• FREE six week programme delivered one day a week for 2.5 hours
• The aim is to support people with a long-term health or medical condition and help them to improve their quality of life
• Designed to help people with chronic or long term illness regain as much control over their physical and emotional well-being as possible 
• Topics covered include 
  • healthy eating
  • relaxation
  • appropriate physical exercise 
  • dealing with pain
  • fatigue
  • stress and depression
  • communicating effectively with friends, family and health professionals
• For anyone who has one or more long-term health conditions such as; 
  • asthma
  • arthritis 
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • depression
  • diabetes 
  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  • heart disease 
  • sickle cell
  • HIV
  • ME/Chronic fatigue
  • Chronic pain 

The course is also available and proved to be beneficial for carers of someone with a long term condition. The programme is delivered by two volunteer tutors who themselves live with long-term conditions and can give practical advice based on their own life experience.