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 0-5 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 16th April to Thursday 4th June 2026 @ 10am - 11:15am (every Thursday).

Face to Face: Thursday 3rd September to Thursday 22nd October 2026, Tolworth Children's Centre @ 09:30am-12:30pm (every Tuesday).

Online: Tuesday 8th September to Tuesday 27th October 2026 @ 10am - 11:15am (every Tuesday).

Face to Face: Tuesday 12th January to Tuesday 9th March 2027, Old Malden Children's Centre @ 09:30am-12:30pm (every Tuesday).

Fussy Eating Workshops

Online: Tuesday 12th May 2026 @ 13.30pm-15.30pm.

Online: Thursday 9th July 2026 @ 09.30am - 10.45am

Online: Monday 14th September 2026 @ 13.30pm - 15.30pm

Online: Tuesday 10th November 2026 @ 13.30pm - 15.30pm

Online: Friday 22nd January 2027 @ 13.30pm - 15.30pm

Online: Friday 12th March 2027 @ 13.30pm - 15.30pm

Starting Solids Workshops

Face to Face: Friday 5th June, Chessington Children’s Centre @ 13.00pm -15.30pm

Face to Face: Thursday 13th August, Kingston Town Children's Centre @ 09.30am - 11.30am

Face to Face: Tuesday 13th October 2026, Chessington Children’s Centre @ 09.30am - 11.30am

Face to Face: Friday 11th December 2026, Tolworth Children's Centre @ 14.00pm - 16.00pm

Face to Face: Monday 8th February 2027, Old Malden Children's Centre @ 11.00am - 13.00pm

Healthy Teeth Workshops

Face to Face: Tuesday 28th April 2026, Kingston Town Children's Centre @ 13:00 - 14:45am.

Face to Face: Tolworth Children's Centre Thursday 25th June 2026 @ 09:30 - 11:45am.

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.