by T Rigby | Oct 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Waiting Room has been online for over 10 years now. It is visited by thousands of people from across Birmingham and Solihull every week. We want to make sure that this directory, continues to grow and be there for more people in the future. One way of doing this...
by T Rigby | Oct 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Each year, around 393,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with cancer. On average someone in the UK is diagnosed with cancer at least every 90 seconds. Breast Cancer Now’s wear it pink day is one of the biggest fundraising event in the UK. Taking place during...
by T Rigby | Oct 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Life can throw so many challenges at us that it is vital that we look after our mental health and know where to go if we are struggling to cope. The Waiting Room lists over a 1000 services that in some way shape or form can support our mental health. You may be...
by T Rigby | Sep 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
This year, World Suicide Prevention Day, will be focusing on changing the narrative on suicide, by breaking down barriers, raising awareness and providing support for those in need. World Suicide Prevention Day is an awareness day always observed on 10 September every...
by T Rigby | Jun 29, 2024 | Uncategorized
Launched on Armed Forces Day, Birmingham City Council have compiled a directory of services called the Birmingham Armed Forces Covenant Guide. The guide contains helpful information for the whole armed forces community including those who are currently serving,...
by T Rigby | May 17, 2024 | Uncategorized
Author: Indi Lotay The Waiting Room is proud to be supporting Mental Health Awareness Week 2024, which takes place this week. Mental Health Awareness Week exists to drive change, so together we can prioritise the UK’s mental health, prevent mental health problems and...
by T Rigby | May 15, 2024 | Uncategorized
Author: Indi Lotay The Waiting Room is very pleased to be a part of Mental Health Awareness Week 2024, which takes place from 13th to 19th May. Mental Health Awareness Week is bringing the UK together to focus on getting good mental health by tackling stigma and help...
by T Rigby | May 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
Moving More For Our Mental Health People of all ages are being encouraged to move more for their mental health, as part of this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2024. The theme of this year’s campaign is “Movement: Moving more for our mental health”. One of the...
by T Rigby | May 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
What is Dementia Action Week? Dementia Action Week is an awareness raising campaign. Each year, Alzheimer’s Society works with individuals and organisations across the UK to encourage people to act on dementia. The Alzheimer’s Society provides loads of...
by T Rigby | May 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Waiting Room is proud to be supporting Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 2024, which takes place from 29th April to 5 May 2024. Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week is a week-long campaign dedicated to talking about mental health problems before, during and...
by T Rigby | Mar 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Prevention and Communities (P&C) Grants Programme is an historical programme which has been running for over 10 years. It was previously known as the Third Sector Grants Programme until 2019, when it was recommissioned to align with the Prevention First...
by T Rigby | Mar 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
#IWD2024 #InspireInclusion The Waiting Room is delighted to celebrate International Women’s Day 2024 #IWD2024, an event which promotes gender equality across the globe with this year’s campaign being #InspireInclusion. This world should be one free of bias,...
by T Rigby | Dec 14, 2023 | Uncategorized
The creators of The Waiting Room want to wish all the best for this festive season and the New Year ahead to all that have championed and supported us in Birmingham, Solihull and beyond. It has been an incredibly busy and rewarding year at TWR seeing increased...
by Terry Rigby | Sep 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Every year on the 10th October we highlight the importance of promoting mental health through what is internationally recognised as World Mental Health Day. What is as important is that we are aware of what support we can engage with in respect of our mental health...
by Terry Rigby | May 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
At Common Unity & Forward For Life we are celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The Waiting Room (TWR). Tailored for Birmingham and Solihull citizens and providing links to over 1000 services both locally and nationally, The Waiting Room, we believe, has been a huge...
by Terry Rigby | Feb 23, 2023 | Uncategorized
With the increase in household bills and the rise in food costs, many of us are really struggling to make ends meet. But there are options out there that may help the challenges a little more easy to deal with. Birmingham and Solihull websites Both Birmingham City...
by Terry Rigby | Feb 21, 2023 | Uncategorized
We’ve been listening to our visitors from Birmingham and Solihull about ways we can make The Waiting Room Directory (TWR) even better. So, here is The Waiting Room, all updated and shiny to help you find the right health and social care services in Birmingham...
