POWs – supporting clients, every day

Pregnancy Outreach Workers, or POWs, provide support to women for their social and emotional needs. Social needs can mean anything from a little housing support, to very complex issues such as child protection or domestic violence. One of the areas in which we offer...

From Lighten Up to the Birmingham Half Marathon

Soon after Eddie Duddy retired, he realised he’d put on a lot of weight. Eddie suffers from Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), so when he realised the extra pounds were making his breathing difficulties worse, he went to his GP – who put him in...

Lighten Up Goes City Wide

We’ve been providing the Lighten Up service on behalf of Birmingham Public Health for the past 18 months. It’s been a real success and so far we’ve worked with more than 1800 people. The service is all about helping people lose weight and this is...