Welcome to "Happy in Your Body"
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Addressing health inequalities in Tower Hamlets by offering free and low cost creative health services,including health coaching, complementary therapies, mindfulness and
personal lifestyle medicine training.
We are
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A not-for profit community interest company and social enterprise
helping people to lead happier, healthier and more connected lives.
We offer
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Our services include access to free and low-cost health services:
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Mindfulness support groups
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Pain management
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Individual and small group health & wellbeing coaching in partnership with Green Space Coaching
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Complementary therapies in partnership with The Pathways Trust
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Creative personal lifestyle medicine training
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We serve
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We specifically target disadvantaged women from low income and BAME backgrounds, inluding those with emerging English language and literacy, who have exhausted available NHS treatment options.
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Our Track Record
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We have been working in Tower Hamlets, serving the
local community for over 20 years and have extensive
experience working with hard-to-reach groups.
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Our founder Anna (Tish) Robinson won three community awards
during the pandemic and the ”Take Back Your Life” course she co-developed was a finalist in the 2023 "Innovations in Mindfulness" awards
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The Need
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A significantly higher rate of anxiety & depression alongside chronic pain exists in Tower Hamlets, particularly affecting the BAME community.
People with chronic pain are more likely to experience
disability and social isolation.
Mindfulness, complementary therapies, and health-coaching
have all been shown to reduce depression and anxiety
in people with long-term pain.
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Peer-support groups reduce social isolation and help people to reintegrate with the community.
Recently the BBC reported that 1 in 4 adults aged 16-75 live with
chronic pain: “an often hidden and misunderstood condition.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-61309962
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30,975 people in TH have back-pain,
approximately 11% of population.