Life Education Centres West Sussex
Helping Children Make Healthy Choices
Our Work
Health Education
Rising levels of obesity, binge drinking and smoking amongst children and young people are clear indications that they are not placing health as a priority in their lives. There are many reasons for this, including socio-economic factors, peer influence and media influences.
The importance of ensuring children appreciate the value of good health is clear. This cannot be the responsibility of teachers and health workers alone. We must work as a community to send positive messages, which encourage children to take responsibility for their health and well-being.
Life Education provides a series of age appropriate health educational programmes designed to encourage children to take a positive attitude towards health. They can then make informed decisions and develop the necessary life-skills to put them into practice.
Our work encompasses...
- help for schools to meet National Curriculum requirements for personal, social and health education and Government guidelines for drug education, as well as the Healthy Schools Agenda.
- provision of age appropriate health and drug education programmes throughout primary school years.
- support for parents and carers in helping them to gain a deeper insight into health issues.
- Our unique method of actively involving members of the community effectively promotes the importance of health and drug education with the public at large.
All of our work is designed to uniquely support all five outcomes of the Every Child Matters Outcomes Framework: Be Healthy, Stay Safe, Enjoy and Achieve, Make a Positive Contribution and Achieve Economic Well-being.