Welcome to the Healthy Hub newsletter!
This month's edition is packed with a range of health, wellbeing and physical activity news and events including national campaigns Children's Mental Health Week and Coach Education Week and information about you can get involved in these. We also put a spotlight on Hertfordshire Health Walks and National HIV Testing week.
The Healthy Hub are here to help!
It is not too late to sign up for some of our wellbeing morning sessions. If the session you are interested in is fully booked, let us know. We can add you to the waiting list and contact you should a space become available.
To sign up for support fill out our Healthy hub online form here, or you can call one of our hub coordinators on 01462 474111 (Mon-Fri, excluding bank holidays), email healthyhub@north-herts.gov.uk or visit the Healthy hub North Herts website to find out more.
Eating well
21st February is pancake Tuesday. At the Healthy Hub we love a healthier pancake so here are some of our favourites.
Healthier Families have two yummy recipes - a sultana and carrot pancake and tasty savoury tomato pancake. If you fancy something a little different BBC Good Food have a whole list of healthier pancake options which are sure to get your taste buds tingling. If in doubt, top with some delicious fruit, yogurt and a little drizzle of honey.
Whatever your pancake of choice, we hope it's flipping delicious!
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Keeping active
Mental health
Place2Be launched the first ever Children’s Mental Health Week in 2015 to shine a spotlight on the importance of children and young people’s mental health.
This year Children's Mental Health Week is taking place 6-12 February 2022 and the theme is Let's Connect. Place2Be will be encouraging children (and adults) to make healthy, meaningful connections for all, during Children's Mental Health Week - and beyond.
To get involved you can head to the Children's Mental Health Week website where there are loads of resources that can be used by parents, teachers and youth groups as well as ways to get involved in fundraising.
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Creative Chefs
The Healthy Hub North Herts are excited to be working in collaboration with Creative Chefs to bring you some exciting Bitesize Preschool cooking sessions.
You and your little one can make a delicious main meal every week while working on fine motor skills and tasting lots of healthy foods!
To sign up contact Angie on: angie@childrenscreativechefs.co.uk or call: 07887573798
National HIV Testing Week
National HIV Testing Week is just around the corner so there’s no better time to get
tested and know your status. This year the campaign is aiming to promote regular testing.
Did you know you can get a free HIV postal test kit delivered to your door? Testing for
HIV is free, quick and easy. Order a free kit this National HIV Testing Week delivered in
plain packaging directly to you. It’s recommended you test for HIV at least once a year
and more regularly if you’ve had unprotected sex or more than one partner.
Due a test? Then order your free test kit today!
Hertfordshire Health Walks
 Herts Health Walks is a countywide initiative of free, led walks aimed to encourage people of all ages and abilities to get outdoors, get more active and reap the benefits.
You can find a range of walks for all abilities all across the county.
If you are returning from illness and injury or you haven’t been physically active in a while, then First Steps walks are perfect to get you moving again. The free walks are on flat, smooth paths and guided by qualified volunteers. In North Herts the First Steps walk starts at the Millstream pub in Hitchin every other Tuesday.
To find out more about the First Steps walks or find the Health Walks timetable, check out the Health Walks Website.
Coach Education Week
 From 13-19 February, the Herts Sports Partnership is running its annual Coach Education Week creating opportunities for sports coaches and others involved in the sport and physical activity sector, to develop their skills, knowledge, and qualifications around a range of important issues. This year there are workshops on safeguarding, the links between physical activity and mental health, dealing with participants with challenging behaviour, and how practitioners can better include disabled people and those from disadvantaged communities, within their delivery programmes.
To find the full array of events running during the week check out the Sport in Herts Website.
How to contact us
Contact the hub by phone on 01462 474111 (Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm) or via email healthyhub@north-herts.gov.uk. Alternatively complete our online referral form here.
More information and regular updates can be found at healthyhubnorthherts.co.uk and on our social media channels:
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