Managing Type 2 Diabetes is closely linked with managing lifestyle. Helping people to lose weight and become active in Birmingham is one of the ways the Health Trainer service works with patients....
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Volunteering helps people into work
One of the hot topics at the moment is The Big Society, it is widely associated with volunteering and opinion is divided about the ethics of volunteering and concerns that paid jobs will be replaced...
Weightloss helps manage long-term condition and improves general well-being
Valerie was referred to us because she was unemployed and struggling to find work because of her disability. She had chronic back pain and was taking regular painkilling medication to manager her...
Families supported into jobs,skills and training -Brilliant outcomes for Birmingham
After five years of working on a project funded through The Big Lottery we wanted to share our headlines. “July 2012 was the final month for The Big Lottery - Family Supporters contract. Although...
Investing in pregnant women needs to be the focus of family policy
We have been working with pregnant women in Birmingham over a number of years. Many have difficult and complicated lives and while we primarily want to support them, we also want to help people...
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...
Community Volunteers wanted in Birmingham
We are excited to tell everyone about our new volunteer programme which kicks off in September. Volunteers will be working in their local communities helping people connect with each other. We...
Learning and training for young people.
I have just spent the last two weeks delivering a training course to 16 and 17 year old people. The course was Employability and Personal Development and though it was tiring it was a couple of the...
Birmingham Fun Run. Race to lose weight and improve health
Here at Gateway our Health Trainer service encounter lots of people who are trying to lose weight. This could be for lots of different reasons. For some it's lifestyle choice, for others it's...

