Helping children make healthy choices through our work with schools, parents and their communities.

Life Education helps children make healthy choices through our work with schools, parents and their communities. Our specially trained Educators use interactive mobile classooms to teach positive health messages to children to help them make smart choices as young people. Emphasis is placed on teaching in a fun and interactive manner using music, sound and light effects, and Harold the giraffe!

Why the community needs this charity

Rising levels of obesity, binge drinking and smoking amongst children and young people together with the consequent anti-social behaviour are clear indications that they are not placing health as a priority in their lives. There are many reasons for this, including socio-economic factors and media and peer influence, and our programmes are designed to tackle these. We work with over 30,000 children every year making a difference to children's lives in your community.

Results and outcomes

An increase in children's knowledge, skills and confidence, and the number of children choosing healthy lifestyles. A stronger sense of self esteem and self confidence. Skills to enable them to walk away with confidence from the influences and pressure they may face from others to experiment with harmful substances. Our programmes help children: to stay safe from bullying and discrimination and to have security and stability; to develop positive relationships.

Latest activities and projects

Puppets for Life Education

New puppets: videos, song and 'Harold' the giraffe puppet are used as prompts for discussions looking at who the pupils could talk with if they were worried about problems they had. 'Harold' is rather old and showing signs of wear, so needs replacing. We also want to introduce a new girl puppet to be used as an aid to delivering programmes to younger children, for talking to them about medicines, and would also be used when delivering our 'friendship' programmes.  read more

New Educator

Training costs of a new Educator: our aim is to visit as many children as possible, and in particular we want to increase the number we visit in central Berkshire. To do this we have recruited a new Educator but we do not want to pass on their training costs to schools. Any funds we raise towards this cost will keep our charges to schools to a minimum.  read more

Greater access in Berkshire

The delivery of Life Education programmes to more children in Berkshire. The education of children in a unique environment about the effects and risks associated with the use of drugs, including alcohol and tobacco; contributing to life-skills and health education programmes; working with and supporting parents, carers, teachers and others in communicating healthy lifestyle messages effectively. read more