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Messy Play Sessions at Stewarton Area Centre and Tots Sessions at Darvel Town Hall will not take place this week on 19 & 20 August. And on the following dates.

  • Messy Play at Stewarton Area Centre -  27th August & 3rd September
  • Tot's Sessions at Darvel Town Hall -  26th August & 2nd September
  • Tot's Sessions at Rose Reilly - 22nd August & 29th August
  • Funky Friday Sessions at Grange -  22nd August & 29th August  

    Burns House Museum and Library will be closed to the public from Fri 22 August reopening Sat 13 September to allow for essential building work.
    Newmilns Library will be closed between 11.45am-1pm on Wednesday 27th August
    We apologise for any inconvenience. 

Community Health & Activity

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:

Community Health Checks Timetable August

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.

Click here to read more about the services we offer

You can also get in touch with the team directly if you would like to discuss our services and how they can help