Boosting Body Confidence & Healthy Eating: Transformative Intervention

Organiser: Sweet Science Foundation

When

What

NHS STRIDES service has commissioned Sweet Science Foundation to offer secondary schools / colleges in Harrow, a FREE 10-week targeted intervention for small groups of young people (year 9 up to college age) who are experiencing, or at risk of, distress around food, weight, shape and body image

According to data from London’s mental health trusts, child and adolescent referrals for eating disorders increased 158 per cent between 2016/17 to 2022/23. There is a national crisis in young people's relationship to food, and it can have a huge impact on their mental health.

This offer will help schools to provide a package of expert support in a relaxed and supportive environment, to those students they identify as at risk of struggling with their relationship with food.

How does it work:

• Every week a mentor / boxing coach will come to your school to deliver a 45 minute session with a small group of students (group size of 10)

• This will be a combination of non-contact boxing, and they will also be discussion work based around positive body image, self-esteem, confidence, positive eating habits

This session will create a safe space for young people to improve their mood through exercise, discuss food-related issues, get advice and support, and start to build a more positive attitude and behaviours related to their body image and eating habits.

What the School Need to Provide

• We will deliver the sessions at your school / college so we will need a suitable space
• We will need you to identify the cohort of students that would benefit from the programme.
• We would need some post-programme feedback - nothing too laborious!

We have worked with lots of schools in Harrow already - including Hatch End, Harrow College, Whitmore, Harrow High School and more.

SEND friendly