Following an introduction at Bury VCFA’s Whitefield Connections meeting in June 2024, Happy Me Community CIC and Apna Health teamed up to co-design a wellbeing project for local women. They successfully secured £2,270 from the Whitefield Wellness Investment Programme (WIP) Fund to launch Happy and Healthy Me — a 5-week programme supporting women aged 50+ from African, Asian, Indigenous, Latin American or mixed-heritage backgrounds.
With support from our Bury VCFA team Katherine and Anne to overcome venue and budget challenges, the project launched in June 2025 with sessions including aqua aerobics, gentle exercise, walking, and mindfulness — all shaped by women at a co-production event held earlier in the year.
“Thank you Bury VCFA for this the Wellbring Inprovment Fund for us to lead this project for women from BAME communities age 50 + and their friends and families. And Apna Helath as a partner with us to explore and deliver this.”– Tik, Happy Me Community
