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Thirty-three (33) million women in the UK, at some stage in their life, will experience menopause. Due to a lack of awareness among the public and social stigma, their needs during this critical life change are frequently ignored, or overlooked.
Some women transition smoothly, without any major effects. Others will suffer the most extreme symptoms and endure the massive negative impact these have on their lives. In most cases, symptoms like hot flushes, night sweats, mood changes, poor sleep or brain fog are experienced.
Integrated Research and Development Centre, Berkshire UK, CIC with a mini household support fund from Reading Borough Council is educating and providing advice on menopause for women in Reading. You can contact Janaki jkyastha@hotmail.com to receive counselling services.
We are offering free meditation sessions on 24th, 31st August and 7th September between 0930 – 1200 hrs at Reading MERL, RG1 5EX. During the sessions some exciting games will be played.
Women age group 40 – 65 are highly encouraged to participate.
Join us with a bottle of drinking water, our experienced yoga tutors will facilitate the sessions. Please bring with you a yoga mat, if you don’t have, we will provide you.
Our contact detail:
IRDC Team (we are based at East Reading)
Contact phone: 07939665482, 07888842847
Email: jkayastha@hotmail.com
kpneupane321@gmail.com

Every Tuesday, 10.30am - 12pm, there are free sessions at the Weller Centre in Caversham. The cost of the session is free and then you can stay for a jacket potato meal for £3.

A great opportunity to get out into nature, grow stuff to eat, to improve your health and meet local people.

for more info email greensandjackets@gmail.com or tel 01189 475828

Thrive is launching a new programme, Life Changers, it is a free four month gardening programmed designed for those with life changing illness or injury to enable them to experience the joy of gardening in Thrive's  garden in Beech Hill, Reading. Whether recovering from a stroke, cancer or surgery or living with a long term condition like diabetes, multiple sclerosis or Long Covid, people experiencing a life changing health condition can experience the therapeutic benefits of gardening, build new friendships and increase social networks and build confidence to regain or maintain an active healthy and independent life. 

Typical activities include seed sowing, planting bulbs, pruning, weeding, planting salads and herbs to encourage healthy eating and craft activities such as making Christmas wreaths.  Sessions are planed to improve general health and wellbeing and to work on goals identified by participants such as increasing stamina, mobility and balance, improving fine motor skills, increasing memory and information retention or strengthening  muscles. 

Tuesdays 10.30-3.30pm 

For more information or to register Tel 0118 988 4844 / trunkwell@thrive.org.uk