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Free training through NHS Lothian Health Promotion Capacity Building Programme

 

NHS Lothian

What: We are running a ‘Eating well  through life’ bite size training session looking at the newly updated ‘Eatwell Guide’  and key messages for healthy eating. The aim of the session is to provide an overview of the updated Eatwell Guide and what this means for the general population’s diet in Scotland. We will cover the key messages, key resources and key contacts for this area of work.

When: 31st August 2016 from 9-10.30 am at the Post Graduate Education Centre, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.

Who: Anyone working in Lothian.

How: To book a space on the course then please visit our training website here.

 

 

NHS Lothian

What: We are running a ‘Eating well  through life’ bite size training session looking at the newly updated ‘Eatwell Guide’  and key messages for healthy eating. The aim of the session is to provide an overview of the updated Eatwell Guide and what this means for the general population’s diet in Scotland. We will cover the key messages, key resources and key contacts for this area of work.

When: 31st August 2016 from 9-10.30 am at the Post Graduate Education Centre, Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.

Who: Anyone working in Lothian.

How: To book a space on the course then please visit our training website here.

 

Dads2b East Lothian

Dads2b eastlothian poster

If you are an expectant father you are invited to attend a dads-to-be course in Lothian.

The course runs for 4 weeks from 6.30-8.30 pm and covers topics such as:

  • Supporting Labour and Birth
  • Baby care skills- everything from nappies, bathing, handling to coping with your baby crying
  • Early days
  • Post Natal Depression
  • Baby brain development
  • Being a dad… and much more!

 

To book contact

dadswork@hotmail.co.uk

andrea.hewitt@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Tel  01506 524020

Tel 0131 665 0848

 

Dads2b eastlothian poster

If you are an expectant father you are invited to attend a dads-to-be course in Lothian.

The course runs for 4 weeks from 6.30-8.30 pm and covers topics such as:

  • Supporting Labour and Birth
  • Baby care skills- everything from nappies, bathing, handling to coping with your baby crying
  • Early days
  • Post Natal Depression
  • Baby brain development
  • Being a dad… and much more!

 

To book contact

dadswork@hotmail.co.uk

andrea.hewitt@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

Tel  01506 524020

Tel 0131 665 0848

 

Raising Children with Confidence

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=POkddKE9VEw

Aboce is a short video explaining the Raising Children with Confidence course.                              For futher details please visit www.growingconfidence.org

Above is a short video explaining the Raising Children with Confidence course.                              For futher details please visit www.growingconfidence.org

Food and health training sessions and Setting the Table (Nutritional standards for early years providers in Scotland) training available!

NHS LothianFood and health training sessions and Setting the Table (Nutritional standards for early years providers in Scotland) training available!

NHS Lothian Health Promotion Service training courses and workshops are free of charge and open to anyone working in a paid or voluntary capacity in Lothian especially around food and health and/or early years nutrition. We are offering the following courses:

 

  • Eating well through life
  • Providing healthy meals and Snacks in Early Years establishments Setting the Table
  • Eating well in pregnancy
  • Promoting healthy eating in children and families Setting the Table

 

For more information about the courses and booking a place visit our capacity building programme here.

 

 

 

NHS LothianFood and health training sessions and Setting the Table (Nutritional standards for early years providers in Scotland) training available!

NHS Lothian Health Promotion Service training courses and workshops are free of charge and open to anyone working in a paid or voluntary capacity in Lothian especially around food and health and/or early years nutrition. We are offering the following courses:

 

  • Eating well through life
  • Providing healthy meals and Snacks in Early Years establishments Setting the Table
  • Eating well in pregnancy
  • Promoting healthy eating in children and families Setting the Table

 

For more information about the courses and booking a place visit our capacity building programme here.

 

 

 

NHS Lothian Health Promotion Service Young People, Tobacco Prevention and Smoking Cessation: an introduction

NHS LothianNHS Lothian Health Promotion Service
Young People, Tobacco Prevention and Smoking Cessation: an introduction

Date: Tuesday 11th October

Time: 9.15am – 4.30pm

Venue: Liberton Hospital (Function room), 113 Lasswade Road, Edinburgh EH16 6UB

Cost: Free to participants

Course Aims: To enable workers to gain an insight into the key issues relating to young people’s tobacco use, and to consider how both tobacco prevention and cessation can be delivered to young people.

“the course will help me focus more on why young people from deprived backgrounds begin and sustain smoking”

“I found the information, resources and ideas to use within the classroom useful”
Previous course participants

Learning outcomes: participants will have an opportunity to:

• learn about approaches to smoking prevention including examples of practical exercise to use in working with young people
• develop skills in providing stop smoking support to young people in brief/opportunistic settings

Participants: this course is suitable for staff from a range of agencies such as High schools, community learning & development, youth work and NHS settings, who are looking for an introduction to working on tobacco issues with young people

Course Facilitators:
Avril Browne, Stop Smoking Facilitator, NHS Lothian
Colin Lumsdaine, Senior Health Promotion Specialist, NHS Lothian

Closing date: Tuesday 30th August 2016

To book a place on-line:
http://www.nhslothianhpstraining.com/TrainingProgrammes.aspx?ProviderId=4

For further details please contact:

Karen Haig
Health promotion Service
0131 537 9389
karen.haig@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk

NHS LothianNHS Lothian Health Promotion Service
Young People, Tobacco Prevention and Smoking Cessation: an introduction

Date: Tuesday 11th October

Time: 9.15am – 4.30pm

Venue: Liberton Hospital (Function room), 113 Lasswade Road, Edinburgh EH16 6UB

Cost: Free to participants

Course Aims: To enable workers to gain an insight into the key issues relating to young people’s tobacco use, and to consider how both tobacco prevention and cessation can be delivered to young people.

“the course will help me focus more on why young people from deprived backgrounds begin and sustain smoking”

“I found the information, resources and ideas to use within the classroom useful”
Previous course participants

Learning outcomes: participants will have an opportunity to:

• learn about approaches to smoking prevention including examples of practical exercise to use in working with young people
• develop skills in providing stop smoking support to young people in brief/opportunistic settings

Participants: this course is suitable for staff from a range of agencies such as High schools, community learning & development, youth work and NHS settings, who are looking for an introduction to working on tobacco issues with young people

Course Facilitators:
Avril Browne, Stop Smoking Facilitator, NHS Lothian
Colin Lumsdaine, Senior Health Promotion Specialist, NHS Lothian

Closing date: Tuesday 30th August 2016

To book a place on-line:
http://www.nhslothianhpstraining.com/TrainingProgrammes.aspx?ProviderId=4

For further details please contact:

Karen Haig
Health promotion Service
0131 537 9389
karen.haig@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk