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Contact info@isma.org.uk or Tel: 01179 697284

ABINGDON

On November 5th, Local Stress Consultant, Coach and Hypnotherapist Jenny Gould of the STP Consultancy (www.thestpconsultancy.co.uk) will be at the White Horse Leisure and Tennis Centre in Abingdon between 4 and 7pm to give advice to members of the public.

BIDEFORD

Bideford Medical Centre in North Devon is providing complementary head massages for staff this afternoon and have their stress advisor on site to provide advice and support throughout the day. Posters and leaflets are being displayed in the building and the event will be published in the local press this week and next.
Contact: Tracy Green Deputy Practice/Personnel Manager Bideford Medical Centre

01237 426304

BLACKPOOL

Blackpool Fylde and Wyre Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are supporting and promoting the “Don’t Worry Take Action Day” by running a series of Stress Awareness sessions across all 7 of their hospital sites. The sessions will be facilitated by a multidisciplinary team that includes, the stress project manager, senior nurse manager for occupational health, health and safety advisor, staff councillor, and HR managers. This is just one of a number of initiatives that will be run to reduce stress within the hospital. These initiatives are supported by the Chief Executive and Executive Team.

CAMBRIDGE

At Cambridge University Hospitals as part of National Stress Awareness Day, we are offering 120 free 20 minute massages to our staff throughout the day.
Please contact Bonnie Watson T: 01223 257143 Ext: 57143 W: www.addenbrookes.nhs.uk

CARDIFF

Inconjunction with BBS Safety and Occupational Health (Run by Capita) and the National Union of Journalists (NUJ), BBC Wales will be running a Stress Information desk in the Foyer of Broadcasting House, Cardiff over NSAD 5th November 2008. Vistors will be able to look at the new Stress Risk Assessments for the organisation and try out the “Stress Dots” to check their own levels of presssure.

COVENTRY

In support of National Stress Awareness Day, Neil Allison of www.yourstressmanager.co.uk will be conducting a stress awareness and management session in Coventry on the 11th November at 6.30pm as part of the Coventry & Warwickshire Chamber of Commerce Business Buddies Enterprise Club. For full details of this event, contact Neil on Figgispanorama@aol.com or ELIZABETHW@cw-chamber.co.uk

DERBYSHIRE

Manchester & Bakewell

In support of the NSAD campaign, Brightspark Wellbeing Training and Development, are running free stress management clinics (individual 45 minute appointments) all week at either Manchester or Bakewell in Derbyshire. BOOKING IS ESSENTIAL. In the session you will learn a practical stress management technique to help you cope with your stressors.

The Didsbury Holistic Centre
835 Wilmslow Road
East Didsbury,
Manchester, M20 5WD

The Natural Therapy Rooms
Ferndale House
Buxton Road
Bakewell
Derbyshire, DE45 1DA

Phone: 0845 837 9611 or 0796 796 8821.
E-mail frances@brightsparktraining.net
www.brightsparktraining.net

DEVON

Devon County Council are again supporting NSAD for 2008.
A drop in clinic has been arranged for staff to come and get advice about managing stress & worry, and at the same time, have a mini health check accompanied with professional advice on health, nutrition and how this can be improved to reduce the risk of experiencing the symptoms of stress and worry.

The clinics will be held at County Hall, room A108 in Exeter from 9.30 – 12.30 and again at the Barnstaple Civic Centre, in the Yoe room from 2.30 – 4.30.

Hand outs and relaxation CD’s will be available for those who attend, or by request to either Greg Phillips Stress Management Facilitator or Fiona Prew Health Promotion and Stress Management Coordinator. They can be contacted on 07979824797 or Fiona on 01392 384800.

DUNBARTONSHIRE

Ann Pryce, who is based at the The Bell Centre, High Street, Dumbarton, G82 1LE, will be available all day on 5th November to answer any questions relating to worry or stress.
Ann is also offering free seated massage at The Bell Centre on 5th November
Tele: 01389 607989
Email: annpryce212@btinternet.com

EASTBOURNE

Stress Management Consultant Louise Howse of The Sussex Stress Consultancy will be at the *Lanney Shopping Centre, Kingfisher Drive in Eastbourne from 10.00am until 4pm on NSAD 5th November 2008. Louise will be discussing how stress occurs and how it affects people and will be promoting the NSAD message of “Don’t worry, take action!” Everyone in Eastbourne is invited to join Louise and find positive ways in which to manage stress.

EDINBURGH

ISMA member and Stress Consultant Maggie Stevens will be at Ocean Terminal at Lunch time to talk with passers by. She will also be at Waverly Station between 5 – 6 pm to talk with commuters and help them wind down after a busy day at work.

GLASGOW

At Capita Life and Pensions, ISMA Members Willie Curley and Annemarie Jennow will be carrying talks and promote their Stresswatch and Small Steps programmes. Spaces on these presentations are going quickly and most sessions are already fully booked.

Contact Karen McLeish
Learning and Development Trainer
0141 275 9185
karen.mcleish@resolutionglasgow.com

HORSHAM

Local Hypnotherapist Wendy Turner is offering free Indian Head Massages at the Crown (in the carfax) between 10am – 1pm on Wednesday 5th November.
For information – contact:
Wendy Turner Hypnotherapy +44 (0)7722 616470
www.wendyturner.co.uk
info@wendyturner.co.uk

HOVE.

*The Life Makeover Show * To be held at Hove Town Hall Saturday 8th November 2008 and is for anyone wishing to improve their life and have a great day out! For further details, contact: David Copeland 07903 584459 email: info@lifemakeovershow.co.uk www.lifemakeovershow.co.uk

IRELAND – Nationwide

Therese Ryan, Stress Management and Performance Expert. The Managing Director of Renewal Consultants offers the following support to all on National Stress Awareness Day.

Renewal Consultants is supporting National Stress Awareness Day on November 5th 2008. Visit Renewal Consultants ’ website (www.renewalconsultants.com) to take your free stress test and to access further information on stress management prevention.

Therese Ryan is also offering to answer your email queries about a stress-related concern if you email her on the 5th November. Her email address is therese@renewalconsultants.com Therese will respond to all queries by 21 November 2008.”

Renewal Consultants
Offices: Limerick, Cork, Tralee
Services: Stress Management – Life & Business Coaching – Performance & Wellbeing Management – Mediation – Conflict Coaching – Training – Consultancy

Email: therese@renewalconsultants
Website: www.renewalconsultants.com

DUBLIN

Gerry McLarnon director of TwoMinds (www.twominds.ie), an organisation which provides services in Advanced Hypnotheraphy and Stress Management, is offering to answer your telephone queries on National Stress Awareness Day on Wednesday 5th November 2008 between 9.00 am and 5.30 pm by calling 01 8262214 or 0862417518 from within the Republic of Ireland or by calling 07522112685 from within Northern Ireland [local rates will apply] or email queries about a stress-related concern if you email him on the 5th November. His email address is gerrymc48@eircom.net or gerrymc48@gmail.com. Gerry will respond to all queries by the 12th November 2008.

ISLE OF MAN

Gansey House, Southlands Nursing Home, Isle of Man. Debbie Doyle is organising a Health Promotion Day on November 5th to highlight awareness of stress and it’s effects. Contact for details is: Debbie Doyle, Tel: 07624485951 mobile or work 01624 831825

LEICESTER

On NSAD, De Monfort University will be carrying out a publicity campaign in all buildings using posters and leaflets. In the afternoon, there will be a Stress Advisor session based in the university’s Occupational Health and Safety Depart ment which is available for all staff and students, where all visiters will be able to complete a Lifestyle Questionnaire and have it analysed.

LISBURN.

To be held at the Leisure Plex Lisburn on November 5th, a seminar titled: “Stress: Proactive,rather than Reactive solutions”. This will be a regional event – the first in Northern Ireland – to highlight the issue of stress and the consequences to business of absenteeism within the workplace. The aim of the seminar is for business and not-for-profit organisations to be aware of the skills and knowledge required to adopt a proactive rather than reactive approach to stress, by providing evidence based knowledge and resources which will help: * Reduce absenteeism * Increase productivity * Raise morale by empowering employees * Enhance the company reputation by becoming an ‘Employer of Choice’ For details tel: 077 9024 0795 or email: info@bethgibbassociates.co.uk

LIVERPOOL

Liverpool City Council, in association with the local NHS PCT and the Roy Castle Foundation, are celebrating National Stress Awareness Week. They have a Fitness Consultant offering health advice, a free bar serving mocktails (non alcoholic cocktails), fresh fruit donated by the local fruit market and lots of other activities to promote health and well being. A Raffle is being held where the 1st prizie is a 12 month membership of Lifestyles, the council employees health and leisure centre. Amongst the other prizes, there are: an Indian Head Massage session at a local therapist, a large basket of fresh fruit and a 30 day membership of Lifestyles. For further information, contact Sister Sue Herion OH department sue.herion@liverpool.gov.uk

LONDON N15

Managing Work Related Stress 3rd November 2008 : A free workshop for London based businesses facilitated by Acas and an employment law specialist. The workshop will cover the legal obligations around workplace stress; discuss the signs, symptoms and causes of stress; and explain what managers can do to tackle it. For booking and more information http://www.businessmentality.org.uk/events

LONDON

University of Greenwich Students from the BSc Complementary Therapies (Stress Management) degree at the University of Greenwich, will be encouraging the academic community to stop worrying and consider a range of activities to manage tension, marking this year’s National Stress Awareness Day. The students will be dishing out advice between 11am – 1pm at The Dome; the university’s brand new Avery Hill campus café, and gym, which is also open to the public. For further information contact: J.OGorman@greenwich.ac.uk T: 020 8331 7559

LONDON – CENTRAL

The Stress Management Society in conjunction with Employmend and Smith & Williamson, are offering a complimentary invitation to an important series of seminars on stress & absence management. These seminars are being held at Central London venues throughout the autumn. Aimed at senior HR professionals, the seminars are designed to be of real, practical value to those who consider managing stress & absence an important business objective for their firms, whether to drive down business costs, improve productivity, or to just help make the work place to be a happier place. To apply, please send an email to info@stress.org.uk providing contact details and a very brief outline on why stress & absence management is of particular professional interest to you.

MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Head Office Well Being Day 3 November 2008 – Glasgow and 7 November 2008 – London

The Ministry of Defence is holding a Well Being Day in two of the MOD Headquarter Buildings to mark National Stress Awareness Day. The events which are to promote Well Being amongst MOD employees (civilian and military) will include a variety of exhibitors and events including Health Screening, Health, Fitness and Nutrition promotion, Welfare and Debt advice and include demonstrations of complementary therapies including Meditation, Yoga and Tai Chi. It is hoped that talks will include Nutrition, Stress Management and Relaxation Techniques For further details contact bryan.matthew493@mod.uk or Tel: 0207 8070906

MORETON IN MARSH

Women Go Wild Outdoors are supporting National Stress Awareness Day

So Girls – Get on Yer Bikes and Grin!

Come stress busting on a cross-country trek with Women Go Wild Outdoors on Saturday afternoon November 8th 2008 near Moreton in Marsh at 1.30pm Not just any bike – we’re talking Quad Bike trekking; pulse racing, mud splattering, FUN that you CAN do whatever your age, shape or size!
Spend the afternoon with us and discover how fun, friendship and laughter can help reduce stress levels and defend against future stress. Take action by going outdoors to kick-start your happy hormones…and you’ll find it’s much easier to cope.
Quad bikes, helmets, NSAD campaign T-shirt and afternoon tea – all for £68.

Booking essential. Call 0845 094 8486 or Email lesley@womengowildoutdoors.com to reserve your place.
www.womengowildoutdoors.com

NOTTINGHAM

Join women in Nottingham for two events organised in November to promote awareness of Stress and its effects on women’s mind, body, emotions and energy. These events are informative, fun and aim to give you practical tips to reduce your stressors! Fatigue to Fabulous Friday November 7th: 12.00pm – 2.30pm A lunch networking event: Tickets cost £15.00 including Organic refreshments. Do you want to boost your energy, and learn how to have ‘bliss’ at a push of a button? Would you value information that explains how to reduce toxic overload naturally, plus help you feel more positive and confident? Then join Karen and associates who will inspire you with ways to make yourself feel fabulous. Blessed with Bliss! Saturday November 22nd: 9.30am – 4.00pm Learn the secrets for tapping into your authentic power. Feel nurtured, become present, gain abundance, inner peace and vitality. Cost £127.00 (Or early bird booking £95.60) For women who want to learn how to: * Feel calm & clear headed * Feel energised and abundant * Increase your libido so you feel sexy! * Get back in control of your emotions * Positively benefit others * Have more success Contact Karen: T: 0115 945 2384, Web: www.lovingtouchtherapies.co.uk E-Mail : info@lovingtouchtherapies.co.uk Lynton House, 55 Wellin Lane, Edwalton, Nottingham NG12 4AH

OXFORD

On November 5th, Local Stress Consultant, Coach and Hypnotherapist Jenny Gould of the STP Consultancy (www.thestpconsultancy.co.uk) will be talking on Radio Oxford around about 11 am about Stress, it’s causes and management.

PARTNERSHIPS IN CARE

Partnerships in Care who offer psychiatric services in secure settings across the UK will be commemoration NSAD by having a Dress down day, Hourly therapeutic sessions, Circuit training A Group walk, Positive interaction with other staff, An Information desk, Stress balls will be provided and Pampering sessions. For information contact Craig Davies Tel:01254 243049

READING

Managing Stress as a Manager seminar, 09:00-10:30 We’re running a free seminar on November 5th 2008, at the Life Story Therapeutic Centre *in *Eldon Square in Reading. The purpose of the seminar is to support your business to perform more effectively, to better manage stress, as a manager and organisation. It examines what stress and work-related stress is, how to identify it, and what to do about it. It will cover what the individual can contribute and how the workplace can contribute and introduces the HSE Management Standards approach. It will also provide examples of the different interventions to prevent and deal with stress. Tea and coffee will be provided. If you’d like to book a place on the seminar, please email Marc Kirby at Stress Management Plus, info@stressmanagementplus.com, or call 0118 3340786. For further details on managing stress as an individual or organisation, visit www.stressmanagementplus.com

RUGBY

Alsthom – The world leader in integrated power plant, in power production services and air quality control systems, is holding 2 days of “Work-Life Balance” drop in sessions staring 5th November to coincide with NSAD.
Contact: Pauline Smith Medical Unit Administrator 01788 531552

RUSTINGTON – WEST SUSSEX

Lizzie Lee will be providing advice and guidance from 10am to 12 noon at Holland and Barrett 123 The Street, Rustington, BN16 3DN on National Stress Awareness Day

ST JOHN AMBULANCE

STRESS AWARENESS COURSE
St John Ambulance has launched a Stress Awareness Course to coincide with National Stress Awareness Day on 5 November 2008. The course aims to identify, prevent and treat the symptoms and effects of stress – crucial skills to have in the current financial climate when stress is at a high. The three-hour Stress awareness course will teach students how to identify the early signs of stress and what measures to take to avoid it and includes valuable information for employers, employees and the general public.

The course covers:

Defining stress
Causes of stress
Coping with stress
Immediate and long-term solutions
Risk assessment

St John Ambulance trains half a million people a year in first aid and health and safety and has branched into stress awareness to offer support to sufferers. For information about the Stress awareness course, priced from £65, or to book a place visit www.sja.org.uk or call 08700 10 49 50 to find a course near you.

SWANSEA

Port Talbot based Stress Manager Wendy Price will be interviewed on the Leighton Jones Show on Swansea Sound on NSAD 5th November.

UXBRIDGE

Brunel University. The following events are taking place on NSAD November 5th Stress Tea Time Session Venue: Atrium Time: 12 – 4pm Come to the Atrium to hear live music and chill out whilst drinking free tea, coffee, hot chocolate or soft drinks and biscuits etc. Sit down and have a chat with an officer about anything and pick up leaflets with information about various union and university departments. Managing Stress Workshop Time: 2.00pm – 3.30pm. Venue: Counselling Service – Room 5 Facilitator: Paramjeet Kaur Signing-up via: 01895 265067 or email: paramjeet-kaur@brunel.ac.uk This is a session for students who want to learn techniques of relaxation, to help them manage their stress levels and learn ways to take time out, whilst studying at Brunel. If you are interested, please book yourself a place [only limited numbers available]. Yoga Class (Free) Time: TBC Venue: TBC Virtually everyone can see physical benefits from yoga, and its practice can also give psychological benefits, such as stress reduction and a sense of well-being, and spiritual benefits such as a feeling of transcendence. For information, contact Natalie Foster Tel: 01895 269269 Web: www.brunelstudents.com/edwelf

UK – Nationwide

Helen Whitten, Chartered MCIPD. The Managing Director of Positiveworks Ltd offers the following support to anyone:

“Positiveworks Limited is supporting National Stress Awareness Day on November 5th 2008. Visit Positiveworks’ website for 12 tips for greater confidence and happiness, and 7 ideas about travelling hopefully through the economic downturn. Click on the NSAD logo on www.positiveworks.com to view these tips.

Helen Whitten is also offering to answer your email queries about a stress-related problem if you send her an email between 4-5pm only, on the 5th November. Her email address is helen@positiveworks.com. Helen will respond to all queries by 21 November 2008.”

VIRGINIA WATER

A Therapy Fair will be held at Virginia Water, Surrey Come along to The Wheatsheaf Hotel, London Road, Virginia Water between 10.30 and 4.30 to experience a wide range of therapy taster sessions – Indian Head Massage, Hopi ear candles, Reiki, Angel cards, Reflexology, facials, Aromatherapy, Manicures, Emotional Freedom Technique, Clairvoyance, massage, self hypnosis… plus Retail therapy too! Free entry – come to the Wheatsheaf and have a stress free lunch as well! contact Ruth Fogg 01784 488165 for further information

WEST SUSSEX

At Valerie Manor Residential Care Home, in Upper Beeding, the staff are participating in the local Councils Healthier Workplace Awards as a pilot study and will use the National Stress Awareness day to promote good health for staff and residents. A Beauty Therapist will visit Valerie Manor on the afternoon of the 5th November and provide 15min sessions for staff and residents to enjoy an Indian Head Massage to help them relax and take time to think and talk to each other. For information, contact: Zoe Bates T: 01903 812 105 w: www.valeriemanor.co.uk