This booklet has information on 5 ways to a healthier life and the FREE services in Newham to support your health and wellbeing.
Drugs and alcohol
Our website is filled with advice, guidance and links to services that can help you and your family stay healthy.
Phone 999 if you are in immediate danger.
If you feel unsafe, talk to an adult you trust.
On this page, you can find:
- Where to go for advice about weapons and gangs
- How to report a crime anonymously
- Where to go if you're worried about drugs or alcohol
- Free fun activities you can join in your local area
- How to look after your wellbeing
While vaping is good at helping adult smokers to quit smoking, it is not completely harmless. It is illegal for young people under 18 to be vaping and it is illegal for an adult to buy a vape for someone under 18.
Stoptober is public health campaign that happens every year. This year is is taking place from Sunday 1st October.
Smoking is the biggest cause of early death. By quitting smoking for at least 28 days, you are five times more likely to quit for good. We know everyone has their own reason for quitting.
We are working constantly with our partners across the borough to keep our young people safe.
By working together we can make a difference and we will respond quickly and decisively to ensure our communities feel safe and are safe.
If you are worried about a young person being at risk of violence or if you are a young person worried about your safety, we are here to help.
The following pages are a list of partners and contacts that we work with across the borough every day to keep you and our communities safe.
You can now order a free NHS home test kit for Hepatitis C.
If you don't treat Hepatitis C, it can cause life-threatening conditions like liver cancer or liver failure.
Even though fewer people are getting hepatitis C now, more needs to be done to stop new people getting it and to stop people who have hepatitis C from giving it to other people.
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.
Taking drugs and drinking alcohol can be dangerous.
These pages will help give you the information you need to stay safe and will tell you where you can go to get help if you need it.
Refer to Newham Rise for free support with alcohol and drugs
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.