Live Well Newham offers both Adult Weight Management and a Child and Family Weight Management programme to support you and your family to achieve your goals, whether that be to lose weight or become more active. 

Our Weight Management programmes include workshops, nutritional advice and physical activity alongside behaviour change techniques taught by experts in the field. This means you can not only lose weight, but gain the knowledge, skills and confidence to maintain a healthy lifestyle. 

Adult Weight Management: A group based 12-week programme which aims to support you with managing your weight. Each participant will be encouraged to attend a 2-hour session each week (including a 1-hour workshop and a 1 hour supported exercise session). 

Xplore – Children, Young People and Family Weight Management: A group based 8-week programme for children, young people aged between 4 to 17 years, and their families. The programme includes a 1-hour healthy eating workshop, a physical activity session and ongoing support to families to help them to maintain a healthy lifestyle. 

The Live Well programme is led by a skilled team of professionals dedicated to supporting your journey towards a healthier lifestyle. They're always available to provide guidance on physical activity and offer tailored advice for overall wellbeing.

These instructors are highly qualified in health and fitness, committed to helping you reach your personal goals and enhance your wellbeing. With a supportive, understanding, and compassionate approach, they place your needs at the heart of everything they do.

When you call, you’ll speak with knowledgeable and enthusiastic staff who excel at identifying your needs. They're trained to offer encouragement and assist you in getting started with the right programme for you.

Providing you fit the eligibility criteria, you can be referred by your GP, Practice Nurse, specialist consultant, link worker or other allied health professional. 

We also offer self-referral to both of our Weight Management programmes. 

If you are a Newham Resident, and your BMI is over 30, or over 27.5 if you are Asian or Black, or you have a child who is overweight, you can self-refer straight into our programme without a GP referring you, as long as you meet these eligibility criteria, and you do not have any other health conditions.  

To check your BMI: Calculate your body mass index (BMI)

The Better Balance programme aims to support older adults in Newham who want to:

• Feel steadier on their feet
• Reduce fear and risk of falling
• Stay active for longer

The exercise programme is for 6 weeks to start with and includes a weekly 45-minute group session that will improve your strength, balance, and confidence through gentle, tailored exercises.

After each class, there’s time to chat with others in the group and hear about other local activities. You'll also get a simple home exercise plan to work through between sessions.

We have partnered with a number of Voluntary and Community Sector organisations; Age UK (London East), SubCo Trust and the African Caribbean Resource Centre to make sure everyone feels welcome and supported, including help with translation, Dial-a-Ride transport and extra guidance if needed.

All Better Balance classes are led by Falls Prevention Specialists, who follow the evidence-based FaME intervention. FaME is a programme developed through research studies such as Skelton 2019.

To find out how to be referred to Live Well Newham – speak to your GP who can send a referral form on your behalf to our team. 
For anything else, email us: LiveWell.Newham@gll.org

Self referral portal