Towards the Compassionate School: Developing ‘British’ Values – November 2015, various locations This conference aims to: explore and develop the vision for creating a compassionate school within the context of ‘British’ values provide the strategic imperatives for change explore compassion’s … Continued
The third annual E-Cigarette Summit will take place at the Royal Society in London on the 12th November 2015 and will provide an evidence based perspective on the public health issues raised by the growing popularity of e-cigarettes. http://www.e-cigarette-summit.com/ Programme: http://www.e-cigarette-summit.com/programme/
We agree wholeheartedly with Tessa Jowell and share her concerns, especially those relating to children and young people (Coalition wasted Olympic school sport legacy: Jowell, 6 July). Schools are important settings for promoting health and should work with pupils and … Continued
This Girl Can is a national campaign developed by Sport England and a wide range of partnership organisations. It’s a celebration of active women up and down the country who are doing their thing no matter how well they do … Continued
IHPE was pleased to have contributed to the report published on 17th February 2015: Life Lessons: PSHE and SRE in schools. Summary of recommendations The Department for Education should develop a work plan for introducing PSHE and SRE as statutory … Continued
Public Health England has published a summary for each PHE Centre of the data in Child Health Profiles 2015. These summaries show each local authority’s data from the Child Health Profiles for 2015, benchmarked against England. Their publication has been … Continued
Yesterday, 16th June 2015, the PSHE Association published the following press release: Young people call for ‘life lessons’ in schools as Ministers prepare Select Committee response 16 June 2015 A new survey of young people aged 12 to 15 has … Continued
John Kemm, a past President of IHPE has published his latest book entitled ‘Health Promotion, Ideology and Specialisms’ via Oxford University Press. Publishers’ comments included: A comprehensive exploration of health promotion from both a theoretical and practical point of view … Continued
For young women in parts of East Africa, (and in other countries), discrimination, a lack of hygiene facilities and limited access to sanitary protections means many are forced to miss school during their period , and eventually drop out. They … Continued
Over 90 public health professionals in the UK wrote a letter to the Guardian in the week of the election criticising the outgoing coalition Government for the damage its policies had done to health. As senior public health professionals we … Continued