HENRY is a childhood obesity prevention programme that supports families with young children to develop healthy lifestyles. Havering is delighted to offer HENRY 5-12 programme to families across the borough.
Outline of the 5-12 parent course
The HENRY 5-12 programme is an 8 week course delivered by local HENRY facilitators for up to 12 parents. Programmes focus on building parents’ confidence and strengths and explores key themes such as; emotional well-being, whole family lifestyle habits, mealtimes, TV, sleep, food, parenting and physical activity. Programmes can be delivered in schools, settings, community venues or online, providing flexibility for parents and carers.
Who is HENRY for?
The programme will be targeted for families with overweight children or those at risk of overweight. It will be prioritised in areas of the borough with the highest levels of obesity from data, collected as part of the National Child Measurement Programme.
There is, however, no referral criteria for the programme and all requests from schools, community groups or parents to take part will be considered, subject to capacity and availability.
Parents/carers of primary school children in Havering