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eastleigh.gov.uk
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
Sorting a good life for older people
Research has shown that children in England are having around 2,800 sugar cubes more than they should each year, more than double the maximum recommended amount. Too much sugar is bad for children’s health and can lead to serious health problems such as Type 2 diabetes, heart disease and some cancers. Too much sugar can also cause painful tooth decay.
Good Life Sorted is a new start-up, soon to launch in Eastleigh, that takes an innovative approach to providing in-home support to older people. The company uses self-employed neighbours, called Helpers, who are fully checked and trained, to offer a range of services to older adults at home, from welfare checks, laundry, cleaning and grocery shopping to companionship and even dog-walking. Good Life Sorted also connects older adults with local chiropodists, hairdressers, gardeners, plumbers, electricians and handymen. Similar concepts have been successful in countries like the United States and Belgium. Company founder, Constantine Karampatsos, says: “Good Life Sorted was set up to tackle the challenge of the growing ageing population, the lack of crossgenerational support and the growing shortage of professional carers. We chose Eastleigh because the Council encourages this type of innovation.” Find out more: goodlifesorted.com
Sugar swap for your family Supporting national Change4Life 2019 campaign The Council is supporting the 2019 national Change4Life new sugar swaps campaign to help families cut back on sugar by “making a swap when they next shop”. Pupils from Cherbourg Primary School helped us celebrate the launch when the Borough’s glass collection lorry visited them. The lorry has been adorned with Change4Life vinyls to promote the awareness of sugar swaps this summer.
All Borough libraries have teamed up for the campaign and are running fun interactive sugar swap activities for children and families throughout June. Change4Life is showing families how easy it is to cut back on sugar by making a few simple swaps to their everyday food and drink. To help #makeaswap, when shopping, families can download the fun free food scanner app, which lets you look up the sugar, saturated fat and salt in everyday food and drinks.
Find out more: eastleigh.gov.uk/change4life Picture above: Pupils from Cherbourg Primary School, with the Borough’s glass collection lorry
