You might like to take this course if you work, either paid or voluntarily, with people in your community. The course is free and takes 2 days. The programme is delivered by Grimsby Institute, on behalf of the Care Trust Plus. Successful candidates receive a Royal Institute of Public Health (RIPH) Level 2 award.

Course Objectives
• Make contact with the people, especially those who
• may be isolated
• Signpost to core Health Trainers if support is required
• in making healthy choices
• Signpost people to other services and schemes such as
• Specialist Stop Smoking Service, STEPS and weight
• management, Walkwell etc
• Improve the individual Associate Health Trainer’s health
• Improve the health of their family
• Improve the health of work colleagues

Associate Health Trainers will be given a resource file of information. The RIPH Level 2 Award provides an introduction to the fundamentals of health and wellbeing. It reviews barriers to making a change of lifestyle and how to help people make changes to improve their health. It is relevant to people across a range of community and organisational settings. The aim of this award is to equip candidates with knowledge/understanding of the principles of promoting health and wellbeing and how to direct individuals towards further support in their efforts to gain a healthier lifestyle. Organisations with an interest in the health and wellbeing of their workforce and customer/client groups will find the RIPH Level 2 Award valuable.