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Health Buzz 
Cancer awareness presentation
Healthy Living manager gives up smoking
Bangor Street Community Gym
Induction at Highercroft gym
Highercroft gym
Blackburn with Darwen Healthy Living
Welcome to Blackburn with Darwen Healthy Living's new website. The aim of the charity is to maintain and develop a creative partnership to tackle the social and economic inequalities experienced in Blackburn to ensure people living in these areas can achieve their optimum state of well-being and health. The project will ensure that the communities have ownership and involvement in the project to design local solutions to meet health needs.
Blackburn with Darwen Healthy Living is based at Bangor St Community. The charity aims to provide training and educational opportunities for the community to develop health and fitness opportunities, healthy eating programmes and various activities and projects, all aimed at improving the health and mental well-being of residents living in Blackburn.
Our vision is "To ensure that local people have access to, and are involved in the design and delivery of services that improve their health and well-being."
Latest Newsroom
News
Woman 2 Woman is a new scheme launched by Blackburn with Darwen Healthy Living aimed at increasing cancer awareness. The aim is to increase awareness of cervical and breast cancer screening, particularly in ethnic minority women, in the north neighbourhood. For more information click here
Health Buzz has been launched. Blackburn with Darwen have unveiled a new innovative Health Bus. For more information click here
Sexual Health & Risk Taking Board Game Resource is now available to be purchased. Blackburn with Darwen Healthy Living worked in partnership with Brook and Young People Services to develop an education resource with White N.E.E.T (not in education, employment or training) young men living in Shadsworth around sexual health and risk taking behaviour. For more information click here
Highercroft Citizen's Jury have re-launched their newly refurbished Food Co-operative and Community Gym at Roman Road Community Centre. Healthy Living have provided support and training to enable the group of volunteers to set up both initiatives.
For more details and information about the Food Cooperative click here
The Citizens Jury training was provided by Peter Bryant, a private consultant. To find out more about the services he can provide visit www.communityinvolvement.org.uk
New Initiatives
Cancer-Public awareness campaign.
The aim of the campaign is to increase public awareness of four major cancers, thus increasing the chances of early detection and survival rates. The campaign was launched on the 4th December at a well attended event held at Ewood Park. Delegates from community groups were invited to attend workshops relating to breast, cervical, colorectal and smoking related cancers. The delegates were provided with training on the various cancers and then subsequently supported in delivering information back to their group members. They have now completed their sessions with their own groups and attended a presentation at Bangor Street where they provided feedback on how successful the project had been.
Smoking Cessation
Blackburn with Darwen Healthy Living has been commissioned by NHS Blackburn with Darwen to deliver smoking cessation services in Blackburn targeting some of the most deprived communities. We hold sessions and clinics at various venues that are convenient and easy for you to attend; we work throughout the Highercroft, Shadsworth, Whitebirk, Bastwell & Shearbrow areas. Our service offers advice, guidance and support to find the best way for you to stop smoking, as well as providing vouchers for therapy to help you to give up. A Specialist Advisor and a Stop Smoking Specialist Nurse are on hand to support you every step of the way.
Drop in Sessions for Stop Smoking Therapy are now held at several places around the Blackburn area. Times and Places of these sessions are shown below:
Carers Service, Oakenhurst Road: Mondays 10:00am - 12:00pm
Hereford House: Mondays 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Bangor Street Community Centre: Mondays 4:30pm - 6:30pm
Blackburn Town Hall: Tuesdays 12:00pm - 3:00pm
Roman Road Community Centre: Thursdays 1.30pm - 3.30pm
We Also have Discreet one to one Stop Smoking Service for people who wish to remain anonymous, whereby people can telephone the number below to arrange a suitable time.
For more details please call 01254 292669.
Community Gyms
Blackburn with Darwen Healthy Living now supports two community gyms:
Bangor Street Community Centre has two gyms, one male, one female. The gyms have a well organised layout and are fully equipped with:
- Cardiovascular - Treadmills, Cross Trainers, Bikes and Steppers
- Resistance equipment for weight training
The gyms also have changing rooms and showers.
Highercroft gym has recently re-opened in Roman Road community centre and has a well equipped room with bikes, treadmills, cross trainer and small weights.
Membership forms are available at reception both at Bangor Street and Roman Road community centres.. A yearly membership costs £26 at Bangor, plus a £2 one off induction fee. While at Highercroft it is £10 for the year, or £5 for 6 months, with no induction fee.
Gym membership forms can be picked up from reception at each of the community centres.
Supervised sessions are available through Fitness for Life.
Opening Times Bangor Street
| Monday - Friday | 9:00am - 10:00pm |
| Saturday | 10:00am - 1:00pm |
| Sunday | Closed |
Highercroft
| Monday
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9:00am - 5:00pm |
| Tuesday | 1:00pm - 8:00pm |
| Wednesday | 9:30am - 2:00pm |
| Thursday | 9:00am - 8:00pm |
| Friday | 9:30am - 2:00pm |
