Be healthy
and happy
with CASBA
and happy
with CASBA
The Healthy and Happy Project is FREE for Adults with Learning Disabilities.
How we can help you to be Healthy and Happy:
Healthy Cooking Courses
Learn how to cook healthy food on a budget.
Exercise Courses
Move your body and get active – try new sports.
Health Checks
Get a free health check.
Want to lose weight?
Join our 12 week weight loss course.
You can join if:
- You are 18 years of age or older.
- You have a learning disability.
- You live in South Birmingham.
Healthy and Happy includes:
Exercise and Get Active!
We can help you get moving!
CASBA has free exercise sessions.
The sessions are friendly and inclusive.
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You do not need to be good at exercise.
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You can start at a level that is right for you.
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Even if you have never done exercise before you are welcome to join.
We can also help you find other ways to be active.
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This could include:
- Walking.
- Going to a local outdoor gym.
- Finding your local exercise groups.
- Helping you find other local activities and sports like badminton or swimming.
Healthy Cooking
We can help you learn to cook healthy food.
We run free healthy cooking sessions.
We show you how to make healthy food on a budget.
This means food that does not cost too much and is very tasty.
Our recipes and cooking information are all in Easy Read.
You will:
- Learn new cooking skills.
- Make healthy meals.
- Learn what food is healthy.
- Use Easy Read recipes.
- Meet and cook with other people.
Help With Your Weight
If you want to lose weight we can help.
Have you been told by a doctor or nurse that losing weight could help your health?
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Have you decided that you want help with your weight?
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CASBA can give you one-to-one support to help you.
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Or you can join one of our small groups.
We can help:
- Understand weight loss information.
- Decide what weight loss goals you want to achieve.
- Go to your first session with you.
- Ask questions for you.
- Talk to health professionals with you.
- Get weight loss information in Easy Read.
We can also help you find a weight management group or service that is local to you.
This could be a local Slimming World or a CASBA group.
Get a Health MOT
Get your health checked for free.
CASBA is working with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
They are providing a health check service.
A Health MOT can help you understand more about your health.
They will check:
- Your blood pressure.
- Your weight.
- Your risk of diabetes.
- Your heart health.
The health team can talk to you about what your results mean.
They can also send you to other health services who can help with any problems you have.
Get Support From a CASBA Health Champion
Dedicated people who can help you improve your health.
We have special CASBA Advocates who are Health Champions.
They will share their experience with you and tell you how they got support.
They will help you to learn about being healthy and happy.
They talk about things like:
- Healthy eating.
- Exercise.
- Weight.
- Health checks.
- Getting the right support from health services.
They will also be working to help healthcare professionals understand what people with learning disabilities need.
Or for more information you can call Suzanne on:
07840 960795
Leave a message and we will call you back.
You do not need to know which part of the Healthy and Happy Project you need.
We can talk about it with you.
More about Healthy and Happy:
Healthy and Happy is a special CASBA project.
CASBA is working with Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Together we want to make it easier for adults with learning disabilities to:
- Look after their health.
- Be more active.
- Eat healthy food.
- Help get support with weight management.
- Access regular health checks.
- Understand health information.
Speak up about the healthcare they need.
About our Funding:
Healthy and Happy is supported by the Birmingham Fairer Futures Locality Partnership Fund.
The project will run until March 2028.
