Category: Female Focus

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The Menopause Cafe is coming to the Hub

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We promise to open all the windows and lay on plenty of tea!

The Menopause Cafe will be stopping off in Walderslade on Saturday, June 7th from 10am-12noon.

The Menopause Cafe is a national charity that creates spaces for conversations about menopause to normalise this transition stage.

A Menopause Cafe is aimed at breaking down the stigma around menopause and increasing awareness of the impact of the menopause on women and their family, friends and colleagues.

This is a free, in person event open to anyone living in the Medway towns and surrounding areas.

Booking advised https://bookwhen.com/menopausecafemedwaytowns

A menopause cafe is a discussion group open to everyone, whether experiencing it yourself or helping a loved one through it: no expert talks, topics are chosen by participants.

The menopause cafe for Medway towns is organised by Nicola Kidney, Jeanette Forder and Lisa Watson.

Join us for an informal gathering to talk about all things menopause, this is the place to share experiences , ask questions and connect with others going through similar journeys. Come sip on a tea or coffee and chat with us about this important stage of life.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Community News, Female Focus, Support Services

Special guests for Female Focus

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We’re delighted that we will be joined at the next Female Focus (January 12th from 1pm) by Medway Council’s Breast Cancer Awareness Team, alongisde a representative from MVA and Macmillan Cancer Support’s ‘Year of Listening’ programme.

Come along and have your say on helping to shape the future of local cancer services for women, as well as advice on how to reduce your risk of developing breast cancer, or advice on how to cope with receiving a diagnosis yourself or supporting someone you know.

Feel free to drop by to this support group for females only, which usually takes place on the second Thursday in the month.

Activities, Female Focus, Support Services

Female Focus – our new Women’s Support Group

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We’ve set aside the second Thursday in the month for a women’s support group, Female Focus. It will run from 1.30-3.30pm.

Come and join us for tea and cake, more cake and more tea, and a chat about all those issues that affect women (colloquially known as ‘women’s problems’) including – but not limited to – reproductive health (the big one) on and offline safety, and any other subject you as a group decide you’d like to discuss.

Our special guest in June will be a representative from Medway’s public health team to talk about female health problems.

We know how a focus on male bodies has historically led to worse treament for women (the symptoms for hearts attacks, for example, can be very different in women and yet the usual symptoms to look for are those which mainy affect men). So come armed with all your questions to ensure you know what to ask your GP when it comes to your health.

Here’s an interesting article from the BBC, on a new 3D female anatomy model that can be used to better treat women. And they’ve only just put it together in 2022 *rolls eyes*.