HSE’S SPRING INTO ACTION INITIATIVE
HSE Ballytivnan Training Services recently launched their ‘Spring into Action’ initiative to contribute their part in achieving a Healthy Ireland.
Outlining details of the programme, Esther Mooney, Community Access Facilitator HSE said Spring in Action is about eating a little better, thinking a little better and moving a little better, thus feeling better. As part of ‘move a little better’, Esther complimented those who participate in the daily ‘Ad Break’ challenge, explaining that “each day a different service user leads out on the movement exercises, we also encourage participants to repeat the exercises in their own homes and get other family members involved”.
There is a wide choice of sport and recreation options available to those attending the service with more people achieving a Couch to 1k, 2k and 5k walk/jog.
She said: “We are working in partnership with the Health Science Department in IT Sligo to deliver an Operation Transformation Programme for seven of our service users.
“The programme includes mindfulness and relaxation sessions with workshops on healthy eating, exercise and lifestyle. We are planning other workshops with invited guest speakers in the hope of maintaining the positive buzz that is reeling through the Ballytivnan Training Centre at the moment.”
Speaking at the launch, Ann Marie Banks, Service Manager HSE Ballytivnan Training Services stated that the “achievement of goals set out in Healthy Ireland depends on us all taking a proactive approach to healthy living”.
She commended the staff for their work in promoting the participation of people with disabilities in sports and recreation activities and thanked Sligo Sports and Recreation Partnership and IT Sligo for facilitating them delivering these programmes”.
HSE Ballytivnan Training Services provides training programmes for adults with a disability. For further information contact annemarie.banks@hse.ie or call 071-9143214.