Whilst every dog owner is legally obliged to ensure that their dog is wearing a collar and identification disc, thousands of owners have now taken positive steps to ensure their much-loved companion can also be identified through microchip technology. Since being introduced in 1989, over 4 million dogs and cats have been microchipped, and this number continues to grow at an estimated 8,000 registrations per week.
National Pet Month 7th April - 7th May is making its first appearance at the Education Show, NEC Birmingham National Pet Month, now in its 23rd year, is a charity that facilitates supporter-run events across the UK that fundraise for local animal charities and raise awareness of how pets make people's lives happier and healthier and how we can repay the pets we love by looking after them responsibly.
The British Dietetic Association (BDA) has launched a brand new innovative service called Nutrition in the Workplace Workshops. The aim is to help support businesses throughout the UK to improve employees' health and wellbeing, in addition to improving employee absenteeism. By looking at nutrition and wellbeing in the workplace, this can help boost employees' health and improve their performance, which is fundamental to any business.
Competition now closed. For more details visit www.nationalvegetarianweek.org
March is bed month - so we spoke to Neil Shah, Director of the Stress Management Society to find out just how important a good night's sleep is...
Out of 80 million Easter eggs sold in the UK every year, the Real Easter Egg is the only Fairtrade charity faith egg to tell the Easter story on the box. Last year churches across Britain joined a campaign to try and convince supermarkets that the demand for an Easter Egg, which celebrated the real meaning of Easter, was real and significant.
