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Much-loved local charity St Peter’s Hospice has launched its second retail ‘Superstore’ with the opening of a new unit in Portishead.
National law firm Clarke Willmott LLP is once again supporting this year’s World Encephalitis Day (WED) on Saturday, 22nd February, to help raise global awareness of the potentially devastating brain condition.
Over 40 local GPs seized the opportunity to attend a recent study day organised by Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) with leading experts in the field offering essential updates on developments women’s health including fertility medicine and procedures.
Guests at the party held earlier this year to celebrate the milestone of 40 years of IVF babies ‘made in Bristol’ included one family whose own IVF ‘baby’ is now 23 years old.
A local charity which has recently introduced a venue-hire option at its Bristol headquarters says revenue from businesses holding well-being retreats has meant more services for its beneficiaries.
A woman who has dedicated more than 20 years of her life to St Peter's Hospice in Bristol is embarking on a remarkable fundraising journey to support the charity’s work.
A woman who trained as a dancer and choreographer is bringing her expertise as a dance music therapist to her new appointment as activities co-ordinator at St Benedict’s Nursing Home in Glastonbury.
The popular Christmas tree collection service run by local charity St Peter’s Hospice will return for another year this festive season.
As demand for fertility treatment soars across the NHS, AI-powered diagnostic solutions are rising to meet the challenge.
Weston super Mare couple Bilitis and Simon Hammond were quick to respond to an invitation to take part in celebrations of the 40 year anniversary of the first ‘Made in Bristol’ babies, and delighted to introduce three-year-old Avery, a child born as the result of fertility treatment at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) straddling Covid, to the team who helped his parents have him.
TV star Briony May Williams has helped to relaunch a much-loved charity shop following its refurbishment and transformation into a vintage boutique.
An outing to the Museum of Somerset by residents of a Taunton dementia care home included a tour of Somerset Military Museum which delighted them just ahead of Remembrance Sunday.
Never mind 10,000 steps a day, a team of hoteliers made more than £10,000 in a day by stepping out on a fund-raising walk for the Hospitality Action charity.
When Alex Halsey and his child therapy team came close to running out of vital sensory bears, he knew exactly who to turn to.
Following the revelation by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) earlier this year that at least one so-called ‘three parent baby’ had been born in the UK, the debate about ‘designer babies’ rumbles on, and a specialist fertility consultant at Bristol Centre for Reproductive Medicine (BCRM) has said she is concerned by public perception about the difference between the contentious practice of gene editing and the relatively uncontroversial process of healthy embryo selection.
A singer whose performance was described as ‘worldclass’ and ‘breathtaking’ by judges who named her as winner of Germany’s version of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ will be doing a five-hour singathon at The Dolphin in Plymouth on 1 November as a fundraiser for the local dementia care home where she now works.
An historic mansion near Bristol that has played vital roles in the health of the city for 200 years is now welcoming organisations and businesses that want to use its facilities for retreats, away-days and well-being events.
