Member Welfare

Our vision as a club is as follows ‘Inclusively supporting the health and wellbeing of our community’. This vision drives our agenda and the plans for our busy welfare team consisting of Stuart, Zoe and Sam.

The positive welfare of our members is the beating heart of our club, so everything we do underpins the importance of our members health and wellbeing. We also believe that this vision impacts our wider community in and around Farnham by promoting the benefits of a fitter and healthier town.

During the course of 2024, our Welfare team will be focussing on the following important subjects.

  • January  - Sleep

  • February  - Muscles, bones and joints, benefits of stretching etc

  • March  - Stress Awareness

  • April  Mental Health

  • May - Eating disorders, Body Image, Diabetes

  • June - Men’s Health

  • July - Running in hot weather/hydration, running abroad/unfamiliar countries

  • August - Dementia and Alzheimer’s

  • September - Heart Health

  • October - Women’s Health

  • November  - Staying Safe (e.g. running alone, stalking awareness, use of social media/apps)

  • December  - Addiction, Dependence

Club Updates
Welfare Wednesday
Welfare Wednesday

Welcome to Novembers edition of Welfare Wednesday!

Firstly, HOW are we in November already!? Madness 🙈

Secondly, the clocks have well and truly gone back by an hour and it is now dark by 5pm - again, madness 🌚

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Welfare Wednesday
Welfare Wednesday

Welcome back to Welfare Wednesday and our last Wednesday focusing on Women’s health. To finish the month we are focusing on the effect that a women’s Menstrual cycle has on exercise.
Now you may or may not have just read Menstrual cycle, freaked out and scrolled on but if you haven’t - THANK YOU! 

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Welfare Wednesday
Welfare Wednesday

Welcome back to Women’s Health Month!

Last Friday marked World Menopause day, so this week we are focusing on what it is and raising awareness around the signs and symptoms.. there are two parts to this stage of a women’s life, perimenopause and menopause

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Welfare Wednesday
Welfare Wednesday

Welcome back to Women’s health month!

This week we are shining a light on a topic that is often not spoken about - Ovarian Cancer.

This is the 6th most common type of cancer found in women, with around 7,500 women being diagnosed with it each year in the UK. The symptoms of ovarian cancer are not always obvious and therefore it is often diagnosed late.

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Welfare Wednesday
Welfare Wednesday

Welcome back to women’s health month! Tomorrow is also world mental health day so this week is a combination of both…

Social media - Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and many more all have a huge impact on women’s mental health.

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Welfare Wednesday
Welfare Wednesday

Welcome to Octobers edition of welfare Wednesday, this month we will be focusing on Women’s health, covering a range of topics.

The first topic on women’s health is the most common type of cancer in women in the UK - Breast cancer.

Breast cancer is when abnormal cells in the breast begin to grow and divide in an uncontrolled way and eventually form a growth. Each year around 55,000 women are diagnosed with breast cancer.

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Welfare Wednesday
Welfare Wednesday

For our last week on heart health we are taking a look at blood pressure readings. It is important to check your blood pressure regularly to ensure you are not at risk of high blood pressure.

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Welfare Wednesday
Welfare Wednesday

Keeping your heart healthy means adopting a range of different lifestyle habits, not only do these keep your heart healthy day to day, it also helps to reduce your risk of developing any heart problems in the future.

So, what can you do to help yourself❓

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