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Health arriving by taxi cab

SEFTON Taxi drivers are turning the tables on their customers by giving them a tip or two during Men’s Health Week. Hackney and some private hire drivers will be handing out a free information booklet to their passengers this week as part of Sefton Primary Care Trust’s work to improve the health of all local men.

Called Sefton Man, the booklet offers simple ways for men to improve their lifestyle to safeguard their future health and wellbeing, including tips on improving diet, increasing physical activity, reducing alcohol and stopping smoking.

Taxi drivers have been working with the PCT for some months now as part of the Colin the Cabbie project. This latest initiative from Sefton’s men’s health team follows a series of similar successful projects working with bus and truck drivers, who, from research, lead unhealthier lifestyles than men working in other professions.

Jo McCullagh, health promotion specialist, said: “This new booklet is just one part of the work we’re doing in Sefton to help our men lead healthier and longer lives. “We’ve designed it with input from the men we are particularly targeting to ensure it is going to be useful for them.”

Gareth Lewis, men’s health nurse, added: “It is about promoting the preventative steps that all men can take to help reduce their risk of serious long term illness in a way that it right for them.”

The project also incorporates a number of other elements aimed at improving the lives of the drivers. Workshops on healthy eating have been organised for them and free leisure passes are encouraging them to get active after spending a shift on the road.

A number of men have also been trained as peer mentors so they can offer lifestyle advice and information to fellow taxi drivers and the public.

Taxi driver Percy Smith said: “Our booklet is excellent. “It gives a lay persons understanding, keeping it simple to get the message across. “Instead of asking each other at the ranks if we’ve had a busy day, we’re now talking about quitting smoking. “It’s been a real eye opener and it’s made me think about my lifestyle and the effect it’s having on my health.”

To find out more about national Men’s Health Week, visit www.malehealth.co.uk

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I did not actually know anything about this article until I read it on here today, but Percy, the driver involved, has a habit of doing things off his own bat. I know for a fact that every morning from 10 to 12 you will find him at the Fitness Connection gym. He is a person that likes to keep himself in good shape and the job of driving a taxi allows him the freedom to do so ( and good on him).

If there was anybody ideal for promoting fitness it is him, and I am quite confident that the drivers he knows in his circle will support him and Sefton health in providing this leaflet to the public, and I also fully support his actions, although I will not be going to the gym, giving up smoking or giving up alcohol!!

I've pushed weights in the (distant) past and have spent some time in the ring, and have no intention of pacing myself against younger and fitter people at my time of life, but I would advise any taxi driver, male or female, to spend some time each week learning self-defence. A few well rehearsed moves may come in very handy one day.

Good luck to Percy and what he is trying to achieve.

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