This booklet has information on 5 ways to a healthier life and the FREE services in Newham to support your health and wellbeing.
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On this page you can find information about:
- Healthy eating
- Healthy weight
- Getting help if you are struggling to buy food
- Help feeding your baby
- Free school meals
- Eating sustainably
Did you know about 80% of your physical health is actually about the food you eat?!
If you are looking to:
- Keep fit
- Lose weight
- Control your sugar consumption
- Reduce your salt intake to help your blood pressure
- Measure your oil to help your cholesterol levels
- Educate yourself on a what a healthy diet plan looks like for you.
This may be the programme for you!
Health & Wellbeing Coaches work in GP practices and are part of the NHS. They are here to give you extra support to achieve your health goals, such as stopping smoking, losing weight or being more active.
Social Prescribing Link Workers (sometimes called SPLWs or Social Prescribers) work in GP practices and are part of the NHS.
SPLWs are here to help you to connect with community activities, groups and services to support the practice, social and emotional needs that affect your health and wellbeing, such as housing and money.
The SPLW will work with you over a fixed number of appointments to help you to achieve your health and wellbeing goals.
Join one of our free programmes to lose weight and get active.
The Well Newham Directory of Services (powered by Joy) is a directory of all the different health and wellbeing services you can access in Newham.
There are over 500 Newham-based services listed on the platform. From stop smoking services, to free nutrition courses and social events near you, it's now really easy to find out what's happening in your community.
If you’d like to talk to someone face-to-face or get some guidance on how to use the website, you can speak to a Well Newham Advisor at a Well Newham Hub near you.
Call 020 8430 4841 for guidance on where your nearest hub is.
If you are worried that you cannot afford to buy food, or you want to find ways to save money when buying food, there is lots of support out there you can make use of.
Diabetes is a lifelong condition that causes a person’s blood sugar level to become too high.
There are two main types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2.