Anneliese Dodds among MPs testing for HIV in support of UK...
Using Simplitude ByMe HIV self-tests by Oxfordshire-based Owen Mumford.
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Children, Young Carers & COVID
B4 Members discuss the direct and indirect impacts of COVID on the lives of children and young carers.
Charity warns of epidemic of loneliness in Oxfordshire as lockdowns reduce...
A new report from Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF) suggests that loneliness is driven by feelings of disconnection from civic life rather than distance from people, with urban residents most likely to feel lonely. It says charities are reporting increased demand for support.
Requests for COVID-19 charitable funding soar as philanthropists urge people to...
Oxfordshire Community Foundation’s latest grants round, opened last week in response to lockdown 3, has been overwhelmed with applications from local charities, indicating a great continued frontline need. The charity and its donors are therefore appealing for the public to give in support of this response.
B4 People and Strategy Day
It’s B4 People and Strategy Day at B4. So we’re highlighting some recent and not so recent articles and press releases posted by B4 members over the past year or so.
Oxford United Tackle Loneliness With Virtual Coffee Mornings
Help Oxford United in the Community tackle loneliness in Oxfordshire during the current lockdown.
The Oxfordshire Business Community Supporting Sobell House
Over the past three years there has been a big increase in the support Sobell House receives from the Oxfordshire business community.
Blenheim launches Mental Health Champions
Blenheim is encouraging its managerial staff to undertake free training to recognise the signs and symptoms of mental ill-health.
Oxfordshire conference invites local employers to dispel disability myths and become...
Oxfordshire businesses are invited to dispel myths and reduce the stigma around employing disabled people at a local conference in East Oxford.
Investing in your long term health
Since the summer before studying for my degree in nutrition some 16 years ago through to now, I have been contracted by the Nutrition Society and [since the outsourcing of publications] Cambridge University Press to work on four of the world’s leading Nutritional Science journals.
Ergonomics
If you are looking to save money and enhance the service levels you are currently receiving, then use the local choice, Aston and James.
Introducing The Agile Workplace…
Whilst latest trends and industry buzzwords come and go, it looks as though agile working is one trend that’s definitely here to stay.
Love your workplace
Local business Aston and James are running a 3-month awareness campaign to educate local businesses on the importance of active movement in the workplace to encourage wellbeing.
HR Wallingford leads new UK Space Agency project to help predict...
According to the World Health Organisation, dengue fever, which is found in tropical and sub-tropical climates around the world, poses a global health issue, with half the world’s population now estimated to be at risk from this mosquito-borne viral infection.