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Free Library Service
There are loads of FREE, fun activities taking place in Knowsley libraries this coming week. Including: 
Gadgeteers! Summer Reading Challenge 
Spy theme activities 
Colouring 
Crafts And much more! Find what’s on in your library: https://knowsley.gov.uk/kidssummerlibrary…
Family-friendly events throughout the school summer holidays
Residents and visitors to our town centres can once again look forward to a programme of FREE, fun-filled events this summer.
Launching on Saturday 23 July, Halewood shopping centre, Huyton Village Centre along with Kirkby and Prescot town centres will host family-friendly events throughout the school summer holidays.
Events will take place on Saturdays unless noted otherwise below:
Halewood Shopping Centre
(between 11am – 3pm)
Saturday 23 July – The Acro Chaps, Punch and Judy show, carousel music box, The Cheeky Charlies 3-piece Dixie band, craft workshop
Saturday 20 August – The Halewood Games, The Wonky Olympics, The PE Teachers
Wednesday 24 August – Dinosaur Invasion
Huyton Village Centre
Saturdays (between 11am – 3pm)
23 July – Fat Cat brass band, Kevin & Perry Go Large
30 July – The Acro Chaps, Inverse Mermaids, King Brass
6 August – Live music, Plucky the giant chicken, stilts, balloons, plus glitter and face painting
13 August – Titan the Robot, Granny Turismo
20 August – Jurassic Journey dinosaur event, dino trail and Jurassic Jeep
27 August – Stars and cars: Meet the Osbournes, Freddie Mercury, Batman, Gotham City Police car and Ghostbusters car
Huyton Jubilee Garden
Monday 15 – Sunday 28 August (10am – 4pm)
Jack Union & Victoria Sponge, garden games, picnic benches and photo peep boards each day.
Kirkby town centre (including Kirkby Market)
Saturdays (between 11.30am – 3.30pm)
23 July – Jack Sparrow, Nautical Nancy
30 July – The PE Teachers, Deepsea Divers, Scurvy Steve
Plus craft workshop and face painter
6 August – Giant stilt walking magical flowers, Pirates of Men’s Pants, The Van Dunk Bros
13 August – Enchanted walking trees, Stilt walking butterflies, Kevin & Perry
Plus craft workshop and face painter
20 August – Aerial Mermaid hoop artist, Inverse Mermaids
27 August – Superheroes, Pre-hee men
Plus craft workshop and face painter
Urban Summer Beach (every day excluding Sundays)
10am – 4pm
Prescot town centre
Saturdays (between 11am – 3pm)
23 July – Woodland fairy trail event
30 July – Live music, Plucky the giant chicken, stilts, balloons, plus glitter and face painting
6 August – Superheroes and Princesses, stilt walkers
13 August – The Acro Chaps, Peaky Blinders
19 – 21 August – Serious Nonsense Festival (part of Knowsley’s Borough of Culture year)
27 August – Titan the Robot, Granny Turismo
Prescot Jubilee Garden
Monday 1 – Sunday 14 August (10am – 4pm)
Jack Union & Victoria Sponge, garden games, picnic benches and photo peep boards each day.
mental health support
If you would like to donate and help
continue the amazing free mental health support they provide to people of the community, please see below for further details
Wellbeing Enterprises to offer you free, personalised wellbeing support
it all starts with a chat
Something bothering you? Don’t know where to turn for advice? We have teamed up with Wellbeing Enterprises to offer you free, personalised wellbeing support.
Completely confidential and informal, your 1-2-1 with your Community Wellbeing Officer will give you the chance to talk about absolutely anything that is bothering you. Whether you’re worried about debt, have lost a loved one or are feeling low, the team are on hand to help.
Together, you’ll create a plan and work out where you need support. Wellbeing Enterprises will then connect you to the right people and services, putting that plan into action.
Take your first step towards a happier and healthier you:
WEATHER WARNINGS
WEATHER WARNINGS
Extreme high temperature -
Expect partly sunny skies. The high will be 35°.
OUR PLACE, Summer Holidays
Did you know, this last month we have been promoting our HAF to YP whilst on detached. We know the streets & communities are where some YP like to ‘hang out’…but hopefully be’c of the relationships we’ve built we can engage them in our purpose built youth club.
Weather
Feeling the Heat
We're all feeling the heat as the temps soar. But please take the time to check in on older friends, family and neighbours, who are especially vulnerable during this extreme weather. Here's our tips to help you #BeattheHeat 
https://orlo.uk/R0qhN
Lung Health Check
Life-saving lung health check programme returns to Knowsley
Residents in parts of Knowsley have the chance to have a free lung health check when the mobile CT van returns to the borough this summer.
Part of NHS England’s Targeted Lung Health Check programme, the CT truck has been travelling around Knowsley, Halton and Liverpool offering people aged 55-74 who have ever smoked, a check on the health of their lungs.
Eligible patients registered at a GP practice in Roby, Prescot, St Michaels, St Gabriel’s and Swanside wards are now starting to receive their invitations to join the many residents who have already taken up the opportunity, when the mobile CT scanner visited Kirkby, Stockbridge and Page Moss.
Knowsley’s Cabinet Member for Health Cllr Christine Bannon said: “This is a great opportunity for local people to have their lungs checked and make sure everything is working ok. For the majority of those who attend, everything will be fine, while for those that do find something wrong, catching it early can make all the difference.”
Hundreds of people have been diagnosed with lung cancer earlier through NHS mobile trucks, and more than three quarters (77%) of cancers have been caught early, giving patients a much better chance of beating the illness.
However, despite the clear benefits of attending a lung health check, only 38% of those invited in Knowsley have taken up the offer so far.
Dr Paul Morris, Knowsley Cancer Lead and GP, urges all those invited to make an appointment. He said: “We are hearing fantastic feedback from people who have been for their lung check. Those that get the all-clear feel very reassured, and those that do receive a diagnosis of a lung condition are receiving treatment far faster than they may have done otherwise.
“This is why we want everyone who gets an invite letter to take up the opportunity and make an appointment. Chances are you will not have any symptoms when you receive your invitation, but this should not stop you making an appointment. You should have the check whether you feel fine or not.
“The main aim of these checks is to find cancer at the earliest opportunity before there may even be any symptoms. Just as you would go for a breast screening or send off your bowel screening kit, we now want you to have your lungs checked too.”
How can I find out more?
Residents wanting to find out more about the checks can come along and meet the team at two roadshows on:
Friday 22 July – Tesco Extra, Cables Retail Park, Steely Way, Prescot L34 5NQ
Friday 29 July – Asda Huyton Supercentre, Huyton Lane, Huyton L36 7TX
For more information, visit: www.lhch.nhs.uk/lung-health-check
