Get Healthy, Get Active in Torbay
View the following web page to find out various ways of Getting Healthy and Getting Active in and around Torbay!
Get Healthy, Get Active - Your Guide to Healthy Living and Physical Activity in Torbay
This guide contains information about ways to improve your health through an active and healthy lifestyle. It contains a health profile to monitor aspects of your own health and a guide to becoming more active. It also contains a comprehensive listing of over 100 sports clubs in Torbay for you to choose from to join.
If you would like to receive a hard copy of the document or require any further information, please call 01803 403704 or email kirsty.parker@paigntoncommunitycollege.com.
Health and Physical Activity - Everyday Sport
Find out how to fit physical activity or sport into your everyday life by visiting Everyday Sport. It only takes 30 Everyday Sport minutes a day to become fitter, healthier and happier. Set your own targets and see how easy it is to fit Everyday Sport into your everyday life.
Health and Physical Activity - Walking your Way to Health Initiative (WHI)
Walking your Way to Health is the largest national governing body promoting and setting the standards for led walks. It is a joint initiative between Natural England and the British Heart Foundation.
WHI aims to encourage people, particularly those who take little exercise, to do regular short walks in their communities.
Visit http://www.whi.org.uk/ for further information including how to find your nearest walk scheme.
Health and Physical Activity - Active Places
Sport England and Bog Lottery Fund have invested £5.2 million into creating Active Places – an exciting new, online database of sports facilities in England. The easy-to-use website is there to encourage everyone in the country to get active by helping them to find out about sports and fitness facilities in their area. The website is free to use and provides the most comprehensive database of its kind in England.
Please visit http://www.activeplaces.com/ to start your search!
Health and Physical Activity - NHS Direct
Visit http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/ to get advice on common health problems, find your nearest doctors, dentists, opticians and pharmacies, find out about illnesses, operations, tests and treatment and try out the new interactive quizzes and calculators.
Fitness in Torbay
Physical activity has a key role in improving health and well being. It helps prevent coronary heart disease, stroke and some forms of cancer – our countries leading killers. It can also reduce the risk of developing hypertension, diabetes, overweight and obesity.
GP REFERRAL - In Torbay the GP Referral scheme has been set up to increase the number of adults participating in regular moderate intensity exercise or activity as part of a planned preventative and/or rehabilitation programme, as a prescribed treatment from their local G.P.
FIT BAY – 10 week fully supervised gym based programme whereby a fully trained exercise professional will assess and agree with you a plan of action around your needs.
FIT BAY EDUCATION – For people who wish to control their weight, require support in making lifestyle behaviour changes, learn how to monitor your own activity levels, and hear about special offers or venues for activities.
BAYWALKS – Led walks by a trained volunteer of between 1-3 miles, for those people who wish to become a little more mobile, not for ramblers or long distance hikers.
BAYRIDES – Supervised coaching in order to help people ride a bike or improve confidence of riding bikes. Aimed to boost confidence and skills, allowing you to leave the car at home for those shorter journeys.
BAY WATER SESSIONS – 10 weeks of supervised water based mobility exercises, ideally suited for those with joint pains, and mobility problems.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE TORBAY SCHEMES PLEASE CONTACT THE COMMUNITY FITNESS CO-ORDINATOR ON 01803 321867
MEND – Fitter, Healthier, Happier Families
MEND provides programmes, services and resources to help children and families learn how to improve their health, fitness and the way they feel about their bodies. All of these elements help families manage their weight better and lead healthier lives, contributing to national and international efforts to prevent and treat overweight and obesity in children.
What is the MEND Programme?
MEND – Mind, Exercise, Nutrition.....Do IT!
The MEND Programme is a fun course for families with children aged 7 to 13 whose weight is above the healthy range for their age and height. It runs twice a week after school in two-hour sessions over 10 weeks.
The Programme helps children and families manage their weight better and lead healthier lives. It was developed by child health experts and research shows that it really works. With the support of their parents or carers, children learn how to improve their health, fitness and the way they feel about their bodies.
If your family joins a MEND Programme, you will learn about nutrition and how to eat a balance diet. You’ll also learn tips on how to become more active, and be shown clever mind tricks to help keep up your motivation. You will make lifestyle changes gradually so that you can stick to your new healthy lifestyle and you will be shown skills on how to change your attitudes towards food and exercise so you can feel fitter, healthier and happier – for good.
The Programme is valuable but offered FREE to families as MEND has secured local, regional and national funding partners to ensure that nobody misses out on this life-changing experience.
To enrol on the Torbay MEND Programme please contact the Programme Manager, Vanessa Payne on 01803 208875 or email vanessa.payne@nhs.net.
