Hearty Lives Plymouth
Some areas of Plymouth have much higher rates of
heart disease than others. These include:
- Devonport and Maurice Town
- North Prospect and Keyham
- Stonehouse and Stoke
- East End
- Ernesettle
We are working in partnership with NHS Plymouth
and investing £100,000 to improve the heart health
of these communities. Almost 400 people have benefited from the
Hearty Lives Plymouth project so far and it’s hoped that over the
next three years over 6,000 local people will directly benefit from
the investment.
Relationships with voluntary and statutory services have
been created and partnerships set up with Plymouth YMCA,
Plymouth City Council, Plymouth Stop Smoking Service and Eldertree
Support & Befriending Service (for over 50s) to deliver the
project effectively in the community.
Our aim
The Hearty Lives Plymouth project is a tremendously exciting project for the city, which will help us reduce the high rate of heart disease and strokes amongst our population.
Rosie Heath, GP Vascular Lead.
To tackle health
inequalities in Plymouth and support the local community
through:
- a Heart Health Improvement Practitioner to
help people understand more about heart health including the
causes and prevention of heart disease
- heart health checks in community venues
- free fitness and heart lifestyle
assessments
- opportunities to learn about cooking and
eating for a healthy heart
- training for Community Heart Health Champions
in your neighbourhoods
- support for workplace heart health sessions in
small businesses and with unemployed groups
More info
Hazel, aged 68 from Stoke, and Lisa, aged 28 from Keyham, are
just two of the people benefiting from Hearty Lives Plymouth by
attending the Integrated Community Exercise (ICE) programme.
Hazel said: “I suffered a heart attack
16 years ago and always try to stay physically active, so I was
really pleased to find out about ICE. I think exercise is important
in life and in just four weeks of attending I had already noticed a
difference to my health and wellbeing.”
Lisa said: “I’ve tried a lot of ‘fad’ diets over the years, so to
find out that this new project could help me was great news. I’m
really enjoying ICE and have already lost 9lbs, which has made me
feel a lot healthier and better.”
For more information about Hearty Lives Plymouth please
contact Area Development Manager Suzy
Taylor on taylorsu@bhf.org.uk.