HENRY - Healthy Start, Brighter Future

What is HENRY?

The HENRY programme supports the whole family to gain the confidence, knowledge and skills they need to help the whole family adopt a healthier, happier lifestyle and to give their children a great start in life.

There is support for fussy eating, screen time, healthier teeth, sleep, getting active and healthy family eating behaviours.

The HENRY programme aims to:

• increase parents’ knowledge and skills in healthy eating and understanding of the benefits of physical exercise

• improve parenting efficacy (their belief in their capabilities as a parent) and healthy behaviours (healthy eating, screen time, sleep and activity)

• promote emotional wellbeing to support families to develop healthy lifestyle habits, including in relation to food, activity and daily routines

We offer 8 week group programmes and individual workshops. They are delivered online or face to face.

How is the service run?

The programme is delivered by health visitors and school health, who have been trained in the HENRY approach. 

For the group programme, parents and children attend weekly sessions over an eight week period online or at a children’s centre. 

The workshops are delivered online or at a children’s centre. 

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Age 0-15 programme

Age 5-12 programme

Upcoming HENRY Workshops and Programmes

For children aged 0-5:

Healthy Families Right from The Start, 8-week Programme

Online: Thursday 8th January 2026  to Thursday 26th February 2026 10am - 11:15am (every Thursday)

Face to face: Tuesday 20th Jan to Tuesday 17th March- Old Malden Children Centre 09:30am-12:30pm (every Tuesday), free creche available.

Fussy Eating Workshops

Online: Thursday 4th December 10am-11:30am .

Starting solids workshops-face to face

Face to face: Monday 3rd November, Kingston Town Children’s Centre @ 1.00pm-3.00pm

Healthy teeth workshops

Face to face: Thursday 29th January 2026 09:30 - 11:15am, Tolworth Children’s Centre

For children aged 5-12 years

Healthy Families Growing up, 8-week Programme

Online: Friday 16th January – 13th March 2026 @ 12-1.15pm

Online: Wednesday 28th Jan – 25th March 2026 @ 10-11.15am

Online: Wednesday 29th April – 24th June 2026 @ 10-11.15am

Understanding children’s behaviour workshop

Online: Wednesday 19th November @ 10-11.30am

Looking After Ourselves

Online: Wednesday 22nd April 2026 @ 10-11.30am 

To sign up to any of our sessions, please complete our form or click the sign up button on this page.