed N sounds to M's at the end of familiar phrases, like SAVINGS AND LOAM, AMERICA ON-LIME and AS CRAZY AS A LOOM. Knowing her tendencies helps you nail one or two of the long puns, and you have a big advantage in getting the others.
The constructor's age is sometimes reflected in a puzzle. Frances Hansen, 81, one of The Times's longest-running crossword contributors, produces elegant grids full of classical knowledge, while Brendan Emmett Quigley, 26, a guitarist for a rock band in Boston, conveys a younger, more pop-cultured sensibility.
If you get stuck on a puzzle, a time-honored technique is to put it aside and return later. Perhaps the brain works subconsciously on problems in the interim. Whatever the case, a fresh look at a tough puzzle almost always brings new answers.
A question I am asked often is this: ''Is it cheating to use references?'' In reply I always quote Will Weng, one of my predecessors as Times crossword editor: ''It's your puzzle. Solve it any way you want.'' And is it cheating to call The Times's 900 number to get answers? Well, of course! But what nobody knows won't hurt you.


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Several key mortgage rates advanced today. The average rates on 30-year fixed and 15-year fixed mortgages both ticked up. Meanwhile, the average rate on 5/1 adjustable-rate mortgages declined.
Compare mortgage rates in your area now.
30-year fixed mortgages
The average rate for a 30-year fixed mortgage is 4.75 percent, an increase of 1 basis point from a week ago. A month ago, the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage was lower, at 4.66 percent.
At the current average rate, you'll pay principal and interest of $521.65 for every $100,000 you borrow. That's an extra $0.61 compared with last week.
You can use Bankrate's mortgage calculator to estimate your monthly payments and see how much you'll save by adding extra payments. It will also help you calculate how much interest you'll pay over the life of the loan.
15-year fixed mortgages
The average 15-year fixed-mortgage rate is 4.09 percent, up 7 basis points since the same time last week.
Monthly payments on a 15-year fixed mortgage at that rate will cost around $744 per $100,000 borrowed. The bigger payment may be a little harder to find room for in your monthly budget than a 30-year mortgage payment would, but it comes with some big advantages: You'll save thousands of dollars over the life of the loan in total interest paid and build equity much more quickly.
5/1 ARMs
The average rate on a 5/1 ARM is 4.31 percent, ticking down 3 basis points since the same time last week.
These types of loans are best for those who expect to sell or refinance before the first or second adjustment. Rates could be substantially higher when the loan first adjusts, and thereafter.
Monthly payments on a 5/1 ARM at 4.31 percent would cost about $495 for each $100,000 borrowed over the initial five years, but could increase by hundreds of dollars afterward, depending on the loan's terms.
Where rates are headed
To see where Bankrate's panel of experts expect rates to go from here, check out our Rate Trend Index.
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To learn more about the different rate averages Bankrate publishes, see "Understanding Bankrate's Rate Averages."


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Annual. Pixie Delight fits into gardens where many other lupines just don't work. Cultivated from a California native wildflower, sky lupine, this variety is only 12"-18" tall with a loose, 8" spike of pea-like flowers in attractive shades of pink, blue, purple, and white. Some flowers may even be bicolored or with markings, for added variety. Grow in groups for a splash of summer color. Ideal for use in containers, rock gardens, and small garden beds. Attract pollinators. Deer resistant.
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The Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in graphic design emphasizes conceptual design methods, appropriate aesthetics, history, written and verbal articulation, and training in technology that prepare the student to enter the graphic design profession. Students have opportunities to explore all aspects of graphic design, such as packaging, illustration, information design, advertising design, web design, multimedia design, motion design, and book design
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Students will develop writing and verbal competencies commonly used in the description and analysis of visual art and graphic design. These include critical response to theoretical texts and conceptual development. This includes research, writing, and critique of the intent of their own work.
Students will be able to create original design work that exhibits a distinct personal voice. The full-time faculty through academic advising and professional mentoring provides close supervision as do our long-standing and dedicated part-time faculty who are working professionals. Students will receive individual attention that will help him/her develop an original and articulate body of work as a graphic designer.
Students will create and develop graphic design that meets the specifications and requirements of communication problem. The sequence of required courses helps students develop the necessary techniques and execution of form and content relevant to the field in both digital and print media.
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These Acrylic Star Charms come 50 charms to a package, and are 10 x 12mm in size. Dangle these fun charms from a necklace or a bracelet.
We also carry a complete line of beading accessories and findings, such as elastic cords, lanyards, split key rings, and many more beading items.


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Mummies of the World
Edited by Alfried Wieczorek and Wilfried Rosendahl. Prestel, 2010
People have been preserving bodies of the dead for millennia, from the bog bodies found in the peat wetlands of northern Europe to the embalmed and wrapped mummies recovered from Egypt's desert sands. The companion book to a traveling exhibit of the same name that opened in California in July, this volume brings together evocative imagery of dozens of mummies—human and animal—from around the globe and explains how science is revealing who these individuals were and how their remains have survived across the ages.
What Technology Wants
by Kevin Kelly. Viking, 2010
Technology, contends journalist Kevin Kelly, has a life of its own, and it advances independently of humans. Here he describes what he calls the "technium," a term that embodies the sum of all technologies, the society and culture of tools, and the self-reinforcing system of creating them.
"At some point in its evolution, our system of tools and machines and ideas became so dense in feedback loops and complex interactions that it ... began to exercise some autonomy.
"At first the notion of technological independence is very hard to grasp. We are taught to think of technology first as a pile of hardware and secondly as inert stuff that is wholly dependent on us humans. In this view, technology is only what we make. Without us, it ceases to be. It does only what we want. And that's what I believed, too.... But the more I looked at the whole system of technological invention, the more powerful and self-generating I realized it was.
"There are many fans, as well as many foes, of technology who strongly disagree with the idea that the technium is in any way autonomous. They adhere to the creed that technology does only what we permit it to do. In this view, notions of technological autonomy are simply wishful thinking on our part. But I now embrace a contrary view: that after 10,000 years of slow evolution and 200 years of incredible intricate exfoliation, the technium is maturing into its own thing. Its sustaining network of self-reinforcing processes and parts has given it a noticeable measure of autonomy. It may have once been as simple as an old computer program, merely parroting what we told it, but now it is more like a very complex organism that often follows its own urges."
The Moral Landscape: How Science Can Determine Human Values,
by Sam Harris. Free Press, 2010
Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish,
by James Prosek. HarperCollins, 2010
Judging Edward Teller: A Closer Look at One of the Most Influential Scientists of the Twentieth Century,
by Istvan Hargittai. Prometheus Books, 2010
Virtual Words: Language on the Edge of Science and Technology,
by Jonathon Keats. Oxford University Press, 2010
The Vertical Farm: Feeding Ourselves and the World in the 21st Century,
by Dickson Despommier. Thomas Dunne Books, 2010
Delusions of Gender: How Our Minds, Society, and Neurosexism Create Difference,
by Cordelia Fine. W. W. Norton, 2010
For Kids
Bones: Skeletons and How They Work,
by Steve Jenkins. Scholastic, 2010
Biggest Bugs Life-Size,
by George Beccaloni. Firefly Books, 2010
Rennie's Last Nerve, by former Scientific American editor in chief John Rennie. http://johnrennie.net
History of Science Center's blog, by the librarians, archivists and curators of the Center of History of Science at the Royal Society in the U.K.


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Central baseball standouts Dylan DelaCruz and J.P. Sportsman have earned New England Collegiate Baseball League post-season awards for their 2012 summer season with the Keene Swamp Bats, the league announced Wednesday. In addition to the duo, junior Nick Boyd earned a spot on the 2012 All-New York Collegiate Baseball League Second Team for his pitching performance throughout the season.
DelaCruz, who finished the season with a .348 batting average and 63 hits, earned first team honors for his outfield performance. In 44 games and 181 at bats the junior posted ten doubles, nine homeruns, 40 runs and 39 RBI. DelaCruz entered the summer coming off of a stellar sophomore season with the Blue Devils in which he played in 50 games and finished first on the team in runs with 39 and in doubles with 19. He also earned a .326 batting average and racked up 62 hits and 25 RBI in 190 at bats.
Sportman earned NECBL second team honors and finished the summer season posting a .347 batting average over 173 at bats in 44 games. He racked up 60 hits, 44 RBI, 33 runs, eight doubles and eight homeruns. The junior entered the summer coming off of an impressive sophomore season with the Blue Devils in which he earned the highest batting average on the team, .353, posted 67 hits, 14 doubles, seven home runs and 33 RBI in 190 at bats.
Boyd appeared in ten games, starting in eight and pitched the most innings of any other teammate throughout the season (48.1). He was credited with six wins, the most on the team and ranked third on the team in strikeouts with 34. He allowed 48 hits, 32 runs (25 earned) and only one loss for the season. Boyd entered the summer following his sophomore season at Central in which he played in 13 games, pitched 20.1 innings and posted a 0.89 earned run average.
DelaCruz, Sportman and Boyd will rejoin the roster for CCSU this season and look to lead the Blue Devils during the Spring 2012 season.


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Over the past few months, Amanda Bynes has been very open about her body image issues, and now the actress has revealed why.
"I have an eating disorder so I have a hard time staying thin," Bynes wrote.
Amanda Bynes, Jose Canseco and the other most bizarre celebrity tweetersThis isn't the first time Bynes has made disturbing statements about her weight. In February, Bynes told Us Weekly, "I lost 4 lbs. since I moved. I'm 121 lbs — my goal is 100 lbs." For the 5'8" actress, 100 lbs. is dangerously underweight (the recommended weight range is between 125 to165 lbs.). Bynes also posted a photo of herself in March, in which she called herself "pudgy."Bynes' eating disorder admission comes after the star announced her plan to sue "certain blogs and magazines saying I have a mental illness! They take pictures anytime I've gained weight then write a fake story!"
Check out Amanda Bynes and other child stars gone badBut it seems Bynes is more troubled by the media's photo choices than by their writing. "They write a news article about every tweet I write, and I hate the pictures they choose. They repeat what I tweet then add a bad photo," she continued, adding, "Only use photos from my twitter when writing an article about me."Bynes then decided to fight back against the "bad" photo choices, writing: "I'm putting a photo up of everyone writing articles about me from now on. I ask you to choose photos from my twitter so I'll do the same," something the actress has followed through on at least once.