We offer a digital and face-to-face 12-week intervention for children, young people and their families 5-19 yrs who are above a healthy weight (BMI >91st centile).
Our service has input from Physiotherapy, Dietetics, Health Coach, CAMHS and Nursing.
Please contact us for information, to request training, or to make a referral for yourself, a family member or a family you work on.
020 7014 7066 Monday – Friday 9am - 5pm
huh-tr.powerupcandh@nhs.net
Hannah Pickard - Service Lead
Complete an online referral here
There are six parts to this referral. By pressing Proceed you are taken to the next part. On each occasion the page will refresh and the next part will appear. When you complete the sixth part - Additional Information - and press proceed the form will automatically arrive in our mailbox and you will see a thank you message on the screen with a reference number. We will be in contact after that. One of the questions asks about your body mass index (BMI). This is a fairly simple calculation which you can make following the NHS website guide - BMI calculator | Check your BMI - NHS | Please fill in your details (www.nhs.uk)
Weight management services in other boroughs
List here with links to refer
•Tower Hamlets – currently no service
•Newham – currently no service
•Haringey
•Waltham forest – currently no service
Places to weigh yourself in Hackney
Hackney Ark – Downs Ark Road, E8 2FP – call to book in at 02070147000
GP surgeries – Book appointment with registered GP surgery to get hight and weight measurements taken
GLL Leisure Centres
Britannia leisure centre
Pitfield Street
Hackney
London
N1 5FT
Clissold Leisure Centre
63 Clissold Road
Hackney
London
N16 9EX
Kings Hall Leisure Centre
39 Lower Clapton Road
Hackney
London
E5 0NU
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Feedback from users
Feedback from physical activity sessions |
Feedback from nutrition sessions |
What they enjoyed most | What they enjoyed most |
“The HIIT session” “Variation of exercises” “The warm up” “playing tag, running” “The dancing” Mum happy child was very much engaged in the exercise |
“kids enjoyed activities” “getting to put equipment away” “Practical activities” “the content of applying healthy smart techniques to achieve the desired goal” “goal setting” “learning about foot labelling” |
Free and inexpensive food
Where to to find information of list of local places that offer either free or cheap regular meals and/or food parcels
Hackney foodbank - provide emergency food parcels
Olio - food sharing app to reduce waste
Too good to go - app to buy unsold food from eateries
Free and inexpensive physical activity
Click the links to find information of local venues and services offering either cheap or free physical activity sessions in City and Hackney
Access to sport – Term time activities
Access to sport – School holidays activities
Young Hackney – Stoke Newington
Adventure playgrounds & sports hub: