Children and young people in North Norwich marked the start of the summer holidays with a day of fun activities at Anglia Square.

The health visitors and school nurses of the Norfolk Healthy Child Programme hosted the event, at Anglia Square Shopping centre, as part of their “Building Community Capacity” work, which aims to encourage health visiting teams to work closely with the communities in which they work.

The Healthy Living and Activity day included karate demonstrations from the local Black Belt Academy and a colourful makeover for the square by children armed with chalk – all fuelled by free fruit offered by the Healthy Child Programme team.

While the children were getting active or caked in chalk – parents were able to pick up lots of healthy living information from the team and from Norfolk County Council, in attendance to promote this summer’s Change4Life campaign.  

Artwork based on healthy living, produced by children attending local children’s centres and playgroups was also on display around the square.

Mum Alexandra Hartley was visiting the square with husband Chris, their two children Amelia and Alfie and their niece Isabella and took part in the activities. She said: “This event is a great way to find out what’s going on, for example, I didn’t know just how much information is available on the Council website. It’s been really good and the children have enjoyed it.”

Vanessa Ames, Health Visitor in the North City team, said: “It was a really fun day and it was a fantastic opportunity to chat with parents and their children about how they can make this summer their healthiest ever.  

“This is a great way of our team getting out to meet the community we work in and we hope that everyone who came along had lots of fun – the fruit in particular proved popular with the children!”