Community Health Festival

On Saturday 5 July, the Community Health Festival, a healthy free day out for the whole family, will take place from 11am to 4pm at Daubeney School, Daubeney Road in Homerton.

This year's 'Health In Your Hands' event celebrates the 60th anniversary of the NHS, as well as promoting health and well being in the community with free activities, giveaways and attractions for children, young people and adults alike.

The day's programme will include an exciting variety of live music and dance performances, bike workshops, football tournaments, plenty of stalls, a bouncy castle, Health MOTs, dental checks, a healthy eating café and much more, and a series of workshops, including dance and exercise sessions, cookery demonstrations, and complementary therapy tasters such as reflexology, aromatherapy, acupuncture and massage.

Programme

11.00am Steel Band: Solid Steel

12.00pm Turkish/Kurdish Folk music, singing and dance: Refugee Arts Project

1.00pm Tai Chi

1.30pm Concorde Dancers

2.00pm Hits from the musicals: Anna Fiorentini Theatre and Film School

2.30pm Hackney Marsh Harmonies

3.00pm Daubeney School performs

3.30pm Shoreditch Supplementary school dancers

Workshops timetable Peace of Mind:

11.30am – 12.30pm Express yourself -Creative Arts for Peace of Mind 1

12.30pm – 1.30pm Complete Relaxation -Yoga Meditation & Self Massage

1.30pm – 2.30pm Express yourself -Creative Arts for Peace of Mind 2

2.30pm – 3.30pm Aromatherapy for Stress Management

Dance & Exercise:

12.00pm – 1.00pm Belly dance

1.00pm – 2.00pm Salsa

2.00pm – 3.00pm Street dance

Healthy Eating/Cooking Demos:

12.00pm – 1.00pm cooking demo

1.00pm – 1.30pm make your own snack

2.00pm – 3.00pm cooking demo

3.00pm – 3.30pm make your own snack

Complementary Therapy tasters all day - book a session on the day

• Aromatherapy
• Reflexology
• Acupuncture
• Massage

Children & Young People’s Activities

• Face painting
• Bouncy castle
• Animals from Hackney City Farm
• Story telling: 1.00pm – 1.15pm & 2.00pm – 2.15pm
• Met police 5-aside football tournament
• Purple Bus (mobile IT unit) for young people

Other Activities

• Stalls with lots of attractions including information from local organisations
• Exercise workshops
• Bike workshops
• Free dental checks in the dental unit bus
• Health MOTs for all ages
• Healthy café open all day
• Lots of freebies including fruit and energy saving lightbulbs

All activities will take place in and around the main hall of DaubeneySchool and grounds

More information

For more information please contact Sibel Aydemir email Sibel@shoreditchtrust.org.uk.

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Page updated: 2 Jul 2008