Welcome to Lean Into Life
This is a unique initiative providing Mental & Emotional Health Education Coaches in the very heart of our community in the Black Country. There are now a growing number of trained LEAN INTO LIFE COMMUNITY COACHES that are providing a diverse range of programmes, courses, workshops, talks, and events that are available to an ever-increasing range of ethnicities across the borough.
All our registered Lean into Life Community Coaches are equipped with the knowledge, resources, and an extensive toolkit, that enables them to deliver a range of services to those people in their community who cannot access existing mental health and wellbeing services.
They are part of YOUR community, they belong to YOUR community, they understand and are sensitive to YOUR culture, and most importantly they speak YOUR language.
The ethnic communities that our current coaches will be supporting are as follows:
African, Afro Caribbean, Arab, Asian, Black British, Chinese, Deaf & Hard of Hearing, Eastern European, French Ghanaian, Indian, Mirpuri, Muslim, Pakistani, Patwari, Polish Roma, Portuguese, Punjabi, Sikh, Somalian, South Asian, Spanish, Urdu, West African, and Yemini.
Lean into Life Coaches are offering your community a range of services that will be delivered in your community’s language, and in a sensitive and culturally appropriate format. All our coaches are encouraged to think outside the box, finding creative ways to reach those people in need of support with their mental and emotional health, and their overall happiness and wellbeing.
It maybe that your Community Coach offers one of the following options:
Two-hour Talk
Workshop
Coffee & Chat
Wellbeing Forum
Happiness Day Event
Three-week Course / Six Week Course / Eight Week Course
Ultimately, Lean into Life Community Coaches are individuals who are passionate about making a difference to the mental and emotional health of people within their own community, irrespective of language and culture. They are providing a unique framework of education, practical tools, and strategies for those people struggling to cope with their current mental and emotional states. They can share knowledge and tools that empower individuals to develop healthy attitudes towards mental health and greater emotional resilience, whilst strengthening their capacities to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues.
They have trained as a Community Coach in order to help ALL communities across the breadth of the Black Country to access an innovative and revolutionary mental & emotional health education programme that is culturally appropriate, and available in the very heart of their community.
The training for all Coaches is offered by The Big Happiness Experiment CiC and is funded by the Black Country & West Birmingham NHS as part of the Health Inequalities initiative.
This video explains what our Coaches training provides, this will help you to gain a greater insight into the philosophy behind the Lean into Life model.
How many Lean into Life Community Coaches are there?
By the summer of 2023 there will be up to 60 Lean into Life Coaches across the Black Country conurbation offering a wide range of services to a diverse mix of ethnic communities.
In order to answer this question, please complete the enquiry form below. Once completed our nearest Coach will contact you to advise you of what services they are currently providing.
Questions and enquiries will be happily received via email lee@bighappinesscic.com or text message to 07565958601.