Health, Exercise and Nutrition for the Really Young (HENRY)

HENRY is a registered charity and company in England and Wales that provides a wide range of support for families in the early years including workshops, programmes, resources and online help.  

Parents and professionals can access HENRY online or via local workshops to gain advice that promotes providing the best start in life for babies and children.

Locally in Derbyshire, there are courses and advice from pregnancy up to 12 years old including topics such as feeding, mealtimes, sleep, breastfeeding, healthy teeth and starting solid foods.

HENRY healthy families - right from the start

Eight weekly group sessions for parents and carers:

  • week 1 - decide what changes you want to make and set your own goals
  • week 2 - how to juggle life with young children so you all get what you need
  • week 3 - how to respond to children's needs without giving in to all their demands
  • week 4 - positive mealtime tips for a happy family – reducing mealtime stress for everyone
  • week 5 - ideas for active play to help children learn, develop and stay happy
  • week 6 - food groups, food labels, portion sizes for under 5s, first foods, and snack swaps
  • week 7 - understanding and managing your child's behaviour for a happier home
  • week 8 - celebrate your success as a parent and plan the future for your family

HENRY Healthy Families: Growing up

This 8-week programme is a group session for parents and carers of children aged 5 to 12-years-old. This course aims to help you to build healthy family habits:

  • session 1 - what's a healthy family?
  • session 2 - a healthy balance
  • session 3 - understanding children's behaviour
  • session 4 - being a parent
  • session 5 - healthy swaps
  • session 6 - family mealtimes
  • session 7 - negotiating family agreements
  • session 8 - children growing older

Apply if you are:

  • parents or carers
  • early years and childcare staff
  • health and social care staff
  • children's centre staff
  • foster carers
  • food bank staff
  • primary school and nursery staff
  • NHS staff
  • Volunteers working in these services

HENRY fussy eating online workshop for parents and carers of children aged 18 months to 5 years

Fed up with stressful mealtimes? Come along and get some new ideas to encourage your young one to try and enjoy new foods, so you can enjoy eating together as a family.

This course will help you:

  • to improve and create relaxed family mealtimes while reducing the feeling of stress for the whole family
  • encourage your child to try new foods and broaden the range of foods that they eat.
  • notice the signs when children have had enough to eat

Sessions will be delivered via Microsoft Teams lasting 1 hour 30 minutes.

 

To take part in a HENRY course, visit the Live Life Better Derbyshire website.

If you would like to find out more about HENRY in Derbyshire or to book onto a course please visit the Live Life Better Derbyshire website.

You can also:

Email at llbd.family@derbyshire.gov.uk

Phone: 0800 085 2299