Obesity « Walsall Arts Into Health

Obesity

Our work promotes healthy eating and physical activity messages through supporting Walsall’s healthy lifestyle services for adults, children and young people.

Teen LifeCheck Report

The ‘Teenlife Check’ report provides a summary case study of the Arts and Health project outcomes, impact, developments and a summary of recommendations for sustainability.

Download the Teen LifeCheck Report by clicking here.
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Catch Me Before I Fall

‘Catch Me Before I Fall’ – sometimes known as ‘The Great Project’ – was developed by Walsall Council Creative Development Team to encourage people with a learning disability to become regular users of existing leisure services in Walsall.

‘Catch Me Before I Fall’ was financed by a Communities For Health (Public Health) fund and the Creative Development Team worked in partnership with Walsall Learning Disability Partnership Board and third sector organisation Mencap to deliver the project.
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Open Spaces; Open Places

Delivery of a arts, health and environmental participatory project which engages young adults with autism and learning difficulties to access a range of opportunities that promotes participation in creative arts processes, appreciation and experience of the outdoor natural environment and enhancing physical and emotional health and well-being.
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Feeling Good!

Creative arts sessions have focused on exploring and raising awareness to positive mental health and wellbeing and signposting to local support services, as well as developing appropriate and accessible health awareness resources through extensive consultation with children and young people.
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The Weight’s Over

Walsall Men’s Health & Obesity Consultation Project
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Fun 4 Life

A creative consultation project was commissioned in March 2009 aiming to inform the delivery and structure of Fun 4 Life sessions and the development of a branded website. The project captured the personal journeys of participants, and enabled the exploration of:
- expectations
- motivations
- aspirations
- attitudes and perceptions
- learning / skills developed
- challenges
- personal experiences
- goals achieved
- and benefits / impact.
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Family Fun

‘Family Fun’ project looked to use creative and interactive approaches to consultation and evaluation to gather family’s thoughts, experiences and feedback on the ‘Family Fun’ sessions run as part of the NHS Community Health – Healthy Lifestyles Team physical activity programme delivered across the borough.
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TAXI!

TAXI explored the links between community arts practice and social marketing principles, developing a project which maximises the benefits of each approach with a focus on encouraging local taxi drivers to review their lifestyle and make positive changes to their health and well being. The project was funded by the Department of Health through the Communities for Health programme.
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Step by step with May and June

What does food really mean to us and what can we do for people who are literally eating themselves to an early grave?
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Fit Food

‘FIT FOOD’ is a child friendly, interactive DVD resource with supporting teacher’s lesson plans and guidelines and children’s activity book which has been developed to support the Key Stage 2 PSHE curriculum. The DVD resource includes film, animation, drama, music, interviews, research and humour to explore topic areas around healthy eating, nutrition and physical activity.
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Walsall Halloween Health Event – Wicked Health Day

More than 900 people enjoy a spell of good health…
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