Promoting Health and WellbeingTop tips to a successful Health/Wellbeing Promotion Event

1. Remember to make it fun

Ask yourself how you could make what you are doing more interesting. Ask a few people’s opinions about what they would find attractive and interesting.

2. People don’t like being told what to do

Health messages are around us all the time, sometimes a less is more approach can be more effective than hammering lots of messages at once.

3. Remember most people are doing their best

Many people will have tried to lose weight/stop smoking/not drink as much. Life often just gets in the way. Encourage little steps and lots of praise to any small change, even if it doesn’t seem significant to you. Always remember to praise the action rather than the result.

4. When people say they don’t care and maybe are rude, they may be scared

‘Human Nature’ often avoids for risk of failure or being seen as a failure. Don’t take personal offense to negative reactions – perhaps speak to these individuals in private. Support individuals by explaining confidentiality and simple small steps, but only when they ask for support.

5. Everyone is at a different stage of the behaviour change cycle

People will react differently to seeing health and wellbeing promotion, think before you act