Live Well Newham Celebrates its 1 Year Anniversary

This week, Live Well Newham celebrates its first anniversary in the London Borough of Newham. To mark the occasion, the Live Well Team hosted a Community Health Event, recognising and celebrating individuals who have successfully completed a programme as well as showcasing the wider support available across Newham through collaborations with Nutrition Kitchen, Well Newham, Barts Health NHS Trust Liver Screening Team, Social Prescribing and our GLL Community Team; highlighting the strength of partnership working and the breadth of services supporting our community.

The community event was well attended with local residents engaging with free blood pressure checks, a badminton session and a cook and eat session delivered by Nutrition Kitchen. Residents were also able to access additional support from Well Newham such as job support and paying bills, and advice on liver health from the team at Barts Health NHS.

Hayley Fenemore Live Well Newham Service Manager says “The event was a fantastic celebration of Live Well Newham’s first year. It was inspiring to hear participants share their positive experiences about the programme. Thank you to our team and partners for their dedication, hard work, and support throughout the year and in making the event such a success.”

Newham Partnership Manager Paul Whiteman was in attendance and highlighted how the service is making an impact across the borough. “It has been a successful year for the Live Well Service, the breadth of the service is vast reaching Children, Young People, those with long-term health conditions and older adults many of whom would not normally access leisure services. A key priority of Newham Council is to create more opportunities that supports better health and wellbeing, and by strengthening inclusive and targeted offers for priority groups we can produce a lasting impact in increasing physical activity levels and in helping more people in Newham to live well. The Live Well team have built strong foundations, good partners and opportunities to continue growing the programme for Newham residents."

The Live Well service is at the heart of GLL’s commitment to tackling health inequalities and improving the physical, mental and social wellbeing of local communities. It demonstrates a successful partnership with Newham Council and Public Health and is already well-embedded into the community, working alongside health and social care organisations to serve the health needs of Newham residents. Live Well Newham delivers a range of health interventions, Adult Weight Management, Children and Young People Weight Management and Physical Activity on Referral as well as specialist rehabilitation pathway for Falls Prevention 'Better Balance'. 

Over 900 Newham residents have accessed a Healthy Lifestyle Programme and many more signposted to physical activity and health services in the community. to support their health and wellbeing. Over 90 families have also been supported through our Xplore Family Weight Management programme to eat more healthily and become more active. Our Better Balance Falls Prevention Service is delivered in the community in partnership with Newham Public Health, Age UK, Subco Trust and the African Caribbean Resource Centre with over 100 residents already benefitting from this valuable service.

Live Well Newham is extremely proud of our impact, helping Newham residents lead healthier, and happier lives.