Four member practices collaborating to provide services to their local population
The Vale Medical Centre
Woolstone Medical Centre
Wells Park Practice
Sydenham Green Group Practice

Workshop themes

The Dietitian and Health & Wellbeing Coach workshops in the Zoom room nicely dovetail with the Eatwell Guide to support you with your weight, health and wellbeing goals over 12 weeks. 

Each workshop has a theme to illustrate the benefits of eating well, moving more and living better.  Lifestyle habits are about the daily choices we make.  Looking after our health and wellbeing is about making better choices and decisions in different situations we face throughout the day.
Getting started sets you off on your journey for management of your health and wellbeing. Start writing in your journal where you are now, what you want to achieve and how you're going to get there ...  
Take it easy explores the benefits of being physically active. How much exercise do you really need to do? What is the best exercise? Is leisurely walking any good for us? Can we lose weight just by getting active?
Mind the gap looks at the relationship between what we eat and drink and the mind. Food and drink can affect our mood, but can it actually help in depression? Might diet help us see the glass as half full, rather than half empty? 
Top it up! We all want to have bags of energy for work, rest (not falling asleep watching Netflix!) and play - these are three areas of activity in our lives. Find out how to top up your energy level ... 
Boost natural defence. Since 2020, we have much greater appreciation of the importance of natural defence against invading viruses and bacteria. Can diet boost the effectiveness of our defence? 
Love your heart. Some risk factors for heart disease cannot be changed, such as family history and increasing age, but food, drink and other lifestyle factors also play a part. Do omega-3 fats help?   
Blood sugar control. Like heart disease, there are risk factors for type 2 diabetes that we cannot change, but we can do things that lower our risk of diabetes. Hmmm ... does sugar cause diabetes?  
Pressure point. High blood pressure is known as the 'silent killer', because it doesn't cause any symptoms. Family history is a factor, but lifestyle factors, and the mind, also play a part ...
Sleep matters. Is there a daily activity more important to our mental and physical health than sleep? Not getting enough makes for a lousy start to the day, but we can do things to improve that ...  
Living mindfully. Life gives us many wonderful things, but the pace can be hectic and we always seem to be juggling so much life stuff, which can make it stressful. We'll look at ways for coping ...
Talking gut. It grumbles, it rumbles, it burps ... and bottom burps! If your gut 'talks' too much, then this workshop will help you put a sock in it!  And learn why gut bacteria are important to our health ...
Balancing act is about bringing together all the learning from the workshops, and taking this forward throughout your life. How do you maintain what you've achieved. Let's talk about it ...