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If you have a child aged 0-5 years, the Healthy Families Right from the Start programme might be suitable for you. 

This 8-week programme is designed to support parents and carers to give children a healthy, happy start in life and improve school readiness. The topics covered include: 

• Practical parenting skills for a healthy lifestyle
• Ensuring children start school ready to learn
• Adopting a healthier family lifestyle
• Setting and achieving realistic family goals
• Getting active as a family
• Healthy teeth
• Portion sizes and healthy snack swaps
• Food groups and understanding food labels

If you have a child aged 5-12 years, the Healthy Families Growing Up programme might be suitable for you.

This 8-week programme is designed to support parents and carers with the emotional and physical development and healthy weight for primary school age children. The topics covered include:

• What’s a healthy family
• Understanding children’s behaviour
• Practical parenting skills for a healthy lifestyle
• Healthy food swaps
• Family mealtimes
• Negotiating family agreements
• Children growing up

Stand-alone workshops provide key information, confidence-building and peer support for families. There are 7 topic specific workshops:

• Starting solids (4-8 months)
• Eating well for less (0-12 years)
• Let’s get active (0-5 years)
• Fussy eating (0-7 years)
• Healthy teeth (0-5 years)
• Understanding children’s behaviour (0-12 years)
• Looking after ourselves (parents)