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Middleton Healthy Living Initiative
enables people to take more control
over their own health and find support
to help them with their condition in
the community. There are a range of
activities involving chronic disease
sufferers, young people, women and the
over 50's.
The key principles
are:
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A holistic approach to health
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Targeting the prevention and
self management of
• chronic
conditions
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Engage proactively with young
people on their terms
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Builds informal support networks
for target groups
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Improves access to all services
by groups that currently
• under
use or fail to access services
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Added value activity
Links to all of the projects available
can be found on the left hand side menu
at the top of the page.
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activities will include: |
| Engaging young
people in excercise and sports |
| Training young
people to become Junior Sports
Leaders - Develop them to run
peer sports activities |
| Healthy activity
weekends and school holiday courses |
| Training in
first aid, food safety, healthy
eating and safer, healthier lifestyles |
| Counselling,
advocacy and advice sessions |
| Production
of young person friendly health
promotion materials |
| fitness and
self defence training |
| Provide a
high quality holistic health service
which promotes mental and physical
health and wellbeing. This will
include aromatherapy, massage,
reflexology, indian head massage,
pilates, tai chi and yoga |
| Training people
to become food workers |
| Healthy eating
for adults, healthy eating for
young adults, men's dietary health,
women's dietary health, fun with
food |
| Training local
people in the self management
of chronic conditions, the development
of patient mentors to work with
other people to enable them to
manage life with chronic conditions |
These are a sample of the activities
which will be included in the initiative.
The long term aim is that people will
change their lifestyle to one which
improves their health and well-being.
For more information,
Please call Michaela Scott on telephone
number: 0161 655 1598
Address: Middleton Healthy Living
Initiative, Floor 2, London House, Oldham
Road, Middleton, Manchester M24 1AY.
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CONTACT:
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call Michaela Scott on telephone number: 0161
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