Healthy Living Centre Project
In November 2000 the Alliance was awarded £1 million from the
New Opportunities Fund & funding from Stirling Council, NHS Forth
Valley and Forth Valley Primary Care NHS Trust for five years towards
setting up a project. The overarching aim of this piece of work is
to improve health & well-being and tackle health inequalities.
The work is carried out in the 8 regeneration areas of Fallin, Throsk,
Cowie, Plean, Cultenhove, and Top of the Town, Raploch, and Cornton.
What We Do
Work in Partnership with Communities to offer Healthy Living Programmes
around the following issues:
- Diet & Nutrition
- Activity & Exercise
- Stress Reduction
- Information & Advice
- Opportunities for local people to train and become
Community Health Volunteers in the above areas of Health Work
 Encourage
and involve local people in
- Planning Programmes
- Attending conferences, seminars and meetings
- Community Health Forum
Who Will Do It
- Stirling Health & Well-being Alliance Development
Workers
- Information Resource Workers
- Volunteer Co-ordinator
in Partnership with
- Health Promotion
- Dieticians and Health Visitors
- Sport & Leisure & Community Support
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