Community Health & Activity
Mental Health Awareness Week
#ThisIsMyCommunity. This year’s theme for Mental Health Awareness Week Mental Health Foundation is ‘Community’ and celebrating its power and importance. CHAT will highlight some exciting projects that are happening across East Ayrshire to support wellbeing. Keep an eye out on our Facebook page for updates throughout the week.
The Lifestyle Development Team are involved in a wide range of activities to improve the health and wellbeing of people in our communities. They are here to provide support and advice to make improvements in your lives.
The Community Health Activity Team (CHAT) work across six place-based areas providing basic health checks, and offers information and advice on healthy living, mental health, alcohol and drug use.
Free Health Checks
Come along to have a friendly chat about healthier lifestyle choices. We offer checks for:
Blood Pressure
We check blood pressure to notice undiagnosed high blood pressure that can lead to a heart attack or stroke.
Weight
Maintaining a healthy weight will lower you risk of developing certain conditions and reduce pressure on joints and bones.
BMI & Body Fat Percentage
We also check weight and body fat levels as being overweight and high body fat has been linked to many health conditions such as heart attack, diabetes, cancer, stroke and various organ diseases.
CHAT About Wellbeing
The Community Health Activity Team provide support for those living with low to moderate mental health conditions. Our CHAT About Wellbeing programme can be done as a group or 1-1, it provides strategies for coping with stress and anxiety. We can also make referrals to our Activity on Prescription programme, which can provide support to increase activity levels, or help you access gyms, fitness classes or swimming in one of our East Ayrshire Leisure venues.
Corporate Health Checks
We offer more advanced health checks for businesses. This can be a great resource for employers who want to support their staff with their health and wellbeing.
This includes the standard health checks as well as blood sugar and blood cholesterol levels.
'MyDiagnostick' is a simple test that can pick up Atrial Fibrillation (AF) and and is also offered.
You can also get in touch with the team directly if you would like to discuss our services and how they can help
