We offer a bespoke range of services to support families struggling to maintain a healthy family lifestyle, which includes one to one support at home or in the community by a trained Peer Mentor volunteer, group support for parents and their children, a course in managing a healthy lifestyle which includes practical cooking sessions, and access to a counselling service where there are deep-rooted issues which present a barrier to progress.

This project helps parents to address the negative consequences of unhealthy lifestyles on their own and their child's health and wellbeing. For some families, the stresses of family life, often coupled with financial difficulties, lead to poor behaviour boundaries for children, irractic mealtimes with poor nutritional value, and few opportunities for physical activity with their child.

We support around 60 different families each year through the project, and approximately 80 different children benefit. Practical cooking and healthy lifestyle courses take place at least twice a year for small numbers of parents at our base in Market Harborough, while their children under 5 are engaged a separate child-focused healthy activity session.