Lead by a fully accredited health coach who will work with you to establish a healthy lifestyle plan to help improve overall health and wellbeing.

Health coach has a specialism in supporting people living with Dementia and Diabetes.

Service details

• Puts you at the centre of your improved health journey
• Your coach partners, with you as a guide, will create your personal roadmap to whole health and wellness
• You will learn to cultivate and sustain lifestyle and behaviour change to help you manage existing conditions
• You'll learn to create the health you've always wanted
• Health and wellbeing plan established by you
• Access to a fully trained health coach
• Weekly support from a volunteer mentor to help keep you on track
• Regular phone contact
• A range of healthy lifestyle services you may access
• Low carb advice
• Weekly exercise program
• Peer to peer support

Health mentors

• Our volunteers and staff benefit from full DBS checks and training
• Volunteer mentors for this role have access to specific training courses relating to dementia, Parkinson's and diabetes
• We will actively encourage service steering for those with lived experience of the conditions supported
• Our volunteer mentors could be college / university students on adult social care courses
• Our volunteers do not replace healthcare professionals nor provide care. They are however happy to signpost to these services
• Transport by volunteer to services in the community can be facilitated
• The service is aimed at early intervention and will support those newly diagnosed or with early onset of conditions
• All services and delivery will be guided and overseen by a fully trained health coach and experienced member of the MHA team. 

Additional services: 

• Keeping active
• Chair based exercises
• Walking groups
• Love to move
• Dancing
• Engaged and less isolated
• Social groups
• Trips and outings
• Art and crafts
• Music and theatre
• Specialist support
• Diabetes
• Low carb and healthy eating
• Dementia day care
• Carer support
• Stay connected
• Befriending
• Telephone support
• Newsletter
• Signposting and information