GPs to prescribe walking and cycling in new trial to improve mental wellbeing
The DfT announced that 11 local authorities have received £12.7 million to fund pilot social prescriptions and projects like adult cycle training. Silver Surfers reports that GPs will start prescribing walking and cycling as part of a trial in England to help improve...Adults aged 50 and over are best at being ‘happy with what they have’, study finds
Holidays and time to spend on hobbies and interests featured in the top 10 things the over 50s are satisfied with, along with being debt free, having good health and knowing the children are happy. Adults aged 50 and over are most content with their lives, according...Inspirational 82-year-old man eight peaks away from completing challenge to climb all 282 Munros
Two years after setting off into the hills, the grandfather of four only has eight of Scotland’s Munros to climb. Sky News reports that an 82-year-old man is just eight peaks away from completing his challenge of climbing the peaks of Scotland’s 282...‘I call it sauna head – your ego disappears’: how the UK got hooked on heat
From a hut by a Welsh river to a converted horsebox on the beach, saunas are appearing in unlikely spots all over the country. It’s a chilly morning in Walpole Bay, Kent, and I’m waist deep in the sea. Unable to stand it any longer, I wade out and sprint across the...Poll: Most people over 50 feel their health is the same or better than before 2020
Despite the pandemic’s terrible toll on older adults, a new national poll shows that most people over 50 still say their health is as good as it was before March 2020, or even better. But a sizable minority – 20% of those in their 50s and early 60s, and...Ourplace News
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