Be Well: The Big Life Group
Be Well is for anyone who lives in Manchester, or whose GP surgery is based there. You’ll come to us if you speak to your GP and you think that you could be helped by ongoing support in the community, rather than just by a medical approach. Be Well is here to help you find a way to live and feel well.
When you come to Be Well, you’ll be assessed by one of our trained coaches. They’ll talk to you about the help you need and the goals you want to achieve, and set you up with the most appropriate person in the team to get you to where you want to be.
You’ll then have regular one-to-one sessions– either face-to-face or over the phone. Together with your worker, you will talk through any changes in your life you would like to make; and ways to keep you motivated along your journey.
Through coming to Be Well, you’ll feel motivated to make changes that stick and you’ll have learned some new ways of staying on the right track.
It might be that you have one particular issue that’s central to you. Because Be Well is a partnership of local organisations, we also have coaches who specialise in certain areas:
- If your needs include issues with work – for instance if you need help to stay in work through physio or HR support, or you’re looking for a job – you’ll see a specialist coach with experience in that area.
- If you need advice around welfare issues, housing, money management and so on, you’ll be able to access a telephone line run by Citizens’ Advice Manchester.
Be Well are also the contact for Manchester’s weight management offer. Eligible residents who wish to achieve a healthy weight can be referred into the Slimming World on Referral scheme.
Who to contact
- Telephone
- 0161 470 7120 0161 470 7120
- Website
- Be Well: The Big Life Group
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Where to go
- Address
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Big Life, 339
Stretford Road
Manchester
- Postcode
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M15 4ZYView M15 4ZY on a map
- Notes
Our team are based all over Manchester in different places, so you can meet them at the doctors, in a community centre, or even a fire station.
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