International Woman's Day

Monday 8th March, International Women's Day is a global campaign celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women and raising awareness of issues relating to gender parity. It also provides an opportunity to consider the challenges women face to their wellbeing and how we can support each other. Inspire Wellbeing has created information and support to access click here

On International Women’s Day, Action Cancer Urges Women To Self- Refer for breast screening

To mark International Women’s Day on Monday 8 March 2021, Action Cancer, the only provider of free breast screening to women aged 40-49 and 70+ in Northern Ireland (outside of NHS screening age range), has announced that new appointments are now available. Breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer among women in Northern Ireland. Women tend to put their own health and wellbeing to the bottom of their list of priorities.

You can book your Action Cancer breast screening appointment by calling 028 9080 3344 or online at www.actioncancer.org/appointments. To get your free Breast Friends fundraising pack call Leigh Osborne on 07928 668543 or email events@actioncancer.org

There will be a Female only Cancer information session on the signs and symptoms for the most common cancers, how to self-check/self examine, screening programmes and how to reduce risk. The session will be delivered via MS Teams on Thursday 11th March 2021 at 12.30 pm to 1.15 pm.

Also, this week there are health promotion sessions open to all staff which are being delivered by Action Cancer Wellbeing Health Promotion Sessions (sharepoint.com), so take time this week to avail of a session

To book a place on the session(s)In email mindyourself@serc.ac.uk