Peabody Trust 'activates' London

A stream of free healthy living projects will be launched by Peabody Trust in the heart of the capital’s most deprived communities, as part of  a Big Lottery Fund award to Activate London programme this week.

Led by Peabody Trust, Activate London aims to improve the general health and lifestyle of all Londoners.

By using innovative ways of engaging families and individuals with unhealthy lifestyles Activate London’s partners hope to encourage disengaged members of the community to change their unhealthy habits through community-based social activities.

The programme launch will feature an exciting array of wellbeing events to be held in all four corners of the capital over the next week.

Peabody Trust Chief Executive Steve Howlett said: "This programme means that over 40,000 people living in the capital’s most deprived communities will have access to a whole range of enjoyable and educational projects that promote physical exercise, mental health and healthy eating.

"By encouraging social housing residents to adopt healthier diets and lifestyles, I believe we can create a more socially inclusive and sustainable London."

More than 84 individual projects will be rolled out from 300 local hubs, in 33 London Boroughs over the next four years, as part of the Big Lottery Fund awarded Activate London.

The programme includes gardening clubs, youth cooking activities, social outings for people over 50 years old and more. Peabody Trust helps form and support groups of social housing residents and enables them to devise and deliver their own projects.

Interested Londoners can call 0800587 8215 for more information or to reserve a place at any of the Peabody Trust-led, Activate London events.
Activate London is funded by the Big Lottery Fund.

The project is led by Peabody Trust and delivered in partnership with Broomleigh Housing, CBHA, Circle Anglia, Family Mosaic, Metropolitan Housing and Southern Housing.