Community Health Activity Mentor Program
Here we team up with HIGHER FASTER STRONGER
to tackle obesity amongst financially disadvantaged people...
CHAMP an initative of DISC INCThis program is designed to assist those from financially disadvantaged backgrounds whom suffer from obesity are at risk of obesity or who are unable to exercise in the mainstream due to illness.
This program is not only about weight but also about ones selfesteem, its about encouraging people to choose healthy lifestyle options that suit their own individual needs. Its empowering people to feel good about themselves. We are fortunate to have Shari aka Amazon (the gladiator) on board as our mentor along with Leonie Thomas who developed this porgram. Leonie previously experienced her own weight loss journey and became an ambassador for Bodytrim she also suffers from an invisible illness and felt the need to create a program that enabled others like herself to engage socially with others. Leonie's role in this program is to assist people with their personal style. We acknowledge that money restraints impacts peoples ability to make positive changes in their diet and prevents them from being able to seek assistance from Persoanl Trainers, Gym Memberships and the like. Most diets available on the market come at an expence unafordable to those from financially disadvantaged backgrounds. Our program is designed to educate the individual and their families on food choices suitable to their financial needs, it looks at the importance of exercise and how simply going for a walk can assist in increasing ones overall wellbeing and how to maintain all they learn in this program so it becomes a lifstyle, its interactive and will achieve positive results. Within this program we also look at those in our community that are impacted by the restraints associated with illness, with the permission of their GP we encourage them to work within a group of people experiencing similar restraints so that they can socially engage whilst enabling them to exercise at a level that is suitable to their needs which will help to increase their overall well being. We have engaged the services of an exercise physiologist to assist us with this ellement of this program. This part of the program also connects people from our SHIIP program providing them with another service suitable to their needs. |