Stow Surgery

13/05/2026

Lumi Nova - free support for childhood fears, worries and anxiety

Lumi Nova: Tales of Courage is a free digital therapeutic mobile game supporting children with fears, worries and anxiety. Designed for children aged 7-12 years, Lumi Nova helps them to reflect on their feelings, build resilience, and learn lifelong skills to self-manage their worries in a fun intergalactic adventure. Families can access Lumi Nova independently and for FREE

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12/05/2026

12/05/2026

🌱 Friends & Family Planting Day at Edwardstow Court🌱

If you're green-fingered and have a couple of hours to spare, we’d love for you to join us!

📅 Saturday 16th May
⏰ 3:00–6:00pm
📍 Edwardstow Court

Come along and help us bring our gardens to life at our Friends & Family Planting Day. It’s a great way to spend time outdoors, meet others and make a real difference.

As a thank you, a picnic tea will be provided for everyone who takes part 🧺

For more information, please get in touch:
📧 g.joynes@osjct.co.uk

We hope to see you there! 🌼

12/05/2026

💙 Dementia Action Week 2026! 💙

This May we’re proud to be supporting Dementia Action Week by raising awareness, supporting those living with dementia, and offering advice and support to those who care for or support someone living with dementia.

Throughout the week, we’ll be hosting a range of meaningful activities to promote connection, wellbeing, and understanding 💙

☕ Join us for our Dementia Awareness Coffee Morning with our specialist Admiral Nurse Rachel.

🗓 Friday 22nd May
⏰ 10:00am – 12:00pm

A chance to come together for coffee, cake, conversation, and support.

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Whether you’re a family member, friend, carer, or part of the community, you are warmly welcome to get involved.

📩 For more information about any of the week’s activities call or Email: g.joynes@osjct.co.uk

Let’s come together to make a difference 💙

12/05/2026

Worried about your child or young person's emotional well-being?

We understand how difficult it can be to know how best to support your child or young person.

Our FREE Live webinars are here to support you!

These webinars offer practical tools and expert advice to empower and support parents and carers of young people aged 11-18 in Gloucestershire.

Delivered Live via Zoom, each webinar is designed to help parents and carers build confidence and understanding around their young person’s emotional wellbeing.

Our upcoming sessions cover two in-demand topics:
⭐Self-Harm Explained
Understand the why behind self‑harm, recognise warning signs, and learn compassionate, evidence‑based ways to support your young person with confidence.

⭐Exam Stress & Anxiety
Support your child through exam season by exploring academic burnout, healthy routines, coping strategies, and how to stay calm and connected during stressful times.

Book onto a webinar today!
www.letstalkwell.org.uk/parents-carers/webinars

12/05/2026

Today is International Nurses’ Day and we’d like to celebrate and thank our incredible nursing team.

This year’s theme, “Our Nurses. Our Future" recognises the vital role nurses play in caring for and supporting communities every day.

Pictured are Yvonne (HCA), Sally, Alice and Bridget our Practice Nurses and Fiona Eggerton, Frailty Matron.

We are incredibly proud of our nurses whose dedication, commitment to the local community and professionalism make a huge difference to the care of patients in Stow and the surrounding villages.

11/05/2026

It’s Mental Health Awareness Week and this year’s theme is Action!

At Let’s Talk Well, we believe action starts with talking – every child and young person should have someone to talk to when they need it most.

Follow along this week as we share ways to take action for mental health.

Find out more about what we do, visit www.letstalkwell.org.uk

11/05/2026

🌿🎉 Join us for the Grand Re-Opening of our Community Garden! 🎉🌿

We’re excited to officially open our new Community Garden on:

📅 Wednesday 27th May
⏰ 1:30pm – 3:30pm
📍 Behind Stow Surgery, Maugersbury Road, Stow-on-the-Wold, GL54 1AX

This special afternoon marks an exciting new chapter — creating a welcoming green space where people can come together to grow, learn, connect, and enjoy the outdoors 🌱💚

We’re also incredibly honoured to welcome Kevin Fortey of Giant Veg as our Guest of Honour! Kevin is one of the UK’s leading giant vegetable growers and holds an amazing 14 Guinness World Records, including the world’s heaviest beetroot weighing nearly 24kg 🤯🥬

Come along to celebrate with us, meet members of the community, and discover the incredible possibilities of growing together.

We’d love to see you there! 🌼

05/05/2026

🎙️ This morning, our CEO Helen Makaritis was interviewed on BBC Radio Gloucestershire as part of Dying Matters Awareness Week 💙💚💛.

This year’s theme, “Let’s talk about death and dying,” encourages open and honest conversations around a topic that affects us all. Helen spoke about the importance of these conversations and how Kate’s Home Nursing supports patients and their families across the North Cotswolds with compassionate hospice care at home.

A listener called in during the show to say "Kate's is amazing". Thank you. 🙏

You can listen to the interview here (from 11:25am):
👉 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live/bbc_radio_gloucestershire

Find out more about Dying Matters Awareness Week:
👉 https://www.hospiceuk.org/our-campaigns/dying-matters/dying-matters-awareness-week

Visit Hospice UK (the organisers of the week):
👉 https://www.hospiceuk.org/

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