Rotherham United Community Sports Trust’s health department have been working Our Health department organised and alongside Rotherham Parents Forum for the past delivered a long health conference to 6 weeks Rotherham Parents Forum work with the NCS wave 3 participants. those who provide services for disabled children and their families. The health aspects that we decided to cover were, Sugars in Drinks and the Danger of The forum shares knowledge, experience and Energy drinks which was led by our what families tell them to help plan and improve community health coach Abbi Walker, a CSE the quality, range and accessibility of services awareness workshop which was led by our for all disabled children and their families in community manager Mark Cummins, a Rotherham. Nutrition and Sporting performance workshop Rotherham United Community Sports have led by our Health and Nutrition Officer Lauren been running the Fun, Active and Able sessions Kerry and finally a practical circuit training down at the centre, this has involved covering workshop that was led by Kirsty Maxey who is all matter of current health issues with the part of the education department here at children such as; the importance of eating a the trust. wide varied diet, avoiding sugars in drinks, the We decided to focus on these 4 key health dangers of energy drinks, a healthy human subjects as they are the most apparent at the body, confidence building and self-esteem, and moment amongst young people today. The much much more! health conference was a massive success Alongside the health sessions we ran physical and the young people thoroughly enjoyed it. activity sessions which the children very much We are looking forward to running our next enjoyed, the get to try a different sport every health conference at Sheffield University to week and it increases their participation in sport. the next NCS cohort. For more information please contact: Lauren Kerry Health and Nutrition Officer Email:
Rotherham United Community Sports Trust’s health department have been working alongside Rotherham Parents Forum for the past 6 weeks Rotherham Parents Forum work with those who provide services for disabled children and their families. The forum shares knowledge, experience and what families tell them to help plan and improve the quality, range and accessibility of services for all disabled children and their families in Rotherham. Rotherham United Community Sports have been running the Fun, Active and Able sessions down at the centre, this has involved covering all matter of current health issues with the children such as; the importance of eating a wide varied diet, avoiding sugars in drinks, the dangers of energy drinks, a healthy human body, confidence building and self-esteem, and much much more! Alongside the health sessions we ran physical activity sessions which the children very much enjoyed, the get to try a different sport every week and it increases their participation in sport. Our Health department organised and delivered a long health conference to the NCS wave 3 participants. The health aspects that we decided to cover were, Sugars in Drinks and the Danger of Energy drinks which was led by our community health coach Abbi Walker, a CSE awareness workshop which was led by our community manager Mark Cummins, a Nutrition and Sporting performance workshop led by our Health and Nutrition Officer Lauren Kerry and finally a practical circuit training workshop that was led by Kirsty Maxey who is part of the education department here at the trust. We decided to focus on these 4 key health subjects as they are the most apparent at the moment amongst young people today. The health conference was a massive success and the young people thoroughly enjoyed it. We are looking forward to running our next health conference at Sheffield University to the next NCS cohort. For more information please contact: Lauren Kerry Health and Nutrition Officer Email:
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