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Schools To Be Congratulated for Promoting Healthy Living 31 Jan 2012Schools to be Congratulated for Promoting Healthy Living A celebration is being held to mark the work of several Swindon schools in encouraging pupils to lead healthy lifestyles... Read more
Smoking Interventions and Projects 30 Jan 2012Good Reason to Continue with Smoking Interventions & Projects States that have shifted funds away from tobacco control programmes may be missing out on significant savings, according to a new study co-authored by San Francisco State University economist Sudip Chattopadhyay... Read more
National Bug Busting Day - 30.01.12 25 Jan 2012National Bug Busting Day - 31.01.12 Many schools across the country take part in these events, and by synchronizing Bug Busting across the country you can help prevent head lice from circulating... Read more
National Heart Month - February 2012 25 Jan 2012National Heart Month - Red for Heart - February 2012 Find out how the British Heart Foundation can help you, and how you can help fight heart disease... Read more
New Cut Films Competition 25 Jan 2012The Deborah Hutton Campaign Launches New Cut Films Competition Aimed at Young People with Plain Packaging Short Film The Deborah Hutton Campaign are launching their new anti-smoking short film competition on Friday 13 January 2012... Read more
Sexual Health DVD and Publications Sale 25 Jan 2012Sexual Health DVD and Publications SALE! Sheffield PCT thought they would join in the January sales and are offering two of their most recent DVD's at a bargain SALE Price! 'Out There' – DVD Is a DVD highlighting positive aspects of lesbian, gay and bisexual lives... Read more
Food Allergy & Food Intolerance Week - January 2012 24 Jan 2012Food Allergy & Food Intolerance Week - 23.01.12-29... Read more
Feel Good Friday - 03.02.12 24 Jan 2012Feel Good Friday - 03.02.12 A day when Samaritans tries to raise as much money as possible to enable us to continue to help people in need of emotional support, no matter what the size of their problems... Read more
Healthy Schools Newsletter - January 2012 16 Jan 2012
Healthy Schools Newsletter - January 2012 Please download the latest Healthy Schools Newsletter. Read more
Tobacco Displays in Supermarkets 2012 10 Jan 2012
Tobacco Displays in Supermarkets to be Removed by 6 April 2012 Large shops will no longer be able to display tobacco products to the public from 6 April 2012... Read more
AB at Churchfields Academy 14 Dec 2011
Anti-Bullying At Churchfields Academy Churchfields Academy held an Anti-Bullying Event at their School recently for all their Year 7 students... Read more
FFLP Event - 31.01.12 14 Dec 2011
Healthy Schools Plus Celebration Event In Partnership with Food for Life Partnership 31st January 2012, 4... Read more
Food for Life Partnership Wins Prestigious BBC Award 7 Dec 2011
Food for Life Partnership wins prestigious BBC Award The Food for Life Partnership has been awarded the prestigious BBC Radio 4 Derek Cooper Award... Read more
Let's Get Cooking - 4 Year Evaluation 7 Dec 2011
Let's Get Cooking – 4 Year Evaluation The Let’s Get Cooking four-year evaluation is now complete... Read more
Free School Meals Matter Toolkit 7 Dec 2011
School Food Trust Resources Free School Meals Matter Toolkit The new Free School Meals Matter Toolkit contains everything schools need to know about free school meals... Read more
Small Step Improvements 7 Dec 2011
Small Step Improvements The Small Step Improvements programme is a series of three workshops which assess a schools’ existing food provision and the whole school approach to school food... Read more
Preventing School Kids from Taking Up A Lifelong Habit 7 Dec 2011
Preventing School Kids from Taking Up A Lifelong Habit DECIPHer-ASSIST It is estimated that as many as 31,000 young people aged 11-15 years smoke in the South West and 45 teenagers start smoking every day... Read more
Swindon Anti-Bullying Celebration Event - 2011 23 Nov 2011
Swindon Anti-Bullying Celebration Event - 2011 The 7th Annual Anti-Bullying Celebration Event was a great success... Read more
Anti-Bullying Competition 2011 23 Nov 2011
Anti-Bullying Competition Runner-up/Winner Read more
Smokefree SW Illegal Tobacco Campaign 15 Nov 2011
Smokefree South West Illegal Tobacco Campaign Smokefree South West has launched a public-facing Illegal Tobacco campaign to follow the partner launch of the Tackling Illegal Tobacco for Better Health programme... Read more
Healthy Lives, Healthy People 15 Nov 2011
Healthy Lives, Healthy People: A Call to Action on Obesity in England Following on from the Public Health White Paper, this document sets out how action on obesity will be delivered as the move is made towards the new public health system... Read more
Change4Life 3 Year Social Marketing Strategy 15 Nov 2011
Change4Life Three Year Social Marketing Strategy This document sets out a new three-year marketing strategy (2011–14) for the Change4Life programme... Read more
Healthy Weight for Children Hub Newsletter - November 2011 15 Nov 2011
Healthy Weight for Children Hub Newsletter The latest issue of the Healthy Weight for Children Hub newsletter is available now... Read more
Alcohol Awareness Week - 2011 15 Nov 2011
Alcohol Awareness Week 2011 14th-20th November 2011 We're supposed to be keeping an eye on how much we drink... Read more
Swindon Healthy Schools Newsletter - November 2011 8 Nov 2011
Swindon Healthy Schools Newsletter - November 2011 The latest Healthy Schools Newsletter is available to download here. Read more
AB Celebration Event Invitation - 2011 23 Oct 2011
Dear Colleague ANTI-BULLYING WEEK 14th–18th NOVEMBER 2011 ‘Stop and think – words can hurt’ The Anti-Bullying Alliance’s Anti-Bullying Week has gone from strength to strength in Swindon over the past 6 years and we hope you will be participating this year... Read more
Relationships Education Programme 18 Oct 2011
Relationships Education Programme “Talk to us about LOVE” “Relationships are the most complicated things ever thought up… beside computers" Year 9 student Young people learn about sex and relationships from the very youngest age, even if we don't talk with them... Read more
Cigarette Sales from Vending Machines Banned 12 Oct 2011
Cigarette Sales from Vending Machines Banned From 1 October 2011, the sale of tobacco from vending machines is prohibited across England... Read more
A Simple Guide to Classifying Body Mass Index in Children 12 Oct 2011
A Simple Guide to Classifying Body Mass Index in Children This paper provides a simple guide to how body mass index (BMI) can be used to assess the weight status of children... Read more
Children and Young People’s Mental Health in the South West 12 Oct 2011
Children and Young People’s Mental Health in the South West The South West Public Health Observatory has produced a short report on children and young people’s mental health... Read more
School Lunch Take up 2010-2011 – Keeping Children Healthy 12 Oct 2011
School Lunch Take up 2010-2011 – Keeping Children Healthy On the 7th July 2011, the results of the 2010-2011 national school lunch take up survey were published... Read more
New life-skills based education programme to lower young people’s alcohol misuse 12 Oct 2011
New life-skills based education programme to lower young people’s alcohol misuse In:tuition is a free life-skills based interactive teaching resource for primary and secondary schools developed by alcohol education charity Drinkaware... Read more
Healthy Schools Newsletter - September 2011 21 Sep 2011
Swindon Healthy Schools Newsletter - September 2011 The latest Healthy Schools Newsletter is available to download here. Read more
Young People, Alcohol and Innovation 8 Sep 2011
Young People, Alcohol and Innovation The South West Alcohol Improvement Programme supports activity across the region to reduce alcohol related health harms and alcohol attributable hospital admissions... Read more
Report Published on Behaviour Change 7 Sep 2011
Report published on Behaviour Change ‘Nudging’ on its own is unlikely to be successful in changing the population’s behaviour... Read more
Quit Because 7 Sep 2011
Quit Because have recently completed evaluation of the Quit Because Presentations delivered in schools across the UK, this academic year... Read more
Social and Emotional Well Being in Primary Education 7 Sep 2011
Social and Emotional Well Being in Primary Education We are pleased to announce that the review decision for ‘Promoting children's social and emotional wellbeing in primary education’ has been published and is now available on the NICE website at http://www... Read more
More Families Choose Healthy School Meals - Despite Tightening Belts 11 Aug 2011
More Families Choose Healthy School Meals – Despite Tightening Belts The results published by the School Food Trust and LACA show that an average of 44... Read more
Eat Better Start Better 11 Aug 2011
Eat Better Start Better - A School Food Trust Project to Support Young Children and their Families to Cook and Eat Well Cooking training for staff at Sure Start centres across the country has paved the way for a new national pilot programme designed to help families with young children to eat and cook more healthily... Read more
Summer's Here with Change4Life 11 Aug 2011
Summer’s here with Change4life Change4Life is offering families a helping hand to keep active over the summer holidays... Read more
Smoking, Drinking & Drug Use Among Young People in England - UK 6 Aug 2011
Smoking, Drinking and Drug Use Among Young People in England 2010 - Report briefing Smoking, drinking and drug use among young people in England - 2010 [NS] – was published last week and contains interesting information on the perceptions, usage and attitudes amongst young people with regards smoking... Read more
Coram Life Education Centre - Update - July 2011 21 Jul 2011
Coram Life Education Centre Although the Life Education Centre is no longer being provided through Swindon Borough Council you will be happy to know there is still an opportunity to book it directly through Coram Life Education... Read more
School Food Trust - June 2011 13 Jul 2011
How to.... June 2011 The School Food Trust is now in the unique position of being able to support schools, local authorities and caterers even further with a specialist training programme, based on the experience we’ve gained over the last six years... Read more
School Food Trust - Annual Survey 2010 - 2011 13 Jul 2011
Annual Survey 2010 - 2011 07 July 2011 Welcome to a special edition of Information Update! More families choose healthy school meals – despite tightening belts Heard today's breaking news? The number of children eating healthy school meals in England has climbed for the third year in a row – with more than three million children now having a school lunch every day... Read more
Students Get Cooking 6 Jul 2011
Students Get Cooking: Healthy Cooking Lessons for Nottingham Trent Students The stereotypical student diet of baked beans and takeaways will be a thing of the past at Nottingham Trent University as a group of students became the first in the country to receive healthy cooking training from Let's Get Cooking, who run the largest network of healthy cooking clubs in England... Read more
BPM - Exciting New Junior Fitness Clubs - July 2011 6 Jul 2011
Exciting New Junior Fitness Clubs To assist you with your plans for the start of the next acedemic year please find below samples of the exciting Fitness Programmes for Primary aged children from bpm active, including the new Zumbatomic!bpm active’s GXFitness Programmes for 4-16 year olds are taught with current safe and effective training principles and provide fun and challenging workouts for all ability levels... Read more
Smoking in Cars with Children 6 Jul 2011
Smoking in Cars with Children Demonstrating local support for tobacco policy is really important, and as you may have seen on ASH's News, Smokefree Lincolnshire Alliance achieved local coverage on the issue of smoking in cars with children, by holding a survey of local people’s views on the issue... Read more
Global Children's Challenge - 2011 18 Jun 2011
Global Children's Challenge - 2011 Following the success of the world’s first Global Children’s Challenge last year, it’s my pleasure to let you know that the 2011 Global Children’s Challenge will start on the 15th September 2011, and so please be sure to inform the primary schools in your region that applications are now open at www... Read more
Student Offer 16 Jun 2011
Student Offer We would like to raise awareness about a summer leisure offer that SBC Leisure Services are providing for students of all ages... Read more
Expo Info 16 Jun 2011
Expo Info ExpoChef would like to help keep you up to date with regular news and resource on health and wellbeing in schools... Read more
Healthy Schools Newsletter - June 2011 12 Jun 2011
Healthy Schools Newsletter - June 2011 The latest edition of the Healthy Schools newsletter is available... Read more
British Food Fortnight School Challenge 11 Jun 2011
Invite your schools to design a dish for the Olympic Athletes Village in this year’s British Food Fortnight School Challenge A wonderful opportunity for schools to be part of the Olympics and to put the ‘Great’ into British food! This year's British Food Fortnight's School Challenge is the biggest yet! All primary, secondary and special needs schools and further education colleges in the UK are invited to take part in this year’s British Food Fortnight (17th September to 2nd October 2011) by designing the perfect dish to help athletes go for gold in 2012... Read more
Let's Get Cooking Conference - 29th June 2011 11 Jun 2011
Let's Get Cooking Conference - Wednesday 29th June 2011 You are invited to take part in a healthy cooking conference led by Let's Get Cooking... Read more
Child Safety Week 20-26 June 8 Jun 2011
Child Safety Week 20-26 June If you haven’t already, order your Child Safety Week resources from the Child Accident Prevention Trust now... Read more
imovesdance.com 7 Jun 2011
imovesdance.com imovesdance.com is a new online dance resource centre for early years, primary & secondary schools... Read more
Anti-Bullying Week 2011 5 Jun 2011
Anti-Bullying Week 2011 Anti-Bullying Week 2011 will be held from 14th-18th November 2011, with the slogan 'Stop and think - words can hurt'... Read more
Sun Safety in Primary School 4 Jun 2011
Sun Safety in Primary Schools I realise, as I write this, that Healthy Schools has been through a really challenging time - and that many very skilled and experienced Healthy Schools practitioners have found their roles reduced, or even cut altogether... Read more
Let's Get Cooking - Update 2 Jun 2011
Let’s Get Cooking - update Over 98,955 people have been engaged in a Let's Get Cooking Club across the South West region with over 25,895 cooking at community events! We will be holding our Golden Spoon Awards Ceremony to celebrate the fantastic success of the South West Let's Get Cooking clubs on Wednesday 29th June at BAWA in Bristol... Read more
SW Anaylsis of the HSP Programme - Cohort 1 2 Jun 2011
South West Descriptive Analysis of the Healthy Schools Plus Programme - Cohort 1 The South West Public Health Observatory has published a review of the Healthy Schools Plus Programme in the South West... Read more
Food Safety Week - 6-12 June 2011 2 Jun 2011
Food Safety Week6-12 June 2011 Food Safety Week is an annual event held to promote the importance of good food hygiene in the home... Read more
Food for Life Partnership Evaluation: Full Report 2 Jun 2011
Food for Life Partnership Evaluation: Full Report New evidence commissioned by a leading partnership of food charities shows that a whole school approach to food that links practical food education with quality school dinners leads to a better family diet and can improve academic performance and behaviour... Read more
Resource Helps Children Talk Openly about the Impact of a Parent's Drinking Problem on their Lives 2 Jun 2011
New Free Online Resource Helps Children Talk Openly about the Impact of a Parent's Drinking Problem on their Lives The Children's Commissioner for England and The Children's Society have published the first booklet of its kind for use by children affected by a parent or carer drinking too much alcohol... Read more
Protect Your Family - Take the Smoke Outside 14 May 2011
Protect Your Family - Take the Smoke Outside Smokefree South West will be launching a major new campaign urging smokers across the South West to protect their families by taking their smoke outside... Read more
Sunbed (Regulation) Act 2010 Comes into Force 14 May 2011
Sunbed (Regulation) Act 2010 Comes into Force New legislation banning the use of sunbeds by under 18 year-olds came into force on 8 April... Read more
Changes to Healthy Schools in Swindon 26 Apr 2011
Changes to Healthy Schools in Swindon You should all have received a letter from Sara Tough (Director, Integrated Services to Children and Young People), outlining the changes to the Healthy Schools Programme... Read more
BIG Investment 10 Mar 2011
BIG Invests £20 Million into Improving Children’s Futures Children can’t choose the families they are born into and some grow up in very difficult circumstances... Read more
Samaritans Launches Facebook Drive to Encourage Support for Friends Struggle to Cope 10 Mar 2011
Samaritans has teamed up with Facebook to create a pioneering new scheme allowing you to get help for any friend you believe is struggling to cope or feeling suicidal in the UK and Ireland... Read more
Making A Difference on No Smoking Day - 09 March 2011 9 Mar 2011
As one million people attempt to quit smoking on No Smoking Day, we’re seeing the culmination of several smoking cessation projects which are making an impact nationally... Read more
Cycle Orienteering 8 Mar 2011
Please see the message below for information on a fantastic event on April 17th... Read more
Free Walking Challenge Kit Information from Living Streets 2 Mar 2011
Free Walking Challenge Kit Information from Living Streets Here at Living Streets we are offering FREE walking to school challenge kits for all secondary schools in England thanks to our Lottery funding... Read more
Churchfields Newsletter - March-April 2011 17 Feb 2011
Churchfields Newsletter - March-April 2011 Attached is Churchfield's latest Activity newsletter which we hope you find informative and useful and that you and your children will find lots of activities to take part in... Read more
BPM - Feb 2011 Newsletter 15 Feb 2011
February Fit 'n' Fun Holiday Camp The next Fit 'n' Fun Holiday Camp for children aged from 5-12 years will run from 10am-3pm and provide a variety of fun packed fitness and dance activities to keep children entertained and energised! Each day will include a fun packed mix of active sessions such as Street Dance, SoccerJam, Dodgeball, Martial Arts Fitness and many, many more! Plus a balance of more passive team games and activities to give the children a well deserved break! Monday 21st February and Wednesday 23rd February 10... Read more
No Smoking Day - 09.03.11 11 Feb 2011
No Smoking Day - Wednesday 9th March 2011 9th March is the perfect day to deliver smoking education, and the national no smoking website has some teaching resources for Keystage 3 & 4 available to download now... Read more
Feb 2011 - Campaign Update - Gateway Ref: 15584 11 Feb 2011
Change4Life – Indoor Activities This edition is full of ways to warm up February days by focussing attention on indoor activities, and in particular Play4Life, Cook4Life and Let’s Dance with Change4Life... Read more
SEAL Conference - 25.03.11 11 Feb 2011
SEAL Conference - 25th March 2011 I would like to take this opportunity to remind you of the Seal Conference taking place on 25th March 2011... Read more
Free Families Fun Day 9 Feb 2011
FREE Families Fun Day RLK Children’s Centre 5th Anniversary! - Saturday 12th March 2011 -10am – 2pm Try something… buy something… find out about something… For families with under 5’s Children’s activities, Magical Timmy entertaining throughout the day, Police car and Fire engine for children to explore, a range of services offering support and information on a range of areas relating to family life with under 5’s, Barnardo’s shop selling second hand baby and toddler items, and a FREE prize draw!! Please find attached the leaflet about our Families Fun Day Event (open day)!! Please do help to profile the event if you can print off the attached poster and put up on notice boards, websites, and/or let people know about the event! I have also attached a ‘donations’ poster as we hope to raise funds for Barnardo’s charity through selling second hand baby and toddler items... Read more
Activities at Churchfields School 9 Feb 2011
Activities at Churchfields School Please find attached our list of activities over the next few months... Read more
Tottenham Hotspur Football Roadshow 8 Feb 2011
Don't Forget to Enrol Your Child on our Tottenham Hotspur Football Roadshow 20 and 21 April 2011 On the 20 & 21st April 2011 from 10-4pm at Churchfields School Tottenham Hotspur are providing a Football Roadshow... Read more
HS+ Celebration Event 8 Feb 2011
Healthy Schools Plus Pilot Celebration Event – Thursday 27th January 2011 at Seven Fields Primary School Background The Healthy Schools Plus Pilot Project was launched in 2009... Read more
Creative Switch Smoking Films 2 Feb 2011
Creative Switch Smoking Films View the winning films created by Swindon's students as part of the Creative Switch Smoking Competition: http://www... Read more
LAHAL 23 Jan 2011
Learning about Healthy Active Lifestyles – instant access to educational resources and professional learning opportunities Directors – Jill Elbourn & Angela James are delighted to welcome you to Learning about Healthy Active Lifestyles (LAHAL)... Read more
Weekly Yoga Sessions at Churchfields School 14 Jan 2011
YOGA Weekly Sessions - 5.00-6.00pm at Churchfields Schools Starting TUESDAY 1st February 2011 Only £5... Read more
Multi-Agency Training - 2011 14 Jan 2011
Multi-Agency Training - 2011 The following training events are running in January, February and March and we still have a few places left: [2 days] Mental Health Foundation January 13 & 20 (Thursdays) 09:30 - 16:30 on both days [2 days] Sexual Health Foundation January 27 & February 3 (Thursdays) 09:30 - 16:30 on both days [2 hours] Sexual Health Introductory Workshop February 2 (Wednesday) 10:00 -12:00 [1 day] Effects of Substance Use in Pregnancy February 9 (Wednesday) 09:30 - 16:30 [2 days) Self-harm and Eating Disorders February 10 & 17 (Thursdays) 09:30 - 16:30 on both days [1 day] Understanding Psychosis February 16 ( Wednesday) 09:30 - 16:30 [2 days] Alcohol and Other Drugs Foundation March 1 & 8 (Tuesdays) 09:30 - 16:30 on both days [2 days] Sexual Health - Beyond the Basics March 3 & 10 (Thursdays) 09:30 - 16:30 on both days [2 days] Building Self Esteem - reducing risk taking behaviour March 7 & 14 (Mondays) 09:30 - 16:30 on both days ONE PLACE LEFT [1/2 day AM] Condom Scheme Induction March 15 (Tuesday) 09:30 - 12:30 [1/2 day PM] Sexual Health - Working with under 16s March 15 (Tuesday) 13:30 - 16:30 [2 hours] Sexual Health Introductory Workshop March 21 (Monday) 13:00 -15:00 [1 day] Advanced Skills - Identifying and Working with Substance Use March 22 (Tuesday) 09:30 - 16:30 NEWLY REVISED [2 days] Brief Interventions - Solution Focused Techniques March 24 & 31 (Thursdays) 09:30 - 16:30 on both days ONE PLACE LEFT Please contact Tracey, Olivia or Milly for further details of any of the training we offer... Read more
Multi Agency Training - Jan 2011 4 Jan 2011
Best Wishes for the New Year…. We had a change of dates for our ever popular "Brief Interventions - Solution Focused Approaches" training and now have 4 places available in January... Read more
New WheelChair Basketball Club 21 Dec 2010
Please see below for details of a new Swindon-based wheelchair basketball club... Read more
Life Support Productions 21 Dec 2010
Life Support Productions Life Support Productions publish a range of SRE/PSHE DVDs including titles for people with learning disabilities... Read more
After Schools and Lunchtime Fitness Clubs 20 Dec 2010
After School and Lunchtime Fitness Clubs To assist you with your plans for the New Year please find below samples of the exciting Fitness Programmes for Primary aged children from bpm active... Read more
Building A Generation of Life-Savers 20 Dec 2010
Building A Generation of Life-Savers Winter 2010 New first aid resource for primary schools coming soon! We are launching a free first aid teaching resource for primary teachers and other educators in the New Year... Read more
Leisure Discounts 20 Dec 2010
PRESS RELEASE 7 December 2010 Teenagers to reap Swindoncard and Leisure Passport benefits for longer Young people under the age of 19 will be able to benefit from a whole range of discounted leisure activities next month following changes to the Junior Swindoncard and Leisure Passport... Read more
PA for Children & Young People with Long-Term Medical Conditions 20 Dec 2010
Physical Activity for Children & Young People with Long-Term Medical Conditions: 8th February 2011 Following DfEs guidance on Managing Medicines in Schools and Early Years settings, the British Heart Foundation - National Centre for Physical Activity have developed this innovative distance learning course with a one-day contact training session... Read more
New Posters for Promoting Free School Meals 7 Dec 2010
New posters are available for download and use for school meal promotion in the schools... Read more
New Posters for Promoting Free School Meals in Children's Centres 7 Dec 2010
Are you based in a children's centre? Know a few children who are going up to school soon? Why not get them signed up to free school dinners? One less thing to worry about for the parents and great piece of mind for you... Read more
Healthy Eating and Geography Lesson Plans 23 Nov 2010
FREE RESOURCES FOR HEALTHY SCHOOLS COORDINATORS These great new healthy eating and geography lesson plans and activity sheets will get your pupils thinking about fruit and where different fruits come from... Read more
Capt News Bulletin - November 2010 19 Nov 2010
CAPT NEWS November 2010 Welcome to the Child Accident Prevention Trust's bulletin Welcome to the latest edition of CAPT News, the newsletter from the Child Accident Prevention Trust which aims to equip you with the knowledge, resources and tools to make a significant contribution to preventing serious childhood accidents in your community... Read more
Stonewall Education E-Bulletin 1 19 Nov 2010
Stonewall Education E-Bulletin The first edition of the Stonewall Education E-Bulletin is available by clicking the following link: http://dmtrk... Read more
Push for the Patent Pool 16 Nov 2010
Push for the Patent Pool What’s the story? When someone creates anything new, like a specific medicine, they get a patent for it, which means other people can’t use it... Read more
New Resources for Keystage 3 & 4 11 Nov 2010
New Resources for Key Stage 3 & 4 How does the media portray young people? What influence does this have on young people's arrtitudes and how many young people in England are really smoking, drinking and using drugs... Read more
New Jump Rope/Dodgeball Workshops 11 Nov 2010
New Jump Rope/Dodgeball Workshops We have pleasure forwarding details of our new Jump Rope and Dodegball workshops available to pupils, teachers and support staff together with all those involved in physical activity in the community... Read more
CAPT - 05.11.10 3 Nov 2010
It’s nearly bonfire night – around the time that hundreds of children and young people attend A&E following burns, and other accidents around the bonfire... Read more
Road Safety Week 2010 (2) 1 Nov 2010
COUNTDOWN TO ROAD SAFETY WEEK 2010 (22-28 NOVEMBER) It’s just four weeks until Road Safety Week but there’s still time to organise activities and get your resources for the campaign! There are lots of ways for road safety professionals and emergency services to get involved... Read more
HIV Education & Dance: Get Involved 28 Oct 2010
Dance4Life combines dance and HIV education to empower young people to stand up and negotiate their own life choices... Read more
Road to Recovery Conference 2010 18 Oct 2010
ROAD TO RECOVERY CONFERENCE 2010 Tuesday 2 November National Motorcycle Museum, Birmingham The conference is just two weeks away so it’s your last chance to book for this must-attend event! The conference is for anyone working with families bereaved by any kind of sudden death, including Family Liaison Officers, other police officers, health professionals, voluntary sector support workers, counsellors, personal injury solicitors and educators... Read more
BPM - News Oct 2010 13 Oct 2010
6th Anniversary of bpm active! To celebrate bpm active's 6th year Anniversary we bring you a brand new website which encapsulates all our fantastic services and products and details of what the next year will bring... Read more
Get Healthy, Get Singing 13 Oct 2010
"I have 10 copies of "Get Healthy, Get Singing" to give to any primary schools who would like this resource... Read more
Year 6 Healthy Lifestyles Project 11 Oct 2010
CALLING ALL PRIMARY SCHOOLS! Would you like to take part in an excellent healthy lifestyles project? Sue Mcgough (university student) is undertaking a study on Year 6's attitudes, beliefs and knowledge around healthy eating and physical activity... Read more
Anti-Bullying Competition - 2010 23 Sep 2010
Anti-Bullying Week 2010 - Competition Anti-Bullying week is 15th –19th November 2010... Read more
AB Week 2010 - Performance Invitation to Schools 23 Sep 2010
Anti-Bullying Week 2010 - Celebration Event on Friday 19th November 2010 Performance Invitation to Schools Following the successful Anti-Bullying event last year at St Joseph's Catholic College, we would like to invite you to take part once again... Read more
Let's Get Cooking - September 2010 23 Sep 2010
Let’s Get Cooking There are over 20 Let's Get Cooking clubs in Swindon... Read more
Changes Within Swindon Young Carers - September 2010 23 Sep 2010
Changes within Swindon Young Carers Hello, my name is Trish Moroney and I am the newly appointed Young Carers Development Worker replacing Jo Hartley... Read more
CreativeSwitch Premiere 22 Sep 2010
CreativeSwitch Premiere: Monday 27th September 2010, 7... Read more
New Healthy Packed Lunch Leaflets 20 Sep 2010
New Healthy Packed Lunch Leaflets are available here to download... Read more
Bike It! Newsletter 20 Sep 2010
Bike it! is continuing it's good work- please see the extract below and the link to the full newsletter The project is now working with over 700 schools, benefitting 130,000 children last year in England, Wales and Northern Ireland... Read more
Free PSHE Support to Schools 20 Sep 2010
Free PSHE Support to Schools I am contacting you to let you know about free support for PSHE centred around the EWB & FC strand (although there is some overlap with the PWB aspects)... Read more
Road Safety Week 2010 17 Sep 2010
GET INVOLVED IN ROAD SAFETY WEEK 2010 – ORDER YOUR FREE POSTER PACK TODAY! Road Safety Week is 22-28 November 2010 and we want you to get involved! Brake is offering a FREE resource pack to communities and organisations, including posters on this year’s theme ‘Kids Say Slow Down’, ideal for displaying in community centres and other community venues... Read more
British Food Fortnight - 2010 17 Sep 2010
News Release Date: 17 September 2010 FOOD, GLORIOUS BRITISH FOOD! British Food Fortnight 18th September – 3rd October 2010 “We love British Food Fortnight!” Dave Myers & Simon King, BBC’s ‘Hairy Bikers’celebrity chefs The ninth British Food Fortnight starts this weekend... Read more
World AIDS Day Dec.1, 2010 17 Sep 2010
World AIDS Day – 1st December 2010 We want young people to have a better understanding of the realities of living with HIV and to know how to protect themselves from infection... Read more
Walk to School Month - October 2010 10 Sep 2010
Walk to School Month - October 2010 Walk to School Month is a national awareness raising month held in October every year where schools across the world join forces to promote walking to school... Read more
Involving Families in SEAL 10 Sep 2010
INVOLVING FAMILIES IN SEAL A NATIONAL CONFERENCE A practical, fun and inspiring one-day conference offering the opportunity for early years, primary and secondary practitioners to: Learn from leading experts and case studies – hear from primary and secondary schools - what makes Family SEAL effective and why Take away hundreds of practical tips and inspiring ideas to use immediately Develop a comprehensive whole-school strategy for effectively involving all families in SEAL (including the ‘hard-to-reach’) Improve Ofsted/Estyn outcomes – how family work in SEAL meets the parental engagement focus Get a taste of Family SEAL – it’s fun! Browse a comprehensive range of resources, and network with like-minded colleagues Take away a free ‘Tool-Kit’ of ready to use resources to get started... Read more
Global Children’s Challenge™ 8 Sep 2010
Global Children’s Challenge™ Many of the UK’s Healthy Schools’ Co-ordinators have done an amazing job promoting the event to the primary schools in their region which we are truly grateful for... Read more
Teenager's Activities and Experiences Related to Pregnancy and Sexual Activity 28 Jul 2010
New data has been released from a cohort study following a group of teenagers since they were 13 years old... Read more
Ofsted says SRE 'could be better' 26 Jul 2010
Ofsted found in more than a third (34 per cent) of the secondary schools visited, students' knowledge of sex and relationship was "no better than satisfactory", while in a further three schools it was rated "inadequate"... Read more
Healthy Schools - Newsletter - July 2010 15 Jul 2010
Healthy Schools Newsletter - July 2010 The latest edition of the Healthy Schools Newsletter is now availble... Read more
last orders alcohol project 2010 13 Jul 2010
Last Order Alcohol Project - 2010All Year 9 pupils in Swindon will be receiving the Last Orders Alcohol project in October 2010... Read more
Anti-Bullying Week - 2010 13 Jul 2010
Anti-Bullying Week - 2010 Anti-Bullying week is 15th –19th November 2010... Read more
Life Education Centre Update 13 Jul 2010
Life Education Centre Update The Life Education Centre is now running in a new way... Read more
SRE Guidelines for Informal Work with Young People 13 Jul 2010
SRE Guidelines for Informal Work with Young The Guideline activities are categorised on six key concepts... Read more
Anti-Homophobic Bullying Resource, 'Words Hurt Too' now available on our website! 13 Jul 2010
Created by Swindon Pride Youth, with the help of ITV Fixers, this DVD and lesson plan provide activities which challenge homophobia and explore the impact it has on emotional health... Read more
Website ReJig 13 Jul 2010
After extensive training, the Healthy Schools team are proud to announce the re-shaping of our website... Read more
Healthy Schools Plus reaches 50% target 13 Jul 2010
50% of schools in Swindon are working on a range of projects aimed at reducing health inequalities... Read more
Social Norms Conference - 16th September 2010 9 Jul 2010
Social Norms Conference - 16th September 2010 The Truth About Youth ConferenceOn: Thursday 16th September 2010 Time: 9... Read more
New SRE Resource Lists 9 Jul 2010
New SRE Resource ListsTo help you find out about the SRE resources that others are using accross the country, the Sex Education Forum have put together up-to-date lists of resources for primary level, secondary level, special needs and disability and parents and carers... Read more
Alcohol Film for Keystage 2 & 3 9 Jul 2010
Alcohol Film for Keystage 2 & 3 BBC Newsround have made an excellent film exploring the impact on children and young people of alcohol use, including the drinking in the family and dependency, effects on the body and behaviour... Read more
The Wiltshire Gardens Trust 8 Jul 2010
THE WILTSHIRE GARDENS TRUST If by growing vegetables we can get more children eating them, then we are here to help... Read more
NICE Public Health Guidance - July 2010 8 Jul 2010
NICE Public Health Guidance:Personal, Social, Health and Economic (PSHE) Education Focusing on Sex and Relationships Education and AlcoholThis draft guidance from the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE) focuses on two PSHE education topics - sex and relationships and alcohol, and the links between them - within schools, colleges and in the wider community... Read more
GX Fitness Newsletter - May 2010 21 May 2010
After School and Lunchtime Fitness ClubsTo assist you with your plans from September please find below samples of the exciting Fitness Programmes for Primary aged children from bpm active... Read more
BodyTalk: Building Body Confidence 19 May 2010
BodyTalk: Building Body Confidence Created by beat and supported by the Dove Self-Esteem Fund, BodyTalk aims to help young people build positive self-esteem by understanding and dealing with the feelings about physical appearance, in particular weight and shape... Read more
Healthy Schools - Newsletter - May2010 15 May 2010
Healthy Schools Newsletter - May 2010 The latest edition of the Healthy Schools Newsletter is now availble... Read more
Healthy Schools Food Advisor: Tom White 19 Mar 2010
Healthy Schools Food Advisor: Tom White I’ve recently joined the Healthy Schools Team as the Healthy Schools Food Advisor... Read more
Gail McVicar Wins Brook Award 18 Mar 2010
Gail McVicar Wins Brook Award for UK Sexual Health Professional of the YearGail McVicar, SRE Adviser for the Swindon Healthy Schools Team, , has been awarded ‘UK Sexual Health Professional of the Year’ at The Brook Awards 2010 on Thursday 4 March... Read more
Press Release - Decrease in TP 17 Mar 2010
PRESS RELEASE 24 February 2010 Swindon Sees 10th Largest Decrease in Teenage Pregnancies Nationally Swindon Borough Council is the 10th best performing local authority for reducing teenage pregnancy following the release of national figures today (Wednesday) for 2008... Read more
Cancelled - Anti-Bullying 16 Feb 2010
CANCELLEDHealthy Schools Network Training - Anti-BullyingTuesday 23rd February 2010 - 9... Read more
Road Safety Week - 2010 29 Jan 2010
Road Safety Week is taking place 22-28 November 2010 and now is an ideal time to start planning! Brake has just announced that the theme of the Week will be “Kids Say Slow Down”... Read more
Sun Protection Policies Questionnaire 29 Jan 2010
Sun Protection Policies The South West Public Health Observatory in conjunction with South West Healthy Schools has decided to take a much closer look at sun protection policies in schools during 2010, as we want to develop initiatives to assist schools in this crucial area of health education... Read more
Sexual Health Training 29 Jan 2010
Sexual Health Training for the Multi-Agency Team We know it can be hard to attend a full day or two days of training... Read more
Child Safety Week 2010 27 Jan 2010
Child Safety Week 2010 - Make Time for Safety21-27 June 2010 Injuries from serious childhood accidents can take months or years to heal, yet many of them take just a moment to prevent... Read more
Healthy Schools Team On The Move 21 Jan 2010
HEALTHY SCHOOLS TEAM ON THE MOVE Please note that the Healthy Schools Team will be moving to its new premises at The Civic Annexe, Room 9, Civic Campus, Euclid Street, Swindon SN1 2JH on Monday 25th January 2010... Read more
Alcohol Awareness Campaign 18 Jan 2010
Alcohol Awareness CampaignNew DCSF alcohol awareness campaign, launched January 2010... Read more
No Smoking Day 2010 - An Opportunity for your School 15 Jan 2010
NO SMOKING DAY 2010 – AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOUR SCHOOL No Smoking Day is a long-established and very effective health awareness campaign which aims to help smokers who want to stop by providing an opportunity to do so in a supportive environment... Read more
www.itsnojoke.tv/ 15 Jan 2010
http://www.itsnojoke.tv/New alcohol and young people website campaign launches on 14 January, featuring short film clips of stand-up comedians raising awareness of young people and the vulnerabilities they can face if drunk... Read more
Small Steps 4 Life 15 Jan 2010
http://smallsteps4life.direct.gov.uk/ 1... Read more
A Fresh Look at the School Meal Experience - 2nd edition 15 Jan 2010
A Fresh Look at the School Meal Experience Second Edition Recent research for the School Food Trust shows that children’s biggest barrier to eating schools meals is the perceived lack of time and space to enjoy doing so... Read more
What Price a Healthy School Lunch? 15 Jan 2010
What Price a Healthy School Lunch? The School Food Trust is calling for a January sale on school lunches - as new research highlights the importance of price when it comes to encouraging more children to try a healthy school meal... Read more
FSA Newsletter - Dec 09 15 Jan 2010
Food Standards Agency Schools and Young Persons Related Work – Updated December 2009Education programmes: Kick and Cook:§ A 5-week pilot programme being taken forward by the Tottenham Hotspur Foundation in partnership with Haringey 6th Form Centre, Kudos Hospitality and the clubs local Sainsbury’s... Read more
GX Fitness - January 2010 8 Jan 2010
Programmes for Primary Aged Children from bpm active New Year, New Term, New Fitness ClassesPlease find below the latest GXFitness Programmes for Primary aged children from bpm active... Read more
Multi-Agency Training Courses - January to February 2010 8 Jan 2010
Multi-Agency Training Courses Running in January to March 2010 Tuesdays January 12th & 19thUnderstanding Child and Adolescent Mental Health (Foundation (mental health): 2 day event 09:30 - 16:30) Recommended introductory training for carers, volunteers, staff and managers in the Children's Workforce on key themes, skills and research in young people's mental health including a good grounding in theories of attachment... Read more
Healthy Schools Enhancement Model 16 Dec 2009
Swindon Healthy Schools – Amongst Top Performing in the Country Over 95% of schools in Swindon hold National Healthy School Status, putting us amongst the top performing areas in the country... Read more
Resource and Information Requirements for Teachers Delivering SRE 4 Dec 2009
Resource and Information Requirements for Teachers Delivering Sex and Relationships Education (SRE)The Health Protection Agency is undertaking a national research project to establish the information and resource requirements of teachers delivering Sex and Relationships Education at key stages 3 & 4 and we would like to invite you to participate in it... Read more
ASDAN SRE 20 Nov 2009
ASDAN Sex and Relationship Education (SRE) Award Summary The ASDAN Sex and Relationships Education (SRE) Award accredits 30 hours of activity aimed at increasing young people's awareness of, and confidence to deal with, relationships and sexual health... Read more
1st December 2009 is World AIDS Day 15 Nov 2009
1st December 2009 is World AIDS Day! The theme for World AIDS Day 2009 is 'Universal Access and Human Rights'... Read more
Free Regional Change4Life Seminars for Local Supporters 13 Nov 2009
Free Regional Change4Life Seminars for Local SupportersThe flyer and booking form can be downloaded here. Read more
PSHE Education To Become Compulsory from 2011 6 Nov 2009
PSHE Education to Become Compulsory from 20115th November 2009The PSHE Association is delighted by the government's announcement today that PSHE education is to become a statutory subject in schools from next year... Read more
PSHE Education Conferences 23 Oct 2009
New Secondary Curriculum Regional PSHE Education Conferences Spring term – 2010 Are you passionate about the future of PSHE education and the New Secondary Curriculum? Click here for further information. Read more
Working Together for Good Behaviour in Schools 23 Oct 2009
Working Together for Good Behaviour in Schools Information for Parents & Carers Download the behaviour leaflet here. Read more
Pupils Train as CyberMentors to Stop Bullies 23 Oct 2009
Pupils Train as CyberMentors to Stop Bullies Click here to read the full story. Read more
Underage and Pregnant 23 Oct 2009
Underage and PregnantSimilar to the Baby Borrowers series, Underage and Pregnant was created by the BBC to explore what it is really like to be underage and pregnant in the UK... Read more
The Healthy Schools Enhancement Model 17 Oct 2009
The Healthy Schools Enhancement ModelThe way schools maintain their Healthy School Status has changed... Read more
Alcohol and Other Drugs 15 Oct 2009
Alcohol and Other Drugs - Did Anyone Watch Tuesday's (13... Read more
Falling Drug Use Among Young People 14 Oct 2009
Latest National Surveys Report Falling Drug Use Among Young PeopleUse of alcohol and other drugs, amongst children and young people, continues to fall according to the latest figures from the NHS information centre and the Home Office... Read more
Homophobia Deters LGB People from Working with Children 14 Oct 2009
Homophobia Deters LGB People from Working with ChildrenBy Shafik MeghjiChildren & Young People Now13 October 2009 Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) young people and staff still face high levels of homophobic bullying both inside and outside of school, a report by the government's equality watchdog has warned... Read more
SmallSteps4Life 14 Oct 2009
SmallSteps4LifeSmallSteps4Life is a fun programme with a serious aim - to help initiate and support long-term behaviour and attitude change among young people across the UK... Read more
Direct Gov Kids 14 Oct 2009
DirectGov KidsThis website is for children at Key Stages 1 and 2, their teachers and their parents... Read more
Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Secondary Education 14 Oct 2009
Promoting Young People's Social and Emotional Wellbeing in Secondary Education (NICE Public Health Guidance 20)This new guidance document from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is for all those who have a responsibility for the social and emotional wellbeing of young people in secondary education... Read more
Multi Agency Training - October-December 2009 1 Oct 2009
Multi-Agency Training October-December 2009 There are a few places left on multi-agency training courses running in October to December 2009 and we welcome your applications... Read more
Salsa Dance at Commonweal School 1 Oct 2009
Salsa Dance at Commonweal SchoolFriday 6th November 2009 - 7... Read more
Three New Developments in the Multi-Agency Training Programme 1 Oct 2009
Three New Developments in the Multi-Agency Training Programme:1... Read more
Sustrans - Routes To Play 23 Sep 2009
Sustrans - Routes To Play Sustrans are pleased to launch Routes to play - their new guide to ensuring children and young people can get to play spaces actively and independently... Read more
Let's Get Cooking 18 Sep 2009
Let’s Get Cooking is coming to Swindon! Let’s Get Cooking is a national network of school-based cookery clubs backed by £20 million from the Big Lottery Fund... Read more
Virtual Farm Walk 18 Sep 2009
www.virtualfarmwalk.orgIts just like going to a real farm... Read more
British Red Cross 18 Sep 2009
The British Red CrossThe British Red Cross has been campaigning for all school children to learn the basic first aid skills as part of their curriculum... Read more
Teenage Pregnancy Reduction - September 2009 15 Sep 2009
Teenage Pregnancy figures released this week show an all time low in Swindon since 1998Download the Press Release. Read more
The Wiltshire Gardens Trust 15 Sep 2009
The Wiltshire Gardens TrustThe start of another gardening year with you all trying to have a site in your school grounds... Read more
Homophobia Deters LGB People from Working with Children 14 Sep 2009
Homophobia Deters LGB People from Working with ChildrenBy Shafik MeghjiChildren & Young People Now13 October 2009 Lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) young people and staff still face high levels of homophobic bullying both inside and outside of school, a report by the government's equality watchdog has warned... Read more
Tai Chi 4 Sep 2009
Primary Tai Chi With thoughts starting to turn to planning for the new school year, you might like to consider introducing a Primary Tai Chi programme to your children... Read more
Multi Agency Training 21 Aug 2009
Multi-Agency Training - Sexual Health If our 2-day foundation training seems too much, why not try a taster session? New 2-hour sessions: 'An Introduction to Sexual Health' will run on Thursday October 15th 2009 and Monday December 7th 2009 in a central Swindon location (TBC)... Read more
Sexual Health Week 2009 21 Aug 2009
Sexual Health Week FPA has changed its Sexual Health Week from August to September 14th – 20th... Read more
MEND Programme 12 Aug 2009
New MEND Courses in Swindon! MEND (Mind, Exercise, Nutrition, Do It!) is a free course for families with children aged 7-13 years whose weight is above the healthy range for their age and height... Read more
GXFitness Programmes September 09 10 Aug 2009
GXFitness Programmes September 09 bpm active continue to provide exciting GXFitness Programmes for children from September! Due to demand they are now taking bookings for the whole of next year and have expanded the team, their availability and the variety of programmes they can offer... Read more
Healthy Weight for Children Hub e-Newsletter: August 2011 11 Aug 2008
Healthy Weight for Children Hub e-Newsletter: August 2011 The August 2011 issue of the Healthy Weight for Children Hub e-Newsletter is now available at http://www... Read more