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Here you will find useful links to further related information and support.

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Within this section you can find useful links to further related information and support.

Healthy Eating and Nutritious Meals

Tips and Resources

Healthy eating can improve your child’s well-being. You can visit the GOV.UK website Eatwell Guide [External Link] to help you get a balance of healthier food as well as understanding the importance of sustainable food. It outlines food groups to help you get a better understanding of how much of what you eat should come from each food group.

Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (Formerly Public Health England) - Better Health 

You can download Better Health Free Smart recipes app to get ideas about healthy recipe ideas and help you put a shopping list together to buy the recipes.

Visit the NHS Healthier Families website [External Link] to get inspiration about recipes and food facts.

The NHS Food Scanner App [External LInk] means you can scan food on the go and find some healthier alternatives.

Full Time Meals: Get cooking with Marcus Rashford and Tom Kerridge

Visit the end child poverty website [External Link] for easy tasty, healthy recipes in bitesize videos and cards. Accessible via the app and website.

Staying Active

Children need to be active for at least 60 minutes a day, and 30 minutes of this should be outside of school hours. The OHIC recommends that children engage in at least 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous exercise per day. Click on the links below to find some fun ways to keep children moving.

  • PE with Joe Wicks - While the popular live workouts with Jo Wick’s no longer take place, children can still take part in them to help keep them moving. Visit the PE with Joe Wicks YouTube page for more information [External Link].

  • 10 minute Shake up - The OHIC Better Health and Disney have teamed up to bring you play-along games inspired by your favourite Disney and Pixar characters. These 10-minute bursts of fun will really get your kids moving and count towards the 60 active minutes they need every day! Vist the NHS website to check out the games today [External Link].

  • Sport England and the Youth Sport Trust have developed an excellent online portal the Active Recovery Hub [External Link] where you can find ideas for over 400 activities for different age ranges and different times of the day. There is a huge variety of activities from dance to athletic challenges and so much more! 

  • The Sutton website [External Link] has a list of local leisure centres and what they have to offer. You can also visit the Healthy and active the directory page.

  • The National Trust website [External Link] has information to support getting kids closer to nature with ‘50 things to do before you’re 11¾’. There’s plenty of outdoor activities to do all year round, from watching the sunset to creating some wild art. Many can be done at home and in gardens.

  • Nike have a staying active for older kids campaign.- With access to 200+ free workouts and targeted training programmes, from invigorating yoga classes to bodyweight sessions with and without equipment, your child will find the right workout. Follow lots of Nike Trainers through varied classes, ranging from 5 – 50 minutes. Find out more on the Nike website [External Link].

Children with disabilities

Check out the National Disability Sports Organisations (NDSOs) website [External Link] to find out about organisations that can support your child to  be active.

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Accessing Further Support

There is lots of further information available from related services including where you can go for support with food, mental health, parenting and more.