Welcome to the Health BOCS update, the monthly update on Health and Wellbeing activities at the Brothers of Charity Services in England.
Click here to view the BOCS Health and Wellbeing Calendar for 2018/2019.
March Promotion
No Smoking Day
As part of Health BOCS, the Brothers of Charity Service’s health and wellbeing programme, throughout March, Promoted No Smoking Day.
No Smoking Day has been running since Ash Wednesday in 1983, when it was called Quit for the Day. The campaign is re-designed every year to help push smokers to quit.
The mission of the campaign is to appeal to smokers of all types-whatever their age, sex or social class. They publicise and explain the help that smokers can get when they want to stop, and capture the attention of the media with lots of supportive TV, newspaper and radio coverage.
The No Smoking Day team working with national helplines, local stop smoking services, drop-in centres, pharmacists GPs and other services that offer help and advice to smokers who want to give up. The day is rigorously evaluated every year, ensuring the campaign stays relevant and up-to-date.
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Apprentice Week
During this week employers and apprentices from across England came together to celebrate the success of apprenticeships whilst encouraging even more people to choose apprenticeships as a pathway to a great career.
This campaign is designed to showcase how apprenticeships work for individuals, businesses, communities and the wider economy.
This year, the theme set by the government is “Apprenticeship Work”. It plans to demonstrate how apprenticeships work “for individuals, employers, the community and the wider economy.”
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Down’s Syndrome Awareness Week
Every year the voice of people with Down syndrome, and those who live and work with them, grows louder!
Children and adults with Down’s syndrome are all unique individuals with their own personalities, family backgrounds and preferences that make them who they are.
About Down’s syndrome is the only organisation in the country focusing uniquely to all aspects of living successfully with Down’s syndrome. Their aim is to help people with condition to live full and rewarding lives.
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Sports Relief
Sports Relief is when the British public comes together to get active, raise money and change lives. This time, it’s bigger than ever!
As part of Health BOCS, the Brothers of Charity Services’ health and wellbeing programme, throughout March, promoted Sports Relief. To do this we held a Health and Wellbeing day with local organisations such as Liverpool John Moores University attending to promote healthy living.
We also had a dress down day, and all money raised was donated to Sports Relief.
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April Promotion
This Month we are promoting:
World Autism Awareness Day
As part of Health BOCS, the Brothers of Charity Services’ health and wellbeing programme, throughout April, we will be promoting World Autism Awareness Day.
World Autism Awareness Day aims to put a spotlight on the hurdles that people with autism- and others living with autism- face every day. This campaign is vital in improving autistic people’s lives and helping them become more integrated in society.
The organisation has published a report which suggests autistic people (of which there are around 700,000 in the UK) are still marginalised and isolated, despite people generally stating that they know what autism is.
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