New dates added for Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training

Further to demand, we are delighted to announce new dates for the Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training schedule:

12/13 Jan 2017 – Leeds
9/10 Feb 2017 – Antrim, Northern Ireland

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Building upon existing knowledge, we explore why good nutrition matters across the lifespan, the significance of supporting women to eat well during pregnancy, as well as how HVs can influence and promote optimal and responsive infant feeding practices. You will also have the opportunity to examine more complex issues of allergies, fussy feeding, safeguarding and nutrition, the relationship with activity levels and overweight and obesity.

Our Champions programme equips participants to take on leadership / special interest roles as well as cascading Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition training updates to colleagues within their organisation. This is a cost-effective method of ensuring the workforce has access to up-to-date evidence-based knowledge and skills to support practice in this important public health subject area and additionally represents an excellent development opportunity for health visitors.

Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training is coming to Northern Ireland

We are delighted to announce that we are taking the Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training to Northern Ireland – as part of rolling out this highly successful training across the UK:

16/17 February 2017 in Belfast

This date, for Northern Ireland, is the first date confirmed in a series of training dates which will also include Wales and Scotland. So keep an eye out for further communications on dates.

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Another new date for Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training

Further to demand a new date has been added to the Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training schedule:

3/4 November 2016 – London

With some training sessions already successfully delivered, we now have limited availability on this fantastic Champions training for England in London, Guildford and Ipswich – so don’t miss out, book your place now.

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Great start to iHV Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training

How fitting that last week saw the start of the national roll out of the iHV Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training during the national childhood obesity week (4-10 July 2016) in Sheffield.

The new Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions from Sheffield

Congratulations to our new Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions who completed the training last week. We look forward to hearing about your local roll out as you cascade and share your new knowledge with your colleagues.

The next Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training will be at Birmingham City University this week and UCLAN on28/29 July. There are more dates around the UK see Healthy Weight Healthy Nutrition training page for further details.

The HWHN Champions training is aimed at HVs who have an interest in the subject and who are willing to become HWHN Champions and cascade this training to other HVs within their organisations.

Sara Patience talking about fussy eating on the iHV Health Weight Healthy Nutrition Champions training in Sheffield

This flexible training, written by Dr Helen Crawley a dietician and registered public health nutritionist, is designed to complement the work of HENRY and and provides a comprehensive overview of current research evidence policy drivers. It builds on existing health visiting skills and will enable practitioners to consolidate their existing knowledge and competencies and share and learn alongside like minded colleagues.

Group work at Sheffield Healthy Weight Health Nutrition Champions training

The training is led by Sara Patience, an experienced health visitor, who is also a registered nutritionist and author. Maggie Fisher an iHV Fellow and professional development officer and trainer with the iHV is supporting Sara with this training.

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