Whyburn Medical Practice

09/06/2026

Cycling UK’s Bike Week is a chance to show how cycling can make everyday life better – healthier, happier and greener for people and communities across the country. You can join in, even if you don’t currently cycle! You might simply choose to go out on a bike, but if you want to do more, there are two main events to join in with this year:

Host a Bike Week Brunch – Bringing people together around cycling and community, raising funds and spreading the word. You can find a fundraising pack on the website, full of ideas, tips and resources
Join The Big Bike Revival – There are free, friendly local sessions across the country to help adults build confidence, build skills or get back into cycling

Find out more about cycling in the UK, register for a Bike Week Brunch or find out how to join in The Big Bike Revival at https://www.cyclinguk.org/bikeweek.

Bike Week is Cycling UK’s annual celebration of cycling, returning from 8–14 June 2026

08/06/2026

A carer is anyone who looks after someone who has a disability, mental or physical illness, addiction, or who needs extra help. Caring is very important and can be rewarding, but it can also be difficult, isolating and financially demanding, and often has a huge impact on the carer’s own work and personal life. Caring without the right information and support can be tough.

Carers Week aims to raise awareness, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face and recognise the contribution they make. It also helps people to identify themselves as carers and access much-needed support. Carers Week 2026 calls on us all to build carer-friendly communities.

You can find resources and help to understand more about caring at:
https://www.carersweek.org/building-carer-friendly-communities/.

Carers Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of caring, highlight the challenges unpaid carers face, and recognise the contribution they make to families and communities throughout the UK.

05/06/2026

The UN’s World Environment Day 2026 aims to rally the world around the urgency of climate action by encouraging worldwide awareness and action for the environment.

The 2026 theme highlights that climate action is not just about reducing carbon emissions, it is about rethinking how we live and do things on a global scale, and repairing our relationship with the climate. There are events, campaigns, and creative actions being held throughout the world, nationally and in local communities. Find out more at https://www.worldenvironmentday.global.

04/06/2026

It is national Carers Week next week across the Country, this years theme is ‘Building Carer Friendly Communities’ , we’ll be highlighting how to build communities that make a real and lasting difference to the lives of carers everywhere.

Please see the attached posters for lots of events happening throughout the week.

04/06/2026

Volunteers’ week is a UK-wide celebration and recognition of the contribution of volunteers across all sectors. Volunteering has a really positive impact on communities, and is a huge part of our society:

🎉14.2 million people in the UK have formally volunteered at least once a month

🎉Volunteering added £4.6 billion in productivity gains to the UK economy in 2024

🎉25 million people in the UK volunteered informally at least once in the year

Volunteers’ Week focuses on thanking volunteers.

Join us from Monday 1st - Sunday 7th June 2026 as we celebrate Volunteers’ Week and look to inspire more people to make a difference.

02/06/2026

Pride Month is a celebration that recognises the LGBTQ+ community, the challenges they face, and their contributions to society. Pride Month is a joyful display of love, unity, and resilience, with events and activities that promote inclusivity, educate the public, and celebrate the diversity of sexual orientations and gender identities.

You can find out more about Pride and its history, and see a full, searchable calendar of global Pride events at https://www.iglta.org/events/pride-calendar/

25/05/2026

22/05/2026

World Pre-eclampsia Day, 22nd May

Pre-eclampsia is caused by a defect in the placenta, which forms the link between mother and baby. Worldwide, nearly 76,000 mothers and 500,000 babies lose their lives each year to pre-eclampsia and related disorders during pregnancy.

Symptom recognition, and a swift response from healthcare workers is vitally important to reduce the risk of serious illness and death.

You can find out more about pre-eclampsia and visit a link to a special webinar for World Pre-Eclampsia Day at https://action-on-pre-eclampsia.org.uk/world-pre-eclampsia-day/

21/05/2026

Please note we are closed from 12pm for staff training today and will reopen at 8am tomorrow.

If you need help and advice whilst we are closed please call 111 or visit a walk in centre.