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Phoenix Centre in Mile Cross rises from the flames
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Tom Bristow, Reporter Monday, December 24, 2012
12:00 PM
Children’s laughter, balloons and presents filled the hall of a Mile Cross community centre on Saturday – just seven days after it was attacked by arsonists.
The message from the Phoenix Centre as it hosted six-year-old Sade Woollard’s birthday party was clear – we have risen from the ashes.
Christmas lights, music and games replaced the ash, smoke and flames of last weekend when the centre was set alight and partially destroyed.
Sade’s mother, Charmain, said her daughter had been in tears during the week at the thought that her first big birthday party would be cancelled.
How to cope in the festive season as a carer when your loved one has an eating disorder
10:12 – 24 December 2012
Do you care for someone with an eating disorder?
Anxious about the festive season?
The festive season can be stressful for anyone with the responsibility of a family. For a carer of someone with an eating disorder, or someone currently receiving eating disorder treatment, it can be simply filled with dread and fear.
If you are a carer, it may feel like everyone else seems to be looking forward to the cooking and eating of elaborate meals… whereas you find yourself just wishing that the festive season was over before it has even begun.
Charity urges dementia awareness over festive period
Sunday 23 December 2012
As families gather for the festive period, a charity is urging people to look out for the signs of dementia in elderly relatives.
The Alzheimer’s Society said Christmas was often the only time families saw each other all year.
The charity has called for people to look out for symptoms in relatives.
Initial signs of the condition, which is caused by diseases of the brain, may include short-term memory loss that affects every day life, problems with thinking or reasoning, or unexplained anxiety, anger or depression.
It is also advising anyone concerned that they may have dementia to visit their GP to get a proper diagnosis.
