different ways to get involved with lifestyle medicine JSY:
CURRENTLY RECRUITING - 8 Week Metabolic Health Course - Funded by Jersey Community Foundation
Next courses start end of September 2025 - a free 8 week in-person course.
This course is designed specifically for individuals diagnosed or at risk of metabolic syndrome. This means having at least two metabolic health conditions including - being overweight, having high blood pressure, abnormal cholesterol, or pre-diabetes. Led by local certified lifestyle medicine professionals, Dr Jo Darwood (local GP), and Lauren Perchard-Rees (Healthcare Professional) who have over 40 years of combined experience in health care and are passionate about supporting people to achieve better health whilst creating a community for ongoing support.
Courses will be held at various locations and times over an 8-week period, with core 90 minute sessions education sessions and a couple of practical sessions. We cover the science on topics such as nutrition, movement, stress management, sleep, and social connections. The course has maximum 15 people per group. As well as education there will be lots of tools to support behaviour change, such as health coaching and cognitive behavioural therapy.
A recent participant, Ronni from St. Martin’s, who joined the pilot programme for people living with pre-diabetes, shared, "I’m so happy with my results, so enthusiastic about this way of living, and grateful to have had the opportunity to attend."
The Live Well Programme
We are on a mission to deliver 30 fully funded (free to you) Lifestyle Medicine Courses from Autumn 2024 to Autumn 2026. Key health concerns and conditions that we aim to focus on include:
- Metabolic health (for people with two or more risk factors for cardiovascular disease - high blood pressure, obesity, impaired fasting glucose, high triglycerides, unhealthy cholesterol levels) FUNDED BY JERSEY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION UNTIL END OF 2025
- Cancer Recovery - SEEKING FUNDING
- Brain Health (for people with mild cognitive impairment or concerned about future brain health) - SEEKING FUNDING
- Mental health - for people living stressful lives and at risk of burn out - SEEKING FUNDING
WE ARE CURRENTLY SEEKING SPONSORSHIP TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THESE COURSES AVAILABLE. PLEASE GET IN TOUCH IF YOU OR YOUR BUSINESS ARE INTERESTED IN SPONSORING A COURSE
Tailored Employee Health and Wellbeing Courses
Does the health of your employees mean more to you than medical insurance and one off wellbeing days? We can create bespoke and meaningful science and behaviour change based courses to improve the health of your workforce - giving you tangible impact data to demonstrate the benefits to your business and your people.