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Programme structure

Family programmes for ages 4–17: weekly sessions built around games, cooking and movement, never around weight talk in front of children.

Tier 2 pathway: 12 weekly sessions 

Tier 3 pathway: 12 weekly sessions, then 4 fortnightly, then 7 monthly — a full year of support. 

Schools programme delivering PSHE-aligned healthy lifestyle content

What's inside

Tier 3 adds specialist dietetic support for selective and disordered eating, with medical comorbidity review.

Practical family food skills and budget-friendly recipes, physical activity the whole family can do, sleep and wellbeing, confidence and habits.

How it's delivered

Community venues, schools and online, with parent/carer participation designed in. Referral via school nurses, GPs and self-referral.

Who delivers it

Children's healthy lifestyle practitioners, with the Tier 3 MDT: paediatric nurse specialists, dietitians, psychotherapists and physical activity specialists.

Where it’s delivered

Patient journey

Children's healthy lifestyle practitioners, with the Tier 3 MDT: paediatric nurse specialists, dietitians, psychotherapists and physical activity specialists.

  • Referral — school nurse, GP, or refer your family yourself
  • A family conversation about what you want to change
  • Weekly sessions, together
  • Step-down support through the year
  • Ongoing access to drop-ins and the family app content

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No. Measurements happen privately, with a practitioner, and never as a group activity.

No. It's family habits: food, activity, sleep and confidence. Children are never given restriction-based targets.

Yes — it's a family programme, and the evidence says that's what works. Sessions are built for you to do together.

4–17, with content adapted by age group. Junior PARS (Greater Manchester) runs for ages 5–17.

Tell us at referral — sessions adapt, and our specialist dietitians support selective eating and sensory needs.

Yes — what's shared in the group stays there, and your data is handled under NHS information governance standards.

Maintenance support: the app, drop-ins, and check-ins. Weight management is a long game and we don't disappear at week 12.