Publicity material was distributed over a period of two months to libraries, GP practices, counsellors, health centres, community mental health teams. local companies and leisure centres. The publicity material used A5 flyers titled ‘How to improve your lifestyle - one-day workshops to help you manage your lifestyle better’. Each flyer advertised two upcoming workshops and invited people interested in attending to telephone or email for further information. Only adults currently living or working in the borough were eligible to attend the workshops. No other exclusion criterion was used.