<br />
Healthy outside<br />
<br />
A big part of encouraging good<br />
physical health for the people we<br />
support is working together to see<br />
what they can do to be healthier.<br />
<br />
We don't just work with children and<br />
young people. We educate parents too,<br />
giving them helpful advice on what the<br />
whole family can do to be healthier. This<br />
might be tips on nutrition and healthier<br />
eating, or it might be low-cost ways to<br />
exercise and get fit.<br />
<br />
This whole-family approach is a way of<br />
preventing problems like neglect before<br />
they even start. By giving a family the<br />
tools they need to stay healthy, we can<br />
help them to help themselves, reducing the<br />
need for more serious intervention later on.<br />
<br />
A recent survey of parents across <a title="ImpactreportDigital.pdf page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d5278179?page=1"></a> <a title="ImpactreportDigital.pdf page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d5278179?page=2">to helping the UK's most vulnerableand neglected</a> to helping the UK's most vulnerableand neglected<a title="ImpactreportDigital.pdf page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d5278179?page=3">Proving our impactHow we do itPutting safety fir</a> Proving our impactHow we do itPutting safety fir<a title="ImpactreportDigital.pdf page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d5278179?page=4">We work intransforming the lives of around200</a> We work intransforming the lives of around200<a title="ImpactreportDigital.pdf page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d5278179?page=5">At Action for Children,it's important we makean</a> At Action for Children,it's important we makean<a title="ImpactreportDigital.pdf page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/d5278179?page=6">Our services are diverse. 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