Social and Sober Liverpool

Join us at our favourite venue The Baltic Market. Push yourself out of your comfort zone, meet new people and come and join us. Making new friends without drinking alcohol is what this event is all about. Here we can find out a little about each other whilst enjoying a fantastic variety of food from the amazing vendors. A stranger is a friend we just haven't met yet.

Join me for a fun fitness style yoga session at Sefton Park followed by coffee, food and socialising!

I'm a qualified yoga teacher with over 10 years experience. All levels are welcome to join, no matter your fitness ability or flexibility. Yoga is a very diverse, inclusive and individual practice and modifications will be available for those at beginner level.
£5 per person

• The yoga session will last 60 minutes. After the session we can have a picnic if you wish to bring food and drink or we can stroll to lark lane.
• Bring a yoga mat if you have one. If not, a towel will be sufficient, however you will get better quality practice on a mat. Home and bargains sell them cheaply.
• Bring water. This is essential, it's important to stay hydrated.
• Wear loose fitting comfortable clothing, gym type sport gear is perfectly fine.
• Bring sun cream
• My teaching style incorporates aspects of relaxation, cardio, strengthening and flexibility however all postures in yoga are an invitation only and modifications will be available for those at beginner level and new to yoga.
• If you practise yoga regularly and have equipment such as yoga blocks, straps etc feel free to bring them for your use.
• I will cancel in the event of wet weather
• Feel free to message me about any queries
• We will meet outside the cafe (Oasis In The Park, by the fountain) for between 12:00 and 12:30, and then head to the grassed area which is visible from the cafe, where we will begin at around 12:35. I will have my yoga mat over my shoulder so i will stand out!
• I will update further closer to the time

🉐 Join Social & Sober for a Summer Festival at Sefton Park Palm House. This free event features a mix of demonstrations & workshops celebrating Japanese culture including:
🥁 - Performances: Taiko drumming & Koto harp.
🍵 - Demos: Traditional tea ceremony & Martial arts.
🎨- Hands on activities: Calligraphy, Origami, Kimono dressing, & Ikebana flower arranging.
🍣- Food stalls: A variety of Japanese food and snacks available

📍 Meeting point: The Sefton Park entrance opposite Lark Lane (we will wait by the pillar that’s on the right when facing into the park)
🕰️ Meet at 12:00 - We’ll go into the park together from the Lark Lane entrance and head to the Palm House (If the weather is nice, I’ll bring blankets to set up a base on the grass nearby and update the comments with our exact location if you miss the initial meeting time).

Get a handle on diabetes through this interactive workshop.

Join Diabetes Specialist Dietitian Sinead McKay RD for a day of interactive learning and take steps towards getting diabetes under control.

This course is for you or your loved one if you or they:

*have diabetes

• have "pre-diabetes"
  *have been told you are at risk of developing diabetes
• want to learn how to follow a healthy diet and work towards a healthy weight to protect yourself against risk of most long term health conditions like heart disease and diabetes.

This is an opportunity to attend 5 hours of education with HCPC registered Diabetes Specialist Dietitian Sinead McKay. With 20 years experience as a Dietitian, Sinead has spent 16 years practicing as a Diabetes specialist in public healthcare, with extensive experience educating people with diabetes on both a one-to-one basis and through group education.

This is an introductory event for this new program that aims to give the people of Liverpool fast and easy access to diabetes self-management education at an affordable price. Achieving good health does not need to be expensive or out of reach for anyone.

There is a highly discounted charge of £20 per person for this introductory event, so grab the opportunity!

You will learn simple yet key approaches to:

1. Establishing a healthy balanced diet that will protect your health going forward and make you feel better in yourself day to day going forward.
2. Achieving a healthier weight to protect you from long term illness like diabetes and heart disease.
3. Equip your with key tools for taking control of your dietary choices as far as it impacts on your blood glucose control, to improve your overall diabetes control or diabetes risk.

Please note the venue at is quite basic, with plastic chairs. So it is suggested you bring a cushion to improve your comfort on the day.

We will break for lunch so you can take advantage of the many great cafes and restaurants on Lark Lane.

The timetable for the day will be:
9.45am: Registration
10am-12.30pm: Education and practical activities, with 15 minute break mid-morning.
12.30-1.30pm: Lunch break
1.30-4.00pm: Education continues, with 15 minute break mid-afternoon.

The *location for the event will be:
Lark Lane,
Liverpool,
L17

*The full location will be given only to those who have formally booked and paid for their place on the course by emailing the below email address.

There is a £20 attendance fee which must be paid in advance to book your place on this course.

To book your place and make payment, please email:
diabetesdietday@gmail.com

If you wish to avail of this course but the above date does not work for you, rest assured new dates will be set at an alternative venue in Liverpool city centre. Please enquire directly at: diabetesdietday@gmail.com