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Healthy Horizons

Get Fitter. Get Healthier. Feel Happier.

Support to help manage your weight. 


Ready to make positive, lasting changes to your health and wellbeing?

Ready to take the first step towards a healthier you? Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council's Health Intervention Team, together with the Northern Health and Social Care Trust (NHSCT), is offering a FREE 12-week programme to help you become fitter, healthier and happier.

The programme is funded by the Public Health Agency (PHA) and the Northern Healthy Lifestyles Partnership and is designed to support you in making positive lifestyle changes that last.

You'll get support, knowledge and practical tools to help you:

  • Manage your weight
  • Improve your fitness and wellbeing
  • Build healthier habits
  • Increase your confidence and motivation

A friendly, supportive programme designed to help you make sustainable lifestyle changes, one step at a time.

Please note that eligibility criteria apply to this programme and places are limited. Further information can be found below.

 
Ready to make positive, lasting changes to your health and wellbeing?

Make a real life change

Make a real life change
 

The supportive 12-week weight management programme features weekly 2-hour group sessions led our trained Health Intervention Team along with health coaches from the NHSCT.

You'll learn about:

  • Healthy eating and nutrition
  • Physical activity
  • Mindset, motivation and wellbeing
  • How to make sustainable lifestyle changes with support from trained Health Coaches
  • Sharing experiences and building confidence through group discussion and peer support
  • Tracking your progress using a free workbook and lifestyle logbook

Our current 12-week programme is now underway. Details and dates for the next programme will be added to this webpage as soon as they are available.

Take the first step!

To register your interest in joining this programme, please email Louise Crawford from the Northern Health and Social Care Trust at:

E: louise.crawford@northerntrust.hscni.net

Please include the following information in your email:

  • Full name
  • Contact telephone number (Louise will contact you regarding your expression of interest)
  • Preferred location: Mossley Pavilion or Muckamore Community Centre
  • When registering, please confirm that you meet all of the below eligibility criteria.

Eligibility Criteria

Places are limited and will be allocated on a first come, first served basis, subject to availability and the following criteria:

  • Be aged 18 years or over
  • Be a resident of Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough
  • BMI 40 or above. Use the BMI calculator to find out your BMI.
  • Be willing and able to increase your physical activity levels (please consult your GP if you are unsure)
  • Be available to attend weekly sessions starting in September

 

If you have any questions, please contact the MORE team below.

We are available to help you Monday – Thursday 8AM - 8PM, Friday 8AM - 6PM and Saturday – Sunday 10AM - 4PM.