Derg Valley Care & Healthy Living Centre

THE LATEST ADVENTURE FOR OUR INTREPID CYCLE HUB HAS BEEN TO THE BEAUTIFUL NORTH COAST AND THE GIANT'S CAUSEWAY COASTAL SPORTIVE CHALLENGE, INCLUDING THE DREADED 'TORR HEAD', ALBEIT WORD IS, IT AIN'T NO 'WHISKER HILL'!!! NO LESS THAN 14 MEMBERS OF OUR CREW SPENT THE WEEKEND IN FIONN MACCUMHAILL'S PLAYGROUND, SHAPING AT EITHER 35M, 60M OR 85M. WHY NOT JOIN US FOR A SPIN? A HEALTHY ACTIVITY THAT COMBINES EXERCISE, DE-STRESS, CAMARADERIE AND MIGHTY CRAIC?!?! ALL OUR GUYS WE...RE NEWBIES NOT SO LONG AGO YET NOW CYCLING 20 MILES WITH EASE? SHOUT IF INTERESTED. EVERYTHING NOW IN PLACE; BICYCLE DOCK, 14 BICYCLES, SAFETY EQUIPMENT, 12 QUALIFIED CYCLE LEADERS, PLUS OUR OWN CYCLE HUB JERSEYS!! #SUSTAINABILITY #CYCLEHUB #COMMUNITY IDEAL FOR FAMILY GROUPS, MATES, SPORTS CLUBS, WORKPLACES; WHY NOT COME IN AND INVESTIGATE? Derg Valley Care & Healthy Living Centre
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WE HEAR FROM TONS OF PEOPLE WHO'VE ''ALWAYS WANTED TO TRY YOGA''. SO WHY NOT MAKE A SHAPE, LITERALLY, THIS EVENING AT OUR WEEKLY FIX OF YOGA JOY, WITH Frances Campbell? EVERY THURSDAY @8:30PM. PERFECT MIXED ABILITY CLASS FOR BEGINNERS/RETURNERS. £5 ON THE NIGHT. ... #BESTHOUROFTHEWEEK Derg Valley Care & Healthy Living Centre
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SO, WHAT BETTER WAY TO FINISH YOUR DAY THAN GOING FOR A STROLL? OUR WALKING GROUP, WITH LEADERS Heather Nicholl AND Helen Doherty, ROLLS TODAY @7PM FROM Derg Valley Care & Healthy Living Centre. HIGH VIZ SUPPLIED, CUPPA AFTER!! A MULTITUDE OF BENEFITS AND SOME NICE FREEBIES... �#BABYSTEPS� ... Derg Valley Care & Healthy Living HAVE YOU ''CLANGED'' TODAY? #CONNECT #LEARN #ACTIVE #NOTICE #GIVE
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IF YOU'RE STRUGGLING WITH YOUR WEIGHT THEN WHY NOT SHOUT Patricia Nixon Gorham & HER Slimming World Castlederg TEAM: EVERY WEDNESDAY @5.30 & 7.30PM. EVERY THURSDAY @7:30 & 9:30AM, HERE @Derg Valley Care & Healthy Living Centre. LOTS OF LOCAL SUCCESS & ACHIEVEMENT STORIES. #PERSISTENCE... #BABYSTEPS
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Derg Valley Care & Healthy Living Centre WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO THANK EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED OUR ANNUAL MOT HEALTH CHECK EVENT, AND MADE FOR ANOTHER MASSIVELY SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE!! 161 PEOPLE CAME ALONG, THE VAST MAJORITY OF WHOM AVAILED OF THE ENTIRE RANGE OF HEALTH CHECKS!! FULL STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN WILL BE AVAILABLE SOON. OUR GRATITUDE EXTENDS IN PARTICULAR TO THE HEALTH PROFESSIONALS ON THE BLOOD CHECKS AND BMI, WHO NEVER GOT TO LIFT THEIR HEADS; Corry...s Chemists, Ashley Jayne, Niamh Gormley, Denise Harper, @Linzi davidson Northern Ireland Chest Heart and Stroke, Jayne Lecky, Rachel Lecky AND Erin Caterson!! FURTHER THANKS EXTEND TO Barry Grimes, Geraldine Keys HILDA, JACK AND Action on Hearing Loss - Northern Ireland, WAYNE AND Care Direct 24/7, Elizabeth Connolly Prophysio NI, Katherine ODonnell Aware NI, Rosie Maguire Action Mental Health, @STEPHANIE Roberts Ulster Bank Northern Ireland @JOE MOORE AND SONIA Drink Wise, Age Well NI, PETER MCLAUGHLIN AND ASCERT, @JULIE-ANNE CASSON Alzheimer's Society Northern Ireland, Julie Martin AND @MARTHA MAGEE Macmillan in Northern Ireland, Care for Cancer AND MILTON Cancer Research Castlederg. FINALLY OF COURSE TO THE FACE OF THE EVENT, PHYLLIS HENDERSON, ABLY ASSISTED BY Abbie Lecky!! #BIGGERANDBETTER
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NOW'S YOUR CHANCE! I HEAR FROM TONS OF PEOPLE WHO'VE ''ALWAYS WANTED TO TRY YOGA''. SO WHY NOT MAKE A SHAPE, LITERALLY, THIS EVENING AT OUR WEEKLY FIX OF YOGA JOY, WITH Frances Campbell? EVERY THURSDAY @8:30PM, TAKING US NICELY UP TO THE END OF JUNE. PERFECT MIXED ABILITY CLASS FOR BEGINNERS/RETURNERS. ... £5 ON THE NIGHT. #BESTHOUROFTHEWEEK Derg Valley Care & Healthy Living Centre
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13 MOTORISTS NABBED ON THEIR PHONES IN ONE WEE KERRY VILLAGE, IN ONE MORNING, BY ONE GUARD ON A BIKE!! MANY OF THEM DID NOT SEE THE GUARD, DESPITE BEING IN FULL HI-VIZ, AS HE ATTEMPTED TO FLAG THEM DOWN!! 4 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE A CRASH. MAY AS WELL BE DRINK DRIVING, BUT NOT HALF THE STIGMA. YET CYCLISTS ARE THE PROBLEM ON THE ROADS... ... WE'RE NOW WELL PAST LISTENING TO THE APOLOGISTS AND EXCUSOLOGISTS. #COPON #FACEITDOWN
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AFTER A LONG BUT FABULOUS DAY AT OUR ANNUAL MOT HEALTH CHECK EVENT WE JUST WISH TO THANK EVERYONE WHO TURNED OUT AND THE VERY MANY WONDERFUL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS WHO MAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY POSSIBLE ON OUR COMMUNITY DOORSTEP... WE'RE LOOKING AT A BALLPARK FIGURE OF 150 PEOPLE FOR TODAY'S EVENT, CONTINUING THE UPWARD TRAJECTORY OF RECENT YEARS. WE ALSO APOLOGIZE FOR THE INCONVENIENCE OF THE MEANDERING CHOLESTEROL MACHINES. UNFORTUNATELY WITH TECHNOLOGY, IT IS WHAT IT IS... 1...0 PHYSICAL WELLBEING PARAMETERS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO OUR CLIENTS SO WE'RE FOCUSING ON THE 9 COMPLETED AND MAYBE NAB US AT THE VINTAGE RALLY OR VISIT Corrys Chemists TO TICK THE FINAL BOX... #COMMUNITYHEALTH
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LAST SHOUT!! JUST DROP IN. TODAY, WEDNESDAY JUNE 19TH, FROM 4-8PM. OUR ANNUAL MOT HEALTH CHECK EVENT IS ALL SET FOR THIS AFTERNOON. THE VALUE OF AN ANNUAL MOT IS NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED, SO WHAT EXCUSE WHEN IT'S ON YOUR DOORSTEP? CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD PRESSURE, BLOOD SUGAR, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, WAIST, BMI, DIABETES SCORE, HEARING CHECKS ALL IN ONE HIT. ... PLUS: NEW FOR THIS YEAR, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TESTING, WHICH CAN DETECT POTENTIAL STROKE RISK!! EVERY YEAR WE TURN UP A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DELIGHTED THEY CAME ALONG! #BETTERSAFE
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AS IT IS ON THIS ISLAND, DESPITE THE TORRENT OF IGNORANCE TO THE CONTRARY... 2 BY 2, AND 1.5M MINIMUM OF CLEARANCE WHEN PASSING. IN ESSENCE PASS A CYCLIST AS YOU WOULD ANOTHER VEHICLE IE RIGHT HAND CARRIAGEWAY!! WE'RE NOW IN THE PROCESS OF OBTAINING HELMET-CAMS FOR OUR HUB MEMBERS SO PLEASE SHOW COURTESY...

TOMORROW, WEDNESDAY JUNE 19TH, FROM 4-8PM. OUR ANNUAL MOT HEALTH CHECK EVENT IS ALL SET FOR THIS OUR INVITATION EXTENDS TO ALL H&W ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY, SO SHOUT IF INTERESTED... THE VALUE OF AN ANNUAL MOT IS NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED, SO WHAT EXCUSE WHEN IT'S ON YOUR DOORSTEP? CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD PRESSURE, BLOOD SUGAR, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, WAIST, BMI, DIABETES SCORE, HEARING CHECKS ALL IN ONE HIT. ... PLUS: NEW FOR THIS YEAR, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TESTING, WHICH CAN DETECT POTENTIAL STROKE RISK!! EVERY YEAR WE TURN UP A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DELIGHTED THEY CAME ALONG! #BETTERSAFE
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OUR ANNUAL MOT HEALTH CHECK EVENT IS ALL SET FOR THIS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19TH, FROM 4-8PM. OUR INVITATION EXTENDS TO ALL H&W ORGANIZATIONS LOCALLY, SO SHOUT IF INTERESTED... THE VALUE OF AN ANNUAL MOT IS NOT TO BE UNDERESTIMATED, SO WHAT EXCUSE WHEN IT'S ON YOUR DOORSTEP? CHOLESTEROL, BLOOD PRESSURE, BLOOD SUGAR, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, WAIST, BMI, DIABETES SCORE, HEARING CHECKS ALL IN ONE HIT. PLUS: NEW FOR THIS YEAR, ATRIAL FIBRILLATION TESTING, WHICH CAN DETECT POTENTIAL STROKE RI...SK!! EVERY YEAR WE TURN UP A HANDFUL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE DELIGHTED THEY CAME ALONG! #BETTERSAFE
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OUR MONTHLY ACTION ON HEARING LOSS CLINIC RETURNS TOMORROW, JUNE 18TH @10.30AM-12NOON. EVERY 3RD TUES OF THE MONTH. NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED. 1 IN 6 OF US ARE AFFECTED BY HEARING LOSS SO IF IN DOUBT, GET IT CHECKED OUT!!! SUPPORT FOR THE DEAF/HARD OF HEARING, INCLUDING FREE HEARING CHECK, HEARING-AID MAINTENANCE, ADVICE & INFORMATION. JUST DROP IN.... Derg Valley Care & Healthy Living Centre
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SPENT LAST THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH A ROOM FULL OF WONDERFUL PEOPLE RENEWING MY MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINING. FRANKLY, I'D ENCOURAGE ''ANYONE WORKING WITH PEOPLE'' TO BE DOING THIS. IF GOOD ENOUGH FOR THE TEACHER, THE POLICE OFFICER, THE SITE FOREMAN AND THE BARBER... #KEEPSAFE #ALGEE ... WE EXPLORED SUICIDE, DEPRESSION, ANXIETY, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS AND PSYCHOSIS. HOW MANY CLUBS/ORGS/SOCITIES HAVE SOMEONE WHO IS SAFETALK TRAINED? OR MENTAL HEALTH FIRST AID TRAINED? WHY ARE WE SO RELUCTANT TO DO THESE COURSES? THEY ARE NOT A PANACEA, BUT THEY GIVE US THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT OF ALL IN THE FIGHT AGAINST MENTAL ILL HEALTH AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. #HOPE
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When training kids: We never know what goes on at home. We never know the family situation. We never know how the day in school was.
... But for 1 hour a week we could be: A father figure A mother figure A role model A listener A confidant
Our role often runs deeper than sport.
#ABSOLUTELY #ONEGOODADULT
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THE PERFECT OPPORTUNITY TO TRY IT OUT... Relax kids - Drop in class Thursday 13th & 20th from 5-6pm at Derg Valley Care & Healthy Living Centre. Everyone welcome! 💜