Get Set Goal is a health & wellbeing service that forms part of the Health and Wellbeing Academy at the University of Huddersfield. We are committed to improving the health and wellbeing of individuals and communities by helping people achieve personal goals by making informed and positive lifestyle choices.
We offer a range of free workshops and training sessions that are educational and interactive, involving active participation from the attendees. These facilitate a more dynamic and engaging learning experience to acquire new knowledge and skills.
We have delivered many workshops to school age children designed to encourage participation, collaboration and exploration of ideas.
The topics that we offer are:
- Sleep hygiene
- Staying healthy/healthy eating
- Managing stress and anxiety
- Impact of physical activity on mental wellbeing
- Relationship management and understanding emotions
- Coping skills
- Building resilience
- Self esteem
- Body image
We can adjust the topics to the needs of the children and are very flexible. The workshops are approximately 45 minutes in length with the children working in groups of 4-6.
Whilst on site at the school we can deliver health checks to school employees, parents and carers. The health check includes:
- Blood pressure
- Heart rate
- Respiratory rate
- Oxygen saturation
The students are always supervised by a qualified health professional.
All the students at the University of Huddersfield have had DBS checks, we will provide a letter of assurance confirming this.
Testimonial
I just wanted to say a formal thank you for your work in school yesterday. From the outset, you were clear in communicating the plans for the day and checking how your intent fitted with our school plans and vision. All the staff really appreciated having the workshop content early so they could plan additional learning around what you and the students delivered. All feedback from pupils and teachers where sessions were delivered was positive. Your entire team was clear, polite, friendly and engaged with all children in the classes. The teachers really felt that the workshops were a great success. Additionally, I wish to thank you and the team for the health checks offered. Such professionalism, teamed with creating a rapport with my staff meant that everyone who had a health check came away feeling positive. Your students were a credit to you in the way they explained each step of their checks and talked everyone through the outcomes. We will certainly look at planning some work again for the future! Thank you once again
Andrew Hancox
Headteacher Scholes Primary school
To book a bespoke package for your school please contact us on hwa@hud.ac.uk or fill in this form.
