Children 5-11 Years
Health and wellbeing projects, case studies and evaluation of our work with primary school children
Straight Talking Dudley
In 2018/19 we worked with over 1,300 nine and ten year olds in Straight Talking workshops in 20 Dudley schools. 79% said they felt confident to request to be smokefree.
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This year’s Dudley Straight Talking tour got off to a great start, involving 570 children in just the first three days. The workshop, tailor-made for Year 5, uses drama, film
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Close to 900 children took part in the Dudley smokefree Straight Talking workshops in 17/18. Drama, film and reflective writing help empower ten-year olds to respectfully request a smokefree environment.
Read MoreDudley Smokefree Arts Programme 2016-17
Dudley Public Health and Creative Health presents the Smokefree Arts Programme 2016-17. Click here to download the report on all the projects.
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Led by actors, children from years 5 and 6 in Wolverhampton watch the filmed story of Jenny, a young girl on a Straight Talking mission to make her home smokefree.
Read MoreThere Be Dragons
Year 3 children across Dudley have been introduced to smoking dragon Big Kind Red and the effect he has on the health of little dragon Baby Cerys.
Read MoreStraight Talking: Out in the Open: If You Love Me, Keep Me Smokefree
Out in the Open is part of the Straight Talking project, aiming to take the smokefree messages to outdoor spaces. Artist Luke Perry was commissioned to work with Year Six pupils in Dudley.
Read MoreSmokefree Cars: Meet Fresh, the Talking Dog
Meet Fresh, the talking dog. He doesn’t like people smoking near him and doesn’t want to be a second-hand smoker. Children work with Fresh to make their own talking dog.
Read MoreDudley Smokefree Arts Programme 2015-16
Dudley Stop Smoking Service and Creative Health CIC present a breakdown of its smokefree arts programme. Click here to download information about Blossom, Bloomin’, Straight Talking and Kick Ash.
Read MoreThe Straight Talking Film
Straight Talking tells the story of schoolgirl Jenny and how she struggles to convince her family not to smoke around her and her baby brother.
Read MoreFive Ways To Wellbeing Artist Residencies
This Case Study Report describes the seventeen“Five Ways to Wellbeing” artist residencies delivered in schools across Dudley. Click here to read all about the project in the Case Study Report.
Read MoreHealth & Wellbeing Public Art Commissions: Quarry Bank Primary School
The staff team at Quarry Bank Primary School worked with Creative Health CIC to commission two artists to produce public artworks with a health and wellbeing theme for their reception
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