Wiltshire: Stop smoking in 2025 to improve your health, wealth and wellbeing

 

Wiltshire Council have launched a new Smokefree app to help people across Wiltshire quit smoking.

Quitting smoking not only improves health, but it can lead to significantly more money in your pocket, since the average person who smokes spends around £2500 every year on smoking.

Smokefree Wiltshire has a team of dedicated Health Coaches who understand that smoking is an addiction and will be there to help you stop.

Their support is free, personalised and they offer a range of quitting aids - so you can quit your way and make your smoke free journey less stressful.

Click here for further information or to download the free app

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Bovington: Little Lambs baby & toddler group (Wool village)

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Gloucestershire: Council launches support to help keep young people safe online

Gloucestershire County Council has launched a new online resource to help keep children and young people safe online.

The webpage gives parents and guardians information about different aspects of online harms, with details of further information and where support is available.

The webpage also brings together links to trusted sources of information and local support relating to wider health and wellbeing recognising the broad range of impacts that using digital devices and online spaces can have for children and young people.

Young Gloucestershire are one of the partners the council consulted with to develop the webpage and help provide expert insight into the needs of children and young people.

Young Gloucestershire provides young people with support and seeks to help them to develop the skills they need to thrive.

As part of the county council’s commitment to stopping the risk of harm to children and young people, the council is also working with Young Gloucestershire to develop and deliver additional youth worker support to those experiencing harm online.

Please click here to visit the website

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Dorset: Reporting missed bin collections

If you are having problems regarding missed collections, please contact Dorset Council via the on-line portal to report these problems. Click HERE 

You can also request an extra bin or bulky waste collection. 

Please do not report your collection as missed until after 4pm on your collection day. The crew do not follow the same collection order each week and may still be out collecting.

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Dorset: Lulworth Range walks & Tyneham Village, public access information

The Lulworth Ranges are part of the AFV (Armoured Fighting Vehicles) Gunnery School, an important training establishment of the British Army.

The Lulworth Range walks and Tyneham Village are open to the public every weekend and during peak summer months however may be closed at certain times. Please check latest opening times by clicking HERE. The exhibitions in Tyneham school and Tyneham church are open on selected days and timings throughout the year. 

On conclusion of weekday firing, the gates to the range walks are opened as near as possible to 4.30pm on the Friday afternoon. However, this is dependent on completion of range clearance and weather. The range walks will remain open until 8am on the Monday morning.

Range walks include the coast from west of Kimmeridge Bay to east of Lulworth Cove, as well as the village of Tyneham, Worbarrow Bay and a number of other walking routes. For operational and safety reasons, access to the ranges is restricted to specific times.

 

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Government partners with young people to help develop new national youth strategy

The Government has launched its national listening exercise to let young people have their say on support services, facilities and opportunities they need outside the school gates.

Through youth engagement charity My Life My Say and the #iwill Movement, young people will be able to engage with Government both in-person and online. The Deliver You online survey is now open and will close on Wednesday 16 April, it is for young people aged 10 – 21 years old (aged 25 with SEND).

See Gov.uk article here: https://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-partners-with-young-people-to-help-develop-new-national-youth-strategy

Click here to access the survey

Hereford: Herefordshire Council courses for parents

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Haverfordwest: The Edge Youth Centre - Friday Drop Ins

 
The Edge Youth Centre - Haverfordwest / Canolfan Ieuenctid Edge - Hwlffordd with Pembrokeshire County Council.

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Haverfordwest: Compassionate Cafe - 1st Wed of every month at Haverhub

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Stafford: Staffordshire smart alert - Do you know a young person who's hoping to start their driving lessons soon?

Do you know a young person who's hoping to start their driving lessons soon?

The Helping New Drivers website from the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership (SSRP) has a range of advice and information for anyone helping someone learn to drive.

The website covers topics from choosing a driving instructor and private practice, through to driving on rural roads and in challenging weather conditions. Guides for parents, carers and others offer step-by-step advice to help take the stress out of accompanying learner drivers.

The website also features a range of downloadable materials on topics to discuss before a young driver takes to the road, including managing speed, avoiding distractions and the importance of wearing seatbelts.

Visit https://www.helpingnewdrivers.co.uk/ for more information.

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