Public health training

The Southwark Healthy Weight online training is a high-quality, evidence-based online training programme that supports health and non-health professionals to discuss healthy weight. There are 4 types of training available: an introductory course, a maternity-focused short course and versions for professionals and healthcare professionals in Southwark.

Healthy Start is a government scheme that provides money for healthy food and milk to women:

• on eligible benefits who are over 10 weeks pregnant 
• with children under 4
• pregnant women under 18 not on benefits. 

Training is available for staff from any organisation that engages with eligible families. The training covers the Healthy Start scheme including ways to promote it and messages to communicate to residents.

The Community Falls Prevention eLearning is intended for any community staff or volunteers working in Southwark and Lambeth who visit people’s homes. The training aims to promote awareness of fall risks and how falls can be prevented.  

Thrive LDN offers free, online trauma-informed practice training designed for anyone in a role supporting others, whether formal or informal. The training looks at how trauma influences and shapes the lives of those it touches. There are 3 levels of training available: Bronze, Silver and Gold.

This training from the King’s College Hospital South East London breast screening service covers:

• breast cancer awareness
• health promotion around breast cancer
• information about breast screening including uptake, barriers to screening and how to empower people to get screened

You’ll have the chance to practise breast awareness on breast models, and get freebies and leaflets to support your own health promotion project.

The Cancer Research UK TalkCancer training is a 2-hour session that will help you:

• understand the key messages around cancer awareness
• talk to people about how they could reduce their risk of getting cancer
• help people understand the importance of spotting cancer early and the screening programmes available
• appreciate and address the fears and barriers faced by people when talking about cancer
• have effective, supportive conversations about cancer and health
• understand the impact health inequalities can have on cancer outcomes
• encourage people to take positive action for their health, use local services and see their doctor with any concerns

The training is normally in English, however, we are offering a limited number of free Cancer Research UK TalkCancer training sessions with live translation into other languages. We may be able to adapt the training to make it more suitable for your community. 

Other national cancer charities offer free group educational sessions on prevention and the importance of early diagnosis, including Breast Cancer Now, and Bowel Cancer UK.

NHS England offers 33 eLearning sessions covering a wide variety of public health topics. These are freely available to access and include topics such as:

• alcohol
• best start in life
• cardiovascular disease prevention
• dementia
• health inequalities
• homelessness
• immunisation
• mental health and wellbeing
• sexual and reproductive health and HIV
• smoking and tobacco