Alkrington Woods Quiz walk May 2022
Not just walking and talking this week, but using their powers of observations as well
23 May 2022
Health & Wellbeing
NHS Health Start scheme
If you’re more than 10 weeks pregnant or have a child under 4, you may be entitled to get help to buy healthy food and milk.
22 March 2022
Walk and Talk update Feb 22
Walking: is one of the easiest and cheapest way of keeping fit
18 February 2022
Epilepsy Support Group – Chill-out Mondays
Support group for parents and carers of young people with epilepsy
15 October 2021
Health & Community Exhibition Oct 2019
We are hosting a Health & Community Services event today between 11am and 2pm. Come along and discover over 50 local services and organisations who are working and supporting people in this area. Why don’t you pay us a visit – free admission, everyone welcome. Event sponsored by LivingWell and
18 October 2019
Carers Fair – a great success
The Lighthouse Project had the privilege of hosting a local Carers Fair this week at it’s Middleton Shopping Centre base in conjunction with, Living Well who sponsored the event, and Tony Ettenfield and Danny Smith who did a lot of the networking, planning and organising. The event was officially opened
12 October 2018
Walking and talking – its simple really!
When people first hear that we run a walking group from the Lighthouse Project that initial interest can quickly be followed by thoughts of …’Oh, I’m not sure I’m a good walker’, or ‘I’m not sure I could do that’, but… our walking group is different. Why? Because we work
13 July 2018
Lighthouse team get ‘walk ready’
In support of the ‘Best Foot Forward’ walking group run weekly from here at the Lighthouse Project a number of the team members decided that they wanted to be more involved so they underwent ‘Walk Leader’ training delivered by Danny Smith from the Living Well team based in Rochdale. The
23 March 2018
LivingWell mini MOT checks at Lighthouse Project
Megan and Natalie spent the day at the Lighthouse Project offering visitors and volunteers opportunity to have a mini MOT health check. Megan is one of the Living Well trainers based in the local area, and Natalie is one of their amazing volunteers supporting her, great work guys. #volunteering #HealthandWellbeing
15 March 2018
Diabetes awareness achievements
A Basic Awareness of Diabetes course, accredited by Open Awards, took place at the Lighthouse Project over a number of weeks earlier this year, the short course delivered by the Centre of Wellbeing, Training and Culture (CWTC). The course was attended by some of the staff and volunteers of the Lighthouse
14 March 2018
Winter walkers braving the snow
When all other local walks in the borough were cancelled, and whilst many folk were hiding away from the recent snow and bitterly cold weather brought to us from the ‘Beast from the East’, our hardy bunch of walkers from the Lighthouse Project Best Foot Forward walking group set off
5 March 2018
Walking group 1st birthday
Our Best Foot Forwards walking group celebrates its first birthday today and to mark the occasion we are having a celebration walk and party food afterwards and everyone is invited to attend, come along at 12 noon today and join us for a local walk followed by a celebration party.
27 August 2017