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Healthy Living (HELP)
The Healthy Eating and Lifestyle Promotions project (HELP) is an outreach service encouraging healthier lifestyles in local communities.

Our aims...
  • Reduce health inequalities among vulnerable groups
  • Reduce the number of conceptions for under 18’s
  • Increase access to the service and provision of early support to reduce need for complex physical and emotional well being services
  • Reduce obesity and increase healthy eating
  • Improve life expectancy and premature mortality rates
How will we achieve this...
  • One to one support
  • Advice and assistance
  • Advocacy
We will also run some flexible 6-8 week courses that people can access at any stage on all aspects of healthy living including
  • Effects of substance misuse
  • Fire safety
  • Growing your own food
  • Healthy foods
  • Healthy eating for children
  • Eating disorders
  • Safe sex
  • Smoking
Referral Criteria
  • From 16 years old upwards
  • Living in the Wear Valley area
  • The unit also provides online health checks in the Wear Valley area under the Government’s Change For Life initiative. These are Teen Life Checks for 12 to 15 year olds and Baby Life Checks for parents/carers of babies aged between 5 and 8 months.

Contact
Office Suite B, St John’s Road Business Centre, Meadowfield, Durham, DH7 8TZ
Tel: 0191 378 3718