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Health for Life

Welcome to Health for Life in the community

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Health for Life is a community programme which aims to make a sustained difference to healthy lifestyles in local communities across Birmingham.  It provides facilities and support to establish activities which engage people in growing food, physical activity, healthy eating and cookery.

Funded by Mondelēz International, Health for Life is delivered to the community by The Conservation Volunteers and, through schools, by Services for Education. The programme supports Change4Life, the wellbeing campaign from Public Health England, and offers a range of opportunities to encourage families towards leading healthier lifestyles.

Green Gym Gardening Groups

TCV supports the development of Health for Life community food growing spaces across south Birmingham and run regular Green Gym gardening groups to involve both groups and individuals in getting active and growing fruit and vegetables. Green Gym is a ‘work out’ in the outdoors and can include a variety of activities, with a particular focus, through Health for Life, on growing fresh food.

Apple harvest

TCV Birmingham currently has gardening teams at sites in Ley Hill, Selly Oak, Bournville, West Heath, and at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. These sessions take place weekly, are free to attend, and open to all aged 18+ members of the community.

We also host regular, free gentle walks at different sites in South Birmingham.

Details of our upcoming sessions can be found here, or on our Eventbrite page here.

Healthy Eating Sessions

As well as our Green Gym gardening sessions, we also offer Healthy Eating cookery classes. These fun and interactive sessions provide opportunities to try new recipes and share ideas on how to use home-grown produce to make tasty, seasonal meals that won’t break the bank.

You will also be able to find us at a number of local events throughout the year – keep an eye on our social media for news!

Health for Life Reports 2012-2018

  • Health for Life report Year 1
  • Health for Life report Year 2
  • Health for Life report Year 3
  • Health for Life report Year 4 (half year)
  • Health for Life report Year 4 (full year)
  • Health for Life report Year 5 (full year)

Keep up to date on what’s happening now in the Health for Life programme

For further information about healthy eating sessions and upcoming events, please follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. We have a Facebook group – Grow Well, Eat Well – to share help, advice, as well as hints and tips about growing your own food.

Woman harvesting potatoes

You can also find lots of help and advice for growing your own food, as well as step by step recipe cards for making healthy meals for the family over on our Health for Life blog.

Contact

Laura B (07801 686 019)
Email: midlands@tcv.org.uk

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