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28 September 2021

Book your booster jab online if you've been contacted

You can now book your COVID-19 booster vaccine dose online if you have been contacted by the NHS!

You'll be offered a booster dose at least 6 months after you had your 2nd dose.

Booking online is quick and easy.

You can also book your booster dose online if you have been contacted by the NHS and you are either:

• aged 50 and over
• aged 16 and over with a health condition that puts you at high risk from COVID-19
• a frontline health and social care worker
• living in a residential care home

Please wait to be contacted by the NHS before booking your booster dose.

Access free mental health support

Whether you just need to talk to someone or think you might need more substantial support, we can help you take care of your mental health.

Options are available.

Head to our Take Care hub and click through to 'Take care of your mental health' to see what's on offer to all Hounslow residents.

Stoptober is coming up!

Quitting smoking is one of the best things you can do for your physical health.

It is by no means the easiest, but based on research, if you can stop smoking for 28 days, you are five times more likely to stop smoking for good.

Stoptober could be your opportunity to put down cigarettes for good!

Running through the entire month of October, Stoptober is an annual stop smoking initiative led by Public Health England, encouraging and supporting smokers to make a quit attempt during the month of October and sustain it for at least 28 days.

Celebrating its 10-year anniversary and the 2 million smokers who have used the campaign to make a quit attempt, Stoptober is the biggest mass quit attempt in the country.

You can find out more about this year’s campaign and get practical support to start your journey here

Enrich your mind! Head to Footprints Festival of the Environment this week

Getting out and exploring what's on your doorstep is great for your mental health.

Footprints: Festival of the Environment promises lots of activities that will help you connect with your surroundings too.

Kicking off on the 27th of September at the Arts Centre, Hounslow, it's offering a jam packed schedule of things to do with your friends and family.

All activities are ‘Pay what you Decide’ which means you can book all the activities for free!

We only ask that if you enjoyed the activity you donate some money, whatever you are able to afford.

To find out more visit the Art Centre pages here. 

Free gym passes - it's time to move with Lampton Leisure!

Autumn is a great time to find your perfect fitness routine just before the cooler months come in and what better time to do it than at your local leisure centres.

This month Lampton Leisure are offering you the opportunity to register for a FREE gym pass to kickstart your fitness routines. Simply click the button below to register, a member of the team will be in touch to book you in and get you started. If you like what you see, the team will drop the joining fee when you join!

Where can I get vaccinated this week?

All vaccination sites offer Pfizer and AstraZeneca first and second doses (second doses 8+ weeks after first) unless noted otherwise

16-17 year olds only need one vaccine dose. Clinics are for first and second doses only - not booster jabs.

Drop in clinics this week

You can also get your vaccine at one of our community pharmacy sites in the Borough!

Get your FREE rapid test!

If you don’t have COVID-19 symptoms, get your FREE rapid test twice a week by:

• Collecting rapid test kits to do at home: find a pharmacy where you can collect rapid tests
• Ordering rapid test kits to be delivered to your home: Order rapid lateral flow home test kits on GOV.UK

REMEMBER: If you do tests at home, you’ll need to report your results online here: Report your test result online or by calling 119. 

You can also walk-in to one of our testing sites at:

• Heston Library (New Heston Road, Hounslow TW5 0LW) between 8.00am-4.00pm Mon-Sun.
• Bedfont Library (Staines Road, Bedfont TW14 8DB) between 8.00am-4.00pm Mon-Fri.

Or, if you prefer, you can visit one of our Mobile Testing Units this week. Click here for location details.

REMEMBER: If you HAVE got COVID-19 symptoms, make sure you get a PCR test – even if your rapid test shows a negative result. To book a PCR test and for more information on testing, visit our COVID-19 hub.

Businesses that are supporting vaccinations

Each week, we'll shed the spotlight on a small business in Hounslow that's working with the Council to encourage customers to do what they can to keep the community safe, including taking the COVID-19 vaccine.

This week... Sky Therapy 171 Staines Rd, Hounslow TW3 3LL Got aches and pains you just can't get rid of? A more severe injury that needs longer term treatment? Head to Sky Therapy for relaxing, personally tailored, and COVID-secure physiotherapy services.

If you own a small business and would like to take part in our campaign and get a spot in our small business spotlight, please get in touch with us at publichealth@hounslow.gov.uk.

It's simple, all you'll need is to put one our posters up in your storefront window.

Access more support around physical health, mental health, finances, employment and more at our Take Care, Take 5 Hub