The five pavilions that comprise the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, one of Canada’s most prominent institutions, draw their share of art lovers, of tourists, and of ragtag school groups. But they aren’t the only visitors – there are deaf teens and young adults viewing the works as part of their education in how to…
Patients are seeing the benefit of clubs and hobbies in treating disorders Read more
Boxing, bingo and Bollywood dancing are being prescribed on the NHS in a pilot project that GPs claim is reducing their workload by cutting the number of non-medical issues they deal with. “Community prescribing” sees patients sent to exercise classes and sessions on debt and housing advice in church halls and pubs for issues that GPs are not qualified…
Mike, 32, left his well paid city job in London and moved home to Doncaster to help end loneliness for the elderly. He worked hard to set up B:Friend – a charity which pairs up elderly people with local volunteers who get them out of the house. Click below to meet 81-year-old Dallas, who is…
