Healthy living

Free local help to get more active, check your health and live well with a long-term condition.

NHS Health Check

If you are aged 40 to 74 and do not have heart disease, diabetes or kidney disease, you can have a free NHS Health Check every 5 years. It checks your blood pressure, cholesterol and risk of diabetes, and takes about 30 minutes.

Be Well runs NHS Health Checks at community venues for people registered with a Manchester GP. To book, call 0770 287 2861.

Find out about the NHS Health Check (opens the NHS website)

Getting active

Walking and Talking, Ladybarn Park

A free, friendly walk every Wednesday, 10:30am to 11:30am. Meet on Parrswood Road, near Briarfield Road. You do not need to book.

Physical Activity Referral Service

If you are 18 or over and have a long-term condition such as heart disease, COPD, diabetes or a stroke, MCRactive's referral service offers supported exercise at local leisure and community centres. A health professional needs to refer you, so ask us. For questions, call 0161 974 7839.

Exercise advice and free fitness videos on the NHS website (opens the NHS website)

Weight

Use the NHS healthy weight calculator (opens the NHS website) to check your BMI, and the free NHS Weight Loss Plan (opens the NHS website) for help losing weight.

Living with a long-term condition

Expert Patients Programme

A free course of 6 weekly sessions, each two and a half hours, at venues across Manchester. It helps people living with a long-term condition, and their carers, manage symptoms and feel more in control between appointments. Call 0161 549 6624 or email [email protected].

Be Well

A Be Well coach can help with your health, as well as work, money, housing and loneliness. Ask us to refer you, or call 0161 470 7120.

South Manchester Parkinson's Support Group

Meets on the 2nd Monday of each month, 12pm to 2pm, at Didsbury Baptist Church, School Lane, M20 6SX. Call Parkinson's UK on 0344 225 9846.