Health and Wellbeing – Page 5 – ECRF

What motivates people to cycle?

By mleslie2 06/12/2019 06/12/2019 0

What inspires people to start using a bike for everyday transport like shopping or getting to work, school or leisure? Of course, you are much more likely to stay cycling if road and path conditions feel safe and welcoming, but it often also needs a spark or a push to get started …

Health and Wellbeing, Walking routes

The Urban Walking Route Planner

By mleslie2 04/12/2019 06/12/2019 0

Have you ever spent a while working out the best way to walk somewhere, or wished you weren’t having to walk along busy roads? Check out http://www.walkit.com, where you can easily get a route map between any two points. You can choose whether you want the most direct route or the …

Health and Wellbeing, Mental Health

Mental Health at the ECRF

By mleslie2 03/12/2019 03/12/2019 0

Our team of Mental Health First Aiders (MHFA) has circulated the first edition of the CRF Mental Health Newsletter. See below extract for some great tips on improving wellbeing and reducing stress. The MHFAs plan to release a newsletter every three months to educate and reduce the stigma of mental …

Cycling, Health and Wellbeing, Sustainability, Travel, Weekend adventures

Glencoe in a day – Part 2!

By atoch2 29/11/2019 19/12/2019 1

And WE’RE BACK! SO – if you read the last installment .. Jenny and I have just cycled over the beautiful Glen Ogle viaduct. Carrying on the route 7 we sped down a steep hill …which then turned into a muddy track into the woods … 10 minutes …

Health and Wellbeing, Walks, Weekend adventures

Aviemore and the snowy Cairngorms!

By atoch2 20/11/2019 26/11/2019 1

This past weekend I headed up to Aviemore again – which was looking very different from the last time I was up in the summer. We arrived on a very cold and damp evening on the Friday into Aviemore with very very low cloud covering EVERYTHING! We didn’t know what …

Cycling, Health and Wellbeing, Weekend adventures

Stirling to Glencoe – in a day! Part 1.

By atoch2 19/11/2019 26/11/2019 2

So – I have decided to post this blog in chunks. I know – try to contain your excitement …. This was a big adventure. I was thinking about where to cycle next , especially after the Outer Hebrides trip – and came up with the idea to cycle from …

Edinburgh Community Food, Food, Health and Wellbeing

Edinburgh Community Food Newsletter … and new meals!

By mleslie2 15/11/2019 15/11/2019 0

ECF is the organisation that provides the fresh fruit and veg stall in the hospitals. See ECF Newsletter for their Christmas news. Their Take and Make meal kits have been really successful – over 5000 sold to date, and a lot of them to CRF staff! They have launched two new meals – a korma and a vegetarian shepherd’s pie with sweet potato mash. Why not try them out and let us know?

Nov 15, 2019

Cycling, Health and Wellbeing

Organised bike rides in and around Edinburgh

By mleslie2 12/11/2019 15/11/2019 0

Cycling Edinburgh has a website with information on organised bike rides in or near Edinburgh. They are run by local cycling clubs, groups and individuals, and are mostly free and open to all. See http://www.cycling-edinburgh.org.uk/ for more information. Their upcoming rides are: Sunday 24 November – EasyCycle Half-Day Ride: 12-15 …

Health and Wellbeing

Pre-Christmas yoga workshop

By mleslie2 07/11/2019 07/11/2019 0

Belinda (who teaches the yoga class in IGMM on Fridays) is running a morning Yoga Workshop in Colinton on 23 December, to further your understanding of Yoga, to take your Yoga practice to a deeper level and for a stress-free holiday period. For further information, please refer to the below …

Category: Health and Wellbeing