Our Local Offer: Aberfeldy Health

Our Track Record

The Aberfeldy Centre runs a range of popular health and wellbeing activities for all ages:

  • Health & Fitness – such as Fit for What, yoga, dance and women only fitness classes
  • Food & Nutrition – sessions like Healthy Cooking with Nehar share simple, nutritious recipes with families to tackle childhood obesity
  • Reducing of Diabetes – The centre invites experts to raise awareness among local residents about how to avoid Diabetes.
  • Knit & Natter – brings together older residents, helping them to keep active and overcome isolation
  • Kidz Klub – we work with Play Association Tower Hamlets (PATH) to deliver this fun, creative and imaginative play for kids project, which also mentored parents to become Play Champions
  • The Games Room – provides children with a space to be active and socialise, while parents can meet friends
  • Community garden – a group of local residents tend a herb and vegetable patch next to the Centre, where children learn about growing food
  • Pre and Post-Natal classes – supports parents alongside Weekly Clinics with Health Visitors
  • Kitchen Social: During school holidays in the pandemic we provided ‘take and make’ recipe meal-kit boxes and kids activity packs for families to take home, benefiting 220 children
  • Kids BMX sessions: In partnership with Access Sport, we are delivering weekly outdoor BMX sessions, for children aged 6 – 11years
“The BMX cycling sessions is an amazing way to build up my children’s confidence and is helping them learn new skills and has given them a lot of confidence on how to ride a bike in a safe area. Thank you for giving our children the opportunity to learn how to ride a bike.”
Parent of cycling participant

Improved wellbeing through healthier lifestyles

Inclusive and high quality places & infrastructure

Reduced health & other inequalities and enhanced wellbeing

Future Plans

  • An upgraded health centre – expected to open in 2022.
  • Gym for all Aberfeldy residents
  • Well-One café, adjoining new health centre, will help to promote healthy living and eating
  • Healthy streets, walking and cycling are central to new masterplan development
  • Leven Rd MUGA and green space to be redeveloped and enhanced to include sports courts, running trail and outdoor gym
  • Enhancements planned for Millenium Green, Braithwaite Park and Leven Rd, all designed to promote healthier living and lifestyles
  • Soon to launch Poplar Links –  a social prescribing website connecting residents to local health and wellbeing activities
  • Working in partnership with Sustrans and HUBBUB to develop a cycle hub that will be trialled in Chrisp Street, offering free cycle hire, cycle routes, led rides, maintenance and safety information
  • With the support of Social Action for Health (SAFH) we are successfully running a telephone befriending service, which will adapt to in-person befriending as Covid restrictions ease.
  • A new Well One Community Connector is working to establish strong relationships with partners and resident groups to increase participation in the network’s activities.