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2008 Health Action Awards

Action Cancer and Centra are delighted to announce the launch of the 6th Annual Health Action Awards, open to colleges, schools and nurseries in Northern Ireland.

The awards were conceived as a means of encouraging schools to put a greater focus on pupil health and to showcase the best practice from across Northern Ireland. Instead of simply rewarding the healthiest schools in each board we feel that more of our schools in Northern Ireland deserve recognition for their commitment to pupil health.

To achieve this we have revamped how we run the awards, introducing a brand new 'Gold, Silver, Bronze' marking scheme. The top scoring primary and secondary school in each Education and Library Board will receive a trophy and a prize of £200 to be spent on school equipment.

Other schools that meet the minimum scoring will receive a Gold, Silver or Bronze certificate based on the standard of their application.

We hope this will give schools another excellent incentive to improve their provision and encourage them to aim for the next level!

If you would like to enter your school for the awards please fill in the application form or call Ruairi at Action Cancer on 028 9080 3344 to request a copy in the post.

The deadline for returning your completed form is Friday 25th April 2008.

Click here for the 2008 Health Action Awards Application pack (printable PDF)

Click here for the 2008 Health Action Awards Application pack (Microsoft Word Document)

Click here to see a list of last year's winners

The Wally & Wise Puppet Show - Ages 3-11

Wally the Wolf & Wise the Sheep have very different ideas about what's healthy and what's not! If it was left to Wally the Wolf he'd be eating sweets every day and never wearing sunscreen. Luckily he's got a friend, Wise the Sheep, to keep him right! These puppets star in their very own entertaining and educational show, "The Wally & Wise Show," created to cover key health messages in a fun and accessible way for younger children.

Wally & Wise leaflet for all primary school aged children

Wally & Wise booking form

Wally & Wise booking online

Health Action Programme - Ages 11 to 18

In response to continuing demand from secondary schools and with the ongoing support of our sponsor Centra, Action Cancer has launched a new and extended range of 'Health Action' programmes for secondary schools, further education colleges and community organisations throughout Northern Ireland.

For both boys and girls from 11-18 years old, these sessions cover strong, core messages on early detection and cancer prevention including the dangers of smoking and alcohol, the importance of exercise and a balanced diet. Information on the prevention and detection of testicular, breast, cervical and skin cancer can be included as appropriate to the age and gender of the group.

An action packed extended programme of 4 sessions delivered weekly covering a range of health issues relating to cancer prevention. The talks are:

Session 1 Introduction - Why Keep Yourself Healthy?
Session 2 Being Body Aware
Session 3 Smoking and Alcohol
Session 4 (optional) Fundraising Boxercise Class

Action Cancer now offer a new unique youth smoking cessation programme to schools and colleges. This is available to any small groups of young people who are motivated to stop smoking. The programme, which is tailored to young people, consists of six sessions and provides useful information as well as support through the difficult first stages of giving up.

Click here to complete the 'Health Action' online booking form.

Click here for the Health Action Postal Booking Form

Fundraising - Ideas and Support for Schools

Action Cancer would like to help you get the most out your fundraising and can support your school with a range of health promotion material and advice. Some of schools most popular fundraising events include:

All Health Action programmes will be delivered by Action Cancer's highly experienced Health Promotion team, all of whom are qualified to postgraduate level in their field. The Wally & Wise show is delivered by a fully certified puppeteer with many years experience working in local schools.

For information on the History of Schools Programmes click here.