by WRA Admin | Jul 12, 2021 | Archives, National Fitness Campaign, Olympics, Wellbeing, WRA Blog
The UK is facing a fitness drive following lock down and Covid. In the year of the Olympics in Japan and the Euros (Football tournament) 2021, we take a step back in time and look at a previous ‘Fitness Campaign’ that the UK Government ran in the 1930’s. In July...
by WRA Admin | Jun 9, 2021 | Duxhurst, Growing for Wellbeing Week, Horticulture, Lady Henry Somerset, WRA Blog
National Growing for Wellbeing Week 7th – 13th June 2021, ‘is a celebration of the magic that growing your own produce can do for your wellbeing, both physically and mentally.’ You might imagine that ‘Growing for Wellbeing’ is a modern concept; that...
by WRA Admin | May 25, 2021 | Band of Hope, Margaret Baker, National Share a Story Month, Temperance, WRA Blog
May is National Share a Story Month 2021, which is ‘an annual celebration of the power of storytelling and story sharing….’ With this in mind we take a look at a small collection of books in our archive. This might spark some happy childhood memories of bedtime...
by WRA Admin | May 14, 2021 | 1901, Archives, National Children's Day, WRA Blog
Sunday 16th May 2021 is National Children’s Day – #NCDUK2021 – which is ‘all is all about the importance of a healthy childhood, and how we need to protect the rights and freedoms of children in order to ensure that they can grow into happy, healthy...
by WRA Admin | May 6, 2021 | Awareness, Drug Law, Drugs, WRA Blog
May 2021 will mark 50 years of the current UK drug policy ‘The Misuse of Drugs Act 1971’. Legislation that: Aimed to bring drugs under control in the UK. To bring a complete ban in the possession as well as the manufacturing, supply, export, import of controlled drugs...
by WRA Admin | Apr 7, 2021 | Archives, London Temperance Hospital, WRA Blog
Whilst cataloguing material in our archives, I came across correspondance from the 1920’s between the National British Womens Temperance Association (NBWTA – forerunner to the White Ribbon Association) and the London Temperance Hospital. I was keen to find out...
