Food bank donation
I was delighted to make another wee donation of food to the Islay Food Bank at the Bowmore Co-op recently.
Groups like this need all the support they can get.
A big thanks to all of the volunteers and contributors who help this growing venture.
Councillor Alastair Redman, Kintyre and the Islands ward.
Have a deaf aware Christmas
Christmas is a time when families and friends look forward to getting together, but for the one in five adults with hearing loss, crowded dinner tables full of people laughing and shouting over each other can be a nightmare to follow.
Not to mention softly lit rooms and the blaring notes of Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree. This is no Christmas cracker joke.
You may have family or friends that struggle with hearing loss, or perhaps you are the one who often feels left out of conversations?
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID)’s Christmas Dinner Game was created to ensure that everyone at your dinner table can have fun together whilst being deaf aware, so that everybody feels included and no one misses that joke you’ve been practising!
Visit rnid.org.uk/game and we’ll send you a game pack in the post which will include everything you need to have a festive, fun-filled dinner, at the same time as learning a bit of British Sign Language (BSL) on the side!
You’ll also find tips for being Deaf Aware on our website. This Christmas let’s make sure no one is left out.
Teri Devine, director of inclusion and employment at RNID.
Leaflets can ease stress for people with diabetes
Following the rise in NHS waiting lists and the lack of GP appointments, receiving information and support for many people living with type one or type two diabetes has been difficult and often stressful, especially so for those who have been recently diagnosed.
Not only can this be worrying for people but they feel that they do not have enough information to manage their diabetes themselves.
In this situation, we would like your readers to know that we can help them to learn more about their diabetes and how to look after themselves with our range of free booklets.
We have recently published a new booklet, ‘Diabetes, Stress, Anxiety and Depression’, which offers information on how the body handles these conditions, recognising the symptoms and various treatment options.
One of the most worrying aspects of diabetes, especially for those who are newly diagnosed, is diet – what they can and can’t eat. We have two useful booklets to help with this: ‘Diabetes – Everyday Eating’, which contains 28 days of menus of everyday, affordable meals to help people manage their diabetes and ‘Diet and Diabetes’, which gives information about various diets, food labelling, weight loss and much more.
Readers can obtain copies of the above free booklets and many more listed in our ‘Publication List’ by contacting InDependent Diabetes Trust (IDDT): telephone 01604 622837 or email: jenny@iddtinternational.org
Jenny Hirst, co-chairperson, IDDT.