JumpStart

NHS Ayrshire and Arran’s Child Healthy Weight team provide family based weight management programmes for families with children and young people aged five to 17 who are above a healthy weight.

Jumpstart is an eight session group based intervention which works with children who meet the criteria of being aged five – 17 years old and above a healthy weight. The programme runs weekly for one hour over an eight week period and is based around healthy eating, physical activity and positive health behaviour change.

Ongoing support is provided up to a year.

The service aims to actively promote and deliver the programme in areas of higher deprivation to allow ease of access to our service.

Main areas where programmes are delivered:

Ayr, Kilwinning, Irvine, Ardrossan, Kilmarnock

Occasional areas where programmes are delivered:

Maybole, Drongan, Dalmellington, Kilbirnie, Cumnock, Girvan.

This is a free service.