Omega Therapy Health and Fitness

🏑IT’S GAME ON🏑
Hockey Training at Liverpool Hope University starts THIS WEDNESDAY! … and non-members get their first session free 🌟

Whether you’ve been playing all your life or you’ve never picked up a stick - this is your sign to come and try it out. ALL LEVELS WELCOME.

Not sure if it’s for you, got questions or want more info? DM us - we’re happy to help and there’s no pressure to commit straight away.

See you on the pitch 🙌🌟

Looking for a fun way to exercise, socialise, and improve your overall health and wellbeing?

Come along and try Indoor Bowls!

📅 Every Wednesday
🕐 1:00pm
📍 Salvation Army, Walton

Liverpool City Council Liverpool Walton Salvation Army Church and Community Centre Walton Matters Clubmoor Matters Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Morning All👍

Looking to join a nice supportive group? Join us today for our free sessions 🏃‍♀️⚫️🏃‍♂️

Interesting read

A first-of-its-kind study by Queen Mary University and King's College London is investigating whether the menstrual cycle affects ADHD symptoms and medication effectiveness in women (about time, right?)

50 women with ADHD, all on medication, are tracking their menstrual cycles alongside daily symptoms (anxiety, depression, impulsivity) via electronic diary, to identify any correlating patterns.

We know that when estrogen drops before menstruation, this impacts dopamine levels, intensifying ADHD symptoms and increasing impulsive or risky behaviours (e.g., overeating, overspending, skipping contraception). The study participants described feeling "disabled" by symptoms at certain points in their cycle, but that taking part in the study helped some feel less alone and less self-critical.

Women are interested in the effect the menopause and peri-menopause - major hormonal transitions - have on their ADHD, questions for which Dr Agnew-Blais says her study - which is not fully completed yet - would be a good "starting point". It's not about a "need to change who you are," she noted. "It can help just fit ADHD into your life a little bit better."

Layla, one of the participants, says she has always given herself a hard time for not "coming up to scratch" but that taking part in the research project has felt "validating and freeing".

"Understanding that this is something that a lot of women are going through every month for most of their life. It's good to have kind of community and feel like that it's okay, this isn't just me."

You can read more in a BBC news article by Vicki Loader 'How my period is supercharging my ADHD': https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/czj8zp9e084o

Our free Summer Holiday Packed Lunches start today! 🥪🍎

If you or your family could benefit from a free packed lunch during the summer holidays, we'd love to welcome you.

📅 Every Tuesday throughout the summer holidays
🕚 11:00am – 1:00pm
📍 The Hope Foundation, 42–44 Townsend Lane, Liverpool, L6 0BA

There's no referral needed – simply come along.

If you know a family who could benefit, please share this post to help us reach more people in our community. 💙
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🌞 Liverpool Summer HAF Registrations are NOW OPEN! 🌞

Join Sports Alive this summer for fun activities, healthy meals, new friendships and unforgettable memories! 🌼

📅 27th July – 20th August

If your child is eligible for benefit-related Free School Meals, register today by scanning the QR code on the flyer or get in touch!

🎉 Book now – spaces are limited!

Liverpool City Council Merseyside Play Action Council - MPAC

🏑 HOCKEY MISSES OUT AGAIN…

Arnold Clark has launched its Gear Up for Sport campaign, offering free training equipment to youth sports teams across England, Scotland and Wales.

It sounds fantastic—and it is.

The scheme supports 23 different sports and activities, including football, cricket, rugby, netball, pickleball, hiking, dance groups and ice hockey.

But field hockey isn’t eligible.

A sport played by thousands of young people across Great Britain. A sport in which clubs regularly struggle to afford sticks, balls, bibs, goalkeeper equipment and suitable facilities.

Once again, hockey appears to have simply been overlooked.

This isn’t about criticising the sports that have been included. Every young person deserves support and access to equipment.

But why should a junior football, rugby or ice hockey team be eligible while a junior field hockey team is not?

Arnold Clark provides a contact address for eligibility questions:

📧 [email protected]

Perhaps the hockey community should politely ask whether field hockey can be added.

Tag your club. Share the post. Let’s make sure hockey is no longer the sport everyone forgets.

Get youth sports kits with Gear Up For Sport at Arnold Clark We’re giving away sports kits this month to youth sports teams aged 4 – 15. Know a grassroots sports team that deserves new kit? Apply now!