To help raise awareness about healthy lifestyle, with specific support on understanding Diabetes, why not utilise the training and resources below. From Learning, quizzes, interactive apps and more, there is something for everyone to engage with.
Learning and Training for providers:
Educate Diabetes – free training: https://www.heal-med.co.uk/schooltraining
Understanding food labels: https://www.diabetes.org.uk/guide-to-diabetes/enjoy-food/food-shopping-for-diabetes/understanding-food-labels
Utilise in your clubs:
DeApp (Diabetes Education App) – Education App with stories, games and education: Home | HEAL.med & Deapp (heal-med.co.uk)
Diabetes UK: Learning Zone will give you videos, quizzes and interactive tools with tasty food swaps and tips for managing diabetes day-to-day. They’re tailored just for you using special category data relating to your health and ethnicity that we’ll ask as you register. Then you’ll get all our courses completely free, and we’ll also email you updates and support for completing courses or checking in on how you’re doing.
Learning Zone – Discover more about your diabetes. | Learning Zone
Learn about Diabetes with Tom – Story video: Learn about diabetes with Tom (youtube.com)
Nutri Quiz: KiDS NutriQuiz (English) (typeform.com)
Kids and Diabetes:
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SIGN UP: Free Olympic and Paralympic Games inspired activity pack
Path to Paris is inspired by the Olympic and Paralympic Games, their sports and Values, and the amazing events that will take place in Paris next summer. There are a limited number of free packs available exclusively for HAF providers and we will send your activity pack directly to you! The pack includes:
Download the pack for free here.
The Daily Mile
Easily integrate physical activity into your HAF provisions with The Daily Mile. Created by a Scottish Head Teacher Elaine Wyllie MBE in 2012, The Daily Mile is a simple initiative that involves children running, jogging, wheeling, or walking for 15 minutes in the fresh air with friends. The simple concept has taken the world by storm with over 90 countries involved across multiple continents. In England, over 2 million children take part from nearly half of the nation’s primary schools, so HAF settings provide a perfect opportunity to keep children involved over the holidays.
Why do The Daily Mile in your HAF setting? Put simply, the children enjoy it; and it’s an evidence-based way of improving the physical, social and mental wellbeing of everyone involved.
It’s a DfE backed initiative that does not require any training, equipment, or investment, and will achieve 15 minutes of the requirement for each HAF setting to deliver 60 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity each day.
How to set-up The Daily Mile in your HAF setting? There is a full 8 step set-up guide via the weblink below. Crucially, The Daily Mile is a non-competitive activity where children can move at their own pace. The route should be on a safe mud free surface – no need for a specific track – with the aim of 5 – 10 laps dependent on space. Links can be made to other areas of your HAF provisions, e.g., nutrition, hydration, creative thinking, and The Daily Mile team have put together a number of resources on the weblink below to support you.
Find out how to get involved with The Daily Mile here.
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Lesson plans in First aid to teach to young children and staff across organisations, find out more below.
Physical activity
Enrichment
Cooking
Wellbeing
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