Children 5-11 Years

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.

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

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.

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.

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.      

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.

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.

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.

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.          

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.

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