Gateway’s Health Trainers service, offering one-to-one support and advice to people who want to make lifestyle changes, will be closing at the end of September. Last week, we looked at some of the numbers and showed how successful the service has been during almost a decade of operation. Gateway Health Trainers supported more than 18,000 …
It’s a sad time for Gateway, as funding from Birmingham Public Health comes to an end for one of our longest-running services. The popular Health Trainers service, offering one-to-one support and advice to people who want to make lifestyle changes, has been decommissioned and will finish at the end of September. All our Health Trainers …
Could your organisation benefit from Gateway Health Trainers’ expertise? The Health Trainers service can now be tailored to the needs of a specific group or organisation, and commissioned directly. As well as traditional one-to-one support, Health Trainers now design and lead flexible wellbeing programmes for groups in a range of settings. If you are looking …
If you value the Health Trainers service, then we want to hear from you. The latest round of cuts to services in Birmingham is being discussed as part of the Birmingham City Council’s budget consultation, and one of the services highlighted as being at risk is the Health Trainers service. Health Trainers are one of …
Over the last few months, since the Health Trainers service was recommissioned, we’ve been changing the way we work very slightly. We’ve brought in some part time roles, we’ve started specifically reaching out to people who are a little more vulnerable, and we’ve increased how flexible we are in our working hours to allow us …
After a period of uncertainty, we’re pleased to be able to confirm that the Gateway Health Trainers service will be continuing until at least March 2017. Unfortunately, Birmingham Public Health has indeed ended their funding for Lighten Up, meaning that the Gateway Lighten Up service will end (although it will continue in Solihull). Health Trainers: …
When you hear the term Health Trainer, you might think of the work they do to support people to diet and get down to the gym. But a Health Trainer’s work isn’t all about healthy eating and exercise. Health Trainers, like all of our services, support the whole person. We know that people who are …
We have recently recruited three new Health Trainers, all of whom are bringing important skills from their work in other areas of Gateway. Sharon, Tina and Josh are currently in training and will be working permanently as Health Trainers from 1st June. Tina’s background is in sports coaching and fitness training, but more recently she’s …
You are probably aware of our Health Trainers service, but did you know that it includes a Maternal Health Trainers service, providing tailored support for pregnant women? Most women who have a Maternal Health Trainer are directed from Maternal Lighten Up, the telephone support service. Those with a BMI of 30 or over are given …
Birmingham’s childhood obesity crisis has been in the news again this week, as Birmingham’s Lord Mayor came under fire for agreeing to open a new fast food restaurant near a school. In 2012 one in four school children at Year Six age in Birmingham were classified as obese. It’s a shocking statistic, and one that …