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Slimming experts in the New Forest are celebrating after helping people achieve their weight loss goals throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.

Now, they have launched a campaign to recruit more people with a passion for helping others through a Slimming World virtual careers opportunity event, taking place on Thursday 25th February.

PJ Putt who manages a team of consultants who run Slimming World groups in the New Forest and Waterside area, said: “We’re proud to be offering a weekly check-in for our members of our virtual support sessions, throughout the pandemic which allow our members to keep focused on their weight loss goals.

The role is part-time, we are looking for people who can share their own success story to build a fabulous career. With the potential to earn £100 to £400 a week for working 10 to 20 flexible hours as a self-employed franchisee.

In-depth training is offered with a wellrespected and recognised brand that has been established for more than 50 years. For more information or to book a place at the careers event contact PJ on 07862727743 or go to www.slimmingworld.co.uk/careers

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This is what we have all been waiting for, and what a wait it’s been. All those long hours indoors will hopefully be over as the days grow longer than the nights and we can all enjoy the sunshine again. March weather can vary tremendously, but fingers crossed, you will be reading this in balmy conditions. Lucky for us southerners, spring arrives a little earlier on our coast. Nature is busy, frantically busy

and the sound of the dawn chorus gets gradually louder. Listen out for the song thrush and blackbirds and our friendly neighbourhood robins if you are up early. Of course, it’s usually the males that sing to attract the females in the hope of romance and a mate, but female robins occasionally enjoy a little duet. The other sound you may be lucky to hear is the sharp shriek of urban foxes, used to attract possible partners with their caterwauling serenade. Other birds move a lot during this period, waders and wildfowl moving north and migrant birds returning from their African winter. Look out for sand martins over gravel pits and reservoirs and little wheatears on the coast. Butterflies will begin to emerge on warm days, peacock, comma and small tortoiseshells are usually the first to spot after their winter hibernation. The first wildflowers will also be emerging in woods and hedgerows: violets, wood anemones, sorrel and lesser celandines. Early snowdrops and daffodils will continue to brighten our days. Hares are a great sight at this time of year, leaping and boxing as part of their mating ritual. The expression, ‘mad March hares’ is a catchy phrase, but they aren’t mad, just excited about spring and all it’s potential. Hares are larger than rabbits with black tipped ears and longer legs. They can breed at any time of year, but we can witness their antics more during lighter evenings. Unlike rabbits, hares do not raise their young in burrows but in ‘forms’, small hollows in the hedgerows where they will hide is disturbed.

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Prostate cancer kills around 11,800 men in the UK each year and around 47,000 new cases are diagnosed annually. There is currently no national screening programme.

The Graham Fulford Charitable Trust (GFCT) was set up by Graham Fulford to promote awareness of Prostate Cancer following the diagnosis of a close friend who died at the age of 58 and a close family member who died in 2007 with prostate cancer after a valiant fight. Since 2004, GFCT have been involved in testing over 100,000 men and conducting over 154,227 tests (as at 22 January 2021). Consequently, there have been over 2,050 known cancers identified that otherwise may not have been discovered. The Lions Club of New Milton ran a face-toface prostate cancer screening event in March 2019 when 300 men attended the New Milton Community Centre. This identified 34 men (11.3%) at risk. The Lions were unable to repeat the event in 2020 and cannot again in 2021. Therefore, in conjunction with the Graham Fulford Charitable Trust, the Lions Club of New Milton has facilitated, via its website, the ability to order a simple home-testing kit to detect the possibility of prostate cancer.

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