v KEEP FIT & HEALTHY WITH THE HERALD v Professional, safe ear wax removal service delivered in the comfort of your own home. We use microsuction, water irrigation and manual ear wax removal to suit the different needs of our clients. To book your appointment please call Gosia on 07591 036071 or email: info@watersideearcare.com Health, Beauty & Wellbeing The Waterside Physiotherapy & Osteopathy Clinic www.thewatersideclinic.co.uk Jon Eyres and Associates • NECK AND BACK PAIN • PREGNANCY RELATED PAIN • ACUPUNCTURE • ARTHRITIC PAIN • ALL SPORTS INJURIES • SHOULDER/ARM PAIN Treatment by Chartered Physiotherapists and Registered Osteopaths Registered with all major health insurers and HCPC Tel: 023 8020 7764 First Floor, South Street Centre, Hythe, Southampton SO45 6EB GET BACK TO FEELING YOUR BEST WITH HYTHE & TOTTON CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC Also Offer: CHIROPODY/PODIATRY with Fiona Cann MSc, MRCPod 8 Drummond Court, Prospect Place, Hythe (Opposite Hythe Ferry) 023 8020 7826 244 Ringwood Road, Totton 023 8086 3612 Page 50 • The HERALD • 2nd April 2026 Solent Mind Expands Mental Health Support For Local British Army And Royal Air Force Families Hampshire’s largest mental health charity Solent Mind has expanded its support for families of serving military personnel, with the launch of a new wellbeing service for serving British Army and Royal Air Force families across the region. Run by Solent Mind, and funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, the new ‘Military Minds’ service helps families of the British Army and Royal Air Force navigate the challenges of service life by providing access to mental health support when needed. e service o ers a safe and supportive space to talk with sta who have lived experience, alongside free resources to help manage mental health and wellbeing, and signposting to additional local services and groups. Robynne Batley-Mallett, Mental Health Navigator at Military Minds, Solent Mind, said: “Frequent moving, stress around deployment, loneliness - there’s a lot to contend with when you’re living with a partner, child or parent in the British Army or Royal Air Force and it’s not uncommon for military families to need some extra support. We want to ensure that British Army and Royal Air Force families know how and where to access that support when they need it. Military Minds is integral to this, so we’re incredibly pleased to be working with the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust to provide this service and help promote better mental health amongst the military community.” Anna Wright, CEO at Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust, added: “The mental challenges of forces life and its impacts at home can be complex for all members of a family. It’s through partnerships like this - with charities which also service the civilian population and have connective tissue like the wider national Mind network - that we can really establish the garden of support that needs to grow up around forces partners. I look forward to seeing it bloom.” For more information about Solent Mind’s Military Mind’s service or to access support, visit: solentmind.org.uk/supportfor-you/our-services/military-minds email: militaryminds@ solentmind.org.uk or call: 0303 003 4239. Robynne Batley-Mallett, Mental Health Navigator at Military Minds, Solent Mind Macmillan Advice Outreach Sessions A team of New Forest based advisors from Macmillan Cancer Support and Citizens Advice Bureau are o ering free, impartial and confidential information and advice on a range of issues for anyone a ected by cancer, at new sessions taking place in Totton. These include applications for Universal Credit, ESA, PIP, AA, Pension Credit and Blue Badges. Sessions are taking place at New Horizons Medical Partnership, Totton Health Centre, SO40 3ZN on the first Friday of every month, 9am-1pm and Testvale Surgery in Totton, SO40 3PY on the third Friday of every month, 9am–1pm. For more information or to make an appointment call: 0344 847 7727 or email: macmillan. cahampshire@cabnet.org.uk New Men’s Mental Fitness Group With Talk Club Finally, a library asking you to talk! Hythe Library have started a new men’s mental fitness group with Talk Club. Drop in between 10am-12noon on Saturdays to meet their trained captain, Paul. It’s a free, safe, con dential space for men to be honest and vulnerable. WATERSIDE HEALTH WALKS Everyone is very welcome to go along and join in any of the free Waterside Health Walks on: Thursday 2nd April, 3pm at Parc Pale for a 2.3 mile walk; Monday 7th April, 10am at Matley for a 2.2 mile walk; Saturday 11th April, 10.30am at Brock Hill for a 6.1 mile walk; Thursday 16th April, 3pm at Norley Wood for a 2.3 mile walk; Monday 20th April, 10am at Blackwell Common for a 2.4 mile walk. For more information about the Waterside Health Walks group please contact Mike Roberts on: 023 8084 7461 or 07811 361319. Hythe Memory Group Hythe Memory Group meet up every Monday, from 2pm to 3.15pm at Cornerstone (Hythe URC), New Road, Hythe. Families Matter run the support group which o ers cognitive stimulation therapy for people with early stage dementia. It encourages people to socialise and have fun learning and remembering together. Carers are also welcome to stay and have a cup of tea and chat to other carers. For further information and to reserve your place please contact the Families Matter o ce on: 023 8020 7623 or email: o ce. fm.hurc@gmail.com Places are limited and need to be booked in advance.
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