The Prince’s Trust will deliver SmallSteps4Life through 11 of its in-school xl programmes in Northern Ireland and Scotland. The Trust’s xl programme helps young people who are facing difficulties at school, including those at risk of exclusion. A key objective of this project will be to produce a toolkit and case studies that can be used as guidance for engaging disadvantaged young people in healthier lifestyle activities.
ContinYou will look to develop a ‘How to Guide’ for SmallSteps4Life to support teachers and the wider workforce in schools with extended services in the East Midlands and across a cluster of Community Focused Schools in Wales. SmallSteps4Life training will be developed to support a peer education approach linking to year 6 transition activities in secondary schools.
Fairbridge work with young people, aged 13–25, who face multiple issues ranging from social exclusions and homelessness to antisocial behaviour, often without family support and existing on the margins of society. Fairbridge supports young people to develop the confidence, motivation and skills they need to turn their lives around. Fairbridge West (Bristol) plan to develop and trial SmallSteps4Life activities with 40 young people who would not have had the opportunity to be engaged with the website. A toolkit of good practice and training will be developed, with the plan to roll out to other youth workers using the Fairbridge model.
Get Set is the official London 2012 education programme for schools and colleges across the UK. The Get Set website contains a whole host of free resources for 3–19 year olds, which explore the Olympic values of friendship, excellence and respect and the Paralympic values of courage, determination, inspiration and equality.
Change4Life is a groundbreaking campaign bringing government, community groups, health workers, teachers, and businesses together. Our shared goal is to help everyone eat well, move more and live longer. SmallSteps4Life is a key part of the Change4Life movement.
The National Children's Bureau's (NCB) mission is to advance the well-being of all children and young people across every aspect of their lives. As a membership and infrastructure support agency for the children’s sector in England and Northern Ireland, NCB provides essential information on policy, research and best practice for members and the members of its wide range of partnership bodies, which operate under charitable status and are based in its London headquarters.
SmallSteps4Life evolved from a health challenge pilot programme. The Food Standards Agency commissioned the NCB to work with Kent Healthy Schools to pilot the ‘Health Challenge’ approach in three primary and three secondary schools in Kent. This aimed to help young people, their families and whole school communities initiate healthy lifestyle changes. This ran for four weeks in spring 2008, and over 1,000 students took part in both group and personal challenges, including walking a mile a day and trying new healthy foods.