Sports Health Check - a Health Promotion Charity

Sports Health Check have developed a model by which transparent information on nutrition, fitness that combines achievable easy to understand life choices to create healthier outcomes for entire communities to combat preventable chronic disease and help control the development of chronic disease in disadvantaged communities.

The aim of Sports Health Check is to make education and activity accessible and available in all communities to prevent Chronic disease and control the development of chronic disease in disadvantaged community groups that have been identified as having the highest mortality rate in relation to preventable chronic disease.

The program achieves the aims by delivering the programs as follows: -

• Highly Trained trainers, all with Certificate 4 in fitness.

• Each trainer is trained to a level where they can work with any group in the community. Community groups, Elder or leaders, principals or Managers are consulted for best communication and learning methods to meet the needs of the specific group.

• The same information can be delivered in many different ways – an understanding of the environment and group in need is essential.

• The use of Trained Elite athletes as Trainers/ Positive Role models to engage children and disadvantaged, marginalised and dislocated groups in society is critical and a proven practice.