Your biological clock is important to your health and wellbeing – so what is it? The Centre for Biological Timing in the Faculty Biology Medicine and Health is the largest research group in Europe working on the body clock and its role in human disease. Biological timing is a central feature of all living things. Driven by endogenous biological clocks, the ability to track time allows organisms to adapt their biology and thus optimally respond to the fluctuating environment of our planet. Many medical problems can be linked to issues with biological timings, including: cardiovascular disease, cancer and inflammatory conditions.

Due to our ever expanding economy and the culture for 24/7 services and next-day delivery, more and more people are doing shift work. An estimated 11.5% of the UK workforce works night shifts, which have the ability to wreak havoc with your internal body clock. So with increasing night shift work and more understanding into the dangers of disturbed body clocks – what can be done to help those people working night shifts?

This is where Night Club comes in. A new collaboration between The University of Manchester, The Liminal Space, Greater Manchester Combined Authority and Rochdale Council, the Night Club aims to empower night shift workers with the newest health information. It is based at Rochdale Infirmary and will be providing free face-to-face consultations with sleep experts. Night Club will provide information on mental and physical health associated with night shifts such as: the impact of light on achieving effective spells of sleep, how diet can impact on rest and alertness and how insufficient sleep negatively impacts the body clock.