Health Trainers
“Helping you to help yourself.”
The Health Trainers service aims to improve the well-being of local people by encouraging and supporting healthy lifestyle choices, by:
• helping people to make changes they want in their lifestyle to improve their health and well-being
• offering practical advice and good connections into services and support available locally
Why?
• Health can only be maintained and improved if it is part of a person’s way of life.
• A person’s health will be improved if they make the healthier choices they want and stick to them.
• Support will be most effective if it is practical and offers connections to local services and networks that are easily accessible.
What difference does it make?
“I feel as though my life has turned the corner.” (client)
• 50% of clients will achieve all the goals in their personal action plans, within six months of the plan being agreed.
• 70% of clients will achieve one or more goals in their personal action plans, within six months of the plan being agreed.
Who?
People aged over 16 years who want to make changes in their lifestyle to improve their health and well-being, but are struggling to do so.
Where?
Across the City of Salford in these wards:
• Barton
• Broughton
• Cadishead and Irlam
• Eccles
• Irwell Riverside
• Kersal
• Langworthy
• Little Hulton
• Ordsall
• Swinton
• Walkden North
• Winton
How?
• Recruiting clients
• Supporting clients to design personal action plans
• Supporting clients to implement personal action plans
Contact: Tom Snape (Health Trainers Manager) on 0161 743 0088 or tomsnape@chapltd.co.uk
Commissioned by Salford Primary Care Trust and Salford City Council (Chief Executive's)
This page was last updated on 20 August 2008
