Healthy Bodies Healthy Minds

Aim

We believe a healthy body leads to a healthy mind and we aim to help the Chinese community improve their overall wellbeing through exercise

We are a government registered charity serving the UK Chinese community for over 30 years. Many of our users are socially isolated due to language and cultural barriers. Our Center focuses on helping our community improve and maintain their physical and emotional well-being. We provide a wide range of services, for example, Chinese speaking doctor's clinic, walk in centre support, Chinese speaking counselling services, health talks etc. 

As the elderly community has been particularly affected by Covid-19, we would like to resume the once very popular weekly walking days and dance, yoga and tai chi classes so that they can begin to resume normal life as well as start exercising again. 

With the weekly walking day outs, the participants are able to gather with people who are of similar age groups and cultural backgrounds and are able to walk around London to learn more about the local landscape whilst exercising and getting much needed fresh air. Tai Chi, Yoga and Dancing lessons will be held indoors and again provide much needed socialization and exercise. 

In our experience, many of the participants would not be doing any of these activities if they are not provided by us because of language issues, they simply cannot join in on other local English speaking classes. Also, due to their age, they often lack the confidence to attend classes by themselves elsewhere. We are able to provide them with a much needed safe and supportive space so that they can look after their minds and their bodies.

This project closed unsuccessfully on 6th January 2022