Know Your Numbers Week, from 15-21 September 2014, has nothing to do with counting or maths but a whole lot to do with your health.
Organised by Blood Pressure UK, Know Your Numbers Week is designed to educate you and I about the health complications associated with high blood pressure. It's also about encouraging us to monitor our blood pressure - in short, to get to know our numbers!
Torfaen Libraries Health and Wellbeing Information & Support Service is holding a community event at Cwmbran Library on Friday 19th September 10am-2pm in support of this campaign.
30 local agencies are participating including:
• Add to your life
• Disability Advice Project
• Citizens Advice Bureau
• Prostate Cancer UK
• Boots the Chemist
• Torfaen Leisure Trust
• Energy Savings Trust
• Bron Afon De-cluttering service
In addition the Stroke Association will be taking blood pressure readings, Lynne Neagle AM will hold a surgery from 10 -11.30am and free refreshments will be available.
Come along and find out about the services available to you in this area and feel the best that you can!
Torfaen Libraries Health & Wellbeing Information & Support Service provides free information about anything to do with health and wellbeing including
• Leaflets and other resources that can be taken away for free.
• Books, DVDs and CDs that can be borrowed.
• Free internet access.
All this can be accessed during normal library opening hours
While Norah Williams, the service coordinator, is based at Cwmbran Library she also visits:
Pontypool Library Thursday mornings between 10am and 1pm
Blaenavon Library Thursday afternoons between 2 and 4pm
Norah offers confidential one-to-one sessions to provide:
• Someone to talk to
• Help with finding and understanding health-related information
• Sign-posting to other organisations
• Awareness of local support groups
• Guided access of IT resources and internet sites
No appointment is necessary and your query doesn’t have to be about you, you may be a care-giver or you may have concerns about a relative or friend.
