The saying health is wealth could not be more true than when it comes to the health of our loved ones. As a parent you may have concerns about nutrition, sun safety, seatbelts and booster seats and about 7 million other things. We have put some useful links below and there are loads of useful resources under our safety section on home and internet safety.

 

Living Well – Bradford District

Living Well’s Family Health pages have signposted to a variety of places to help you understand key topics and milestones you may encounter as your family grows

Family Health • Bradford District • Living Well

JUMP: JoinUsMovePlay – Bradford

JUMP is Bradford’s Local Delivery Pilot (LDP) and one of 12 LDPs across the country, funded by Sport England to better understand what helps people to be active in their communities. Born in Bradford (BiB), a research programme hosted by Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is leading the pilot on behalf of Active Bradford, a partnership of organisations committed to creating an active district.

There are lot of fun ways to keep active in our District.

Get active at a session near you – find out what’s happening in your area by using the Activity Finder

Click the link below to see what activities you can find near you or you can download the Bestlife (part of the born in Bradford)  App FREE Via the Apple or Google App store.

Activity Finder | Active Bradford

 

 

Nourish – Free to NHS staff this bite-sized calm and wellbeing app

Support our NHS | The Nourish App

 

Young Minds Parent helpline

Young Minds hosts a free helpline, email service and webchat for parents worried about children or young people under the age of 25

https://youngminds.org.uk/find-help/for-parents/parents-helpline/

The Mix

Offers essential support for under 25’s  from Mental Health, Travel and Lifestyle, Crime and safety to Drink and drugs.

The Mix – Essential support for under 25s

Building Connections

NSPCC Learning offer support for Children up to 19 to build connections and empower them through loneliness.

Building Connections | Support service for young people | NSPCC Learning

Healthy Minds – For Young People

Offering Mental health guides for young people, helping them find  support, information and advice if they are struggling with how they are feeling or thinking.

Healthy Minds for young people

Wellbeing Apps 

A wellbeing apps guide for kids

https://www.internetmatters.org/resources/wellbeing-apps-guide-for-kids/

 

Nourish – The nourish app offers bite-sized moments of calm and wellbeing at your finger tips. Currently free for critical workers until end of June 2021

Support our NHS | The Nourish App

 

THINK! guide to seatbelts and child restraints

http://www.resourcesorg.co.uk/assets/pdfs/l27d44.pdf

 

Nutrition 

The association of UK dieticians has a huge range of food fact sheets on everything from 5 a day to food and skin

https://www.bda.uk.com/food-health/food-facts/adolescent-food-facts.html

 

NHS change 4 life is regularly updated with food facts, activities, recipe ideas and family fun

https://www.nhs.uk/change4life

 

Sun Safety for Kids

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/sun-safety-for-kids

 

Free walking trails

10 Free Kids’ Walking Trails in Yorkshire – Yorkshire Tots to Teens

 

PE with Joe Wicks

Joe Wicks captured the hearts of the nation as self-appointed PE teacher while children were not at school.  He pledged to run a live PE class via his YouTube channel every Monday to Friday at 9am until children returned to school.  The family friendly HIIT style workouts were a great success with children and adults all over the world. He may not be hosting his daily live PE classes but you can find all his past videos on  his Youtube channel. https://youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

 

Cosmic Kids Yoga and Relaxation

More than a million children do yoga, mindfulness and relaxation with Jaime on the Cosmic Kids You Tube channel.  Parents and teachers report significant improvements in self-regulation, focus and empathy and the videos are BRILLIANT FUN so kids love doing them!  Children can take part in a guided yoga session that tells the story of Harry Potter or the Hungry Caterpillar to name a few.  Visit https://www.youtube.co,/user/CosmicKidsYoga